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geneva@Exodus:17:14 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial (note:)In the book of the law.(:note) in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

geneva@Exodus:17:15 @ And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it (note:)That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands.(:note) Jehovahnissi:

geneva@Exodus:18:1 @ When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,

geneva@Exodus:18:3 @ And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:

geneva@Exodus:18:4 @ And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)

geneva@Exodus:18:5 @ And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the (note:)Horeb is called the mount of God, because God did many miracles there. So Peter calls the mount where Christ was transfigured, the holy mount: for by Christ's presence it was holy for a time, (2Pe_1:18).(:note) mount of God:

geneva@Exodus:18:6 @ And he (note:)That is, he sent messengers to say to him.(:note) said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

geneva@Exodus:18:7 @ And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.

geneva@Exodus:18:8 @ Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them.

geneva@Exodus:18:9 @ And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had deliuered them out of the hande of the Egyptians.

geneva@Exodus:18:10 @ And Jethro said, (note:)By this it is evident that he worshipped the true God, and therefore Moses did not refuse to marry his daughter.(:note) Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

geneva@Exodus:18:12 @ And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law (note:)They ate in the place, where the sacrifice was offered: for part was burnt, and the rest eaten.(:note) before God.

geneva@Exodus:18:14 @ And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?

geneva@Exodus:18:15 @ And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of (note:)That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed.(:note) God:

geneva@Exodus:18:16 @ When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.

geneva@Exodus:18:19 @ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to (note:)You judge in difficult cases, which cannot be decided without consulting with God.(:note) God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

geneva@Exodus:18:20 @ And admonish them of the ordinances, & of the lawes, & shew them the way, wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must do.

geneva@Exodus:18:21 @ Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people (note:)What manner of men ought to be chosen to bear office.(:note) able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

geneva@Exodus:18:22 @ And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all small causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shal beare the burden with thee.

geneva@Exodus:18:23 @ If thou do this thing, (& God so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shal also go quietly to their place.

geneva@Exodus:18:24 @ So Moses (note:)Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another.(:note) hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

geneva@Exodus:18:25 @ And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

geneva@Exodus:18:26 @ And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iudged all small matters themselues.

geneva@Exodus:18:27 @ And Moses (note:)Read (Num_10:29).(:note) let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

geneva@Exodus:19:1 @ In the (note:)Which was in the beginning of the month of Sivan, containing part of May and part of June.(:note) third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same That they departed from Rephidim. day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.

geneva@Exodus:19:2 @ For they departed from Rephidim, & came to the desart of Sinai, and camped in the wildernesse: euen there Israel camped before the mount.

geneva@Exodus:19:3 @ And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of (note:)God called Jacob, Israel: therefore the house of Jacob and the people of Israel signify God's people.(:note) Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

geneva@Exodus:19:4 @ Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on (note:)For the eagle by flying high, is out of danger, and by carrying her birds on her wings rather than in her talons declares her love.(:note) eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

geneva@Exodus:19:5 @ Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine.

geneva@Exodus:19:6 @ Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:19:7 @ Moses then came & called for the Elders of the people, and proposed vnto them all these things, which the Lord commanded him.

geneva@Exodus:19:8 @ And the people answered all together, and sayd, All that the Lord hath commaunded, we will doe; Moses reported the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:19:9 @ And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare, whiles I talke with thee, and that they may also beleeue thee for euer. (for Moses had tolde the wordes of the people vnto the Lord)

geneva@Exodus:19:10 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and (note:)Teach them to be pure in heart, as they show themselves outwardly clean by washing.(:note) sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

geneva@Exodus:19:11 @ And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:

geneva@Exodus:19:12 @ And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take heede to your selues that ye goe not vp the mount, nor touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall surely die.

geneva@Exodus:19:13 @ No hand shall touche it, but he shalbe stoned to death, or striken through with darts: whether it be beast or man, he shal not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shal come vp into the mountaine.

geneva@Exodus:19:14 @ Then Moses went downe from ye mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

geneva@Exodus:19:15 @ And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] (note:)But give yourselves to prayer and abstinence, that you may at this time attend only upon the Lord, (1Co_7:5).(:note) wives.

geneva@Exodus:19:16 @ And the thirde day, when it was morning, there was thunders and lightnings, and a thicke cloude vpon the mount, and the sounde of the trumpet exceeding loude, so that all the people, that was in the campe, was afrayde.

geneva@Exodus:19:17 @ Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount.

geneva@Exodus:19:18 @ And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount (note:)God used these fearful signs, that his law would be held in greater reverence, and his majesty even more feared.(:note) quaked greatly.

geneva@Exodus:19:19 @ And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a (note:)He gave authority to Moses by plain words, that the people might understand him.(:note) voice.

geneva@Exodus:19:20 @ (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.

geneva@Exodus:19:22 @ And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them.

geneva@Exodus:19:23 @ And Moses sayde vnto the Lord, The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai: for thou hast charged vs, saying, Set markes on the mountaine, and sanctifie it.

geneva@Exodus:19:24 @ And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the (note:)Neither dignity nor multitude have authority to pass the bounds that God's word prescribes.(:note) priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

geneva@Exodus:20:1 @ And God (note:)When Moses and Aaron were gone up, or had passed the bounds of the people, God spoke thus out of the mount Horeb, that all the people heard.(:note) spake all these words, saying,

geneva@Exodus:20:2 @ I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

geneva@Exodus:20:5 @ Thou shalt not (note:)By this outward gesture, all forms of service and worship to idols is forbidden.(:note) bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a And will have revenge on those who condemn my honour. jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

geneva@Exodus:20:6 @ And shewing mercy unto (note:)So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish.(:note) thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

geneva@Exodus:20:8 @ Remember the sabbath day, (note:)Which is by meditating the spiritual rest, by hearing God's word, and resting from worldly labours.(:note) to keep it holy.

geneva@Exodus:20:9 @ Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

geneva@Exodus:20:11 @ For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

geneva@Exodus:20:12 @ Honour thy (note:)By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us.(:note) father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Exodus:20:13 @ Thou shalt not (note:)But love and preserve your brother's life.(:note) kill.

geneva@Exodus:20:14 @ Thou shalt not (note:)But be pure in heart, word and deed.(:note) commit adultery.

geneva@Exodus:20:16 @ Thou shalt not bear false (note:)But further his good name, and speak truth.(:note) witness against thy neighbour.

geneva@Exodus:20:18 @ And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, & the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking & when the people saw it they fled and stoode afare off,

geneva@Exodus:20:19 @ And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.

geneva@Exodus:20:20 @ And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to (note:)Whether you will obey his precepts as you promised in (Exo_19:8).(:note) prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

geneva@Exodus:20:22 @ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from heauen.

geneva@Exodus:20:24 @ An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shall put the remembrance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee.

geneva@Exodus:21:2 @ If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for (note:)Paying no money for his freedom.(:note) nothing.

geneva@Exodus:21:4 @ If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her (note:)Till her time of servitude was expired which might be the seventh year or the fiftieth.(:note) master's, and he shall go out by himself.

geneva@Exodus:21:5 @ But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

geneva@Exodus:21:6 @ Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the (note:)Where the judges sat.(:note) door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for That is, to the year of Jubile, which was every fiftieth year. ever.

geneva@Exodus:21:7 @ And if a man (note:)Forced either by poverty, or else with the intent that the master should marry her.(:note) sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

geneva@Exodus:21:9 @ And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her (note:)That is, he shall give his dowry.(:note) after the manner of daughters.

geneva@Exodus:21:10 @ If he take (note:)For his son.(:note) him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

geneva@Exodus:21:11 @ And if he do not these (note:)Neither marry her himself, nor give another money to buy her, nor bestow her on his son.(:note) three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

geneva@Exodus:21:12 @ He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:13 @ And if a man lie not in wait, but (note:)Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be.(:note) God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

geneva@Exodus:21:16 @ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:17 @ And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:18 @ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a (note:)Either far away from him or near.(:note) stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed:

geneva@Exodus:21:19 @ If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be (note:)By the civil justice.(:note) quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.

geneva@Exodus:21:20 @ And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.

geneva@Exodus:21:21 @ Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not (note:)By the civil magistrate, but before God he is a murderer.(:note) be punished: for he [is] his money.

geneva@Exodus:21:22 @ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no (note:)Or, «death»: of the mother or child in the event she miscarries. Also the death on the unborn infant.(:note) mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].

geneva@Exodus:21:26 @ And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

geneva@Exodus:21:27 @ And if he smite (note:)So God revenges cruelty in the even the least things.(:note) out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

geneva@Exodus:21:28 @ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely (note:)If the beast be punished, much more shall the murderer.(:note) stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.

geneva@Exodus:21:29 @ If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

geneva@Exodus:21:32 @ If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty (note:)Read (Gen_23:15).(:note) shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

geneva@Exodus:21:33 @ And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,

geneva@Exodus:21:34 @ The owner of the pit shall (note:)This law forbids not only to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt.(:note) make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.

geneva@Exodus:21:35 @ And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

geneva@Exodus:22:1 @ If a man shall steal an (note:)Either a great beast of the herd, or a small beast of the flock.(:note) ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

geneva@Exodus:22:2 @ If a thief be found (note:)Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining.(:note) breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.

geneva@Exodus:22:5 @ If a man doe hurt fielde, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to feed in an other mans fielde, he shall recompence of the best of his owne fielde, and of the best of his owne vineyard.

geneva@Exodus:22:6 @ If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

geneva@Exodus:22:7 @ If a man deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of his house, if the thiefe be found, he shall pay the double.

geneva@Exodus:22:8 @ If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have (note:)That is, whether he has stolen.(:note) put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

geneva@Exodus:22:9 @ In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour.

geneva@Exodus:22:10 @ If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it,

geneva@Exodus:22:13 @ If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring (note:)He shall show some part of the beast or bring in witnesses.(:note) it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.

geneva@Exodus:22:14 @ And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good.

geneva@Exodus:22:16 @ And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.

geneva@Exodus:22:21 @ Moreouer, thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:22:23 @ If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.

geneva@Exodus:22:24 @ And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your (note:)The just plague of God on the oppressors.(:note) wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

geneva@Exodus:22:27 @ For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he (note:)For cold and necessity.(:note) crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.

geneva@Exodus:22:29 @ Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the (note:)Your abundance of your corn.(:note) first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

geneva@Exodus:22:30 @ Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall bee with his damme, and the eight day thou shalt giue it me.

geneva@Exodus:22:31 @ And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it (note:)And so have nothing to do with it.(:note) to the dogs.

geneva@Exodus:23:1 @ Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

geneva@Exodus:23:5 @ If thou see the (note:)If God commands us to help our enemy's donkey under his burden, will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens?(:note) ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

geneva@Exodus:23:7 @ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the (note:)Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate.(:note) innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

geneva@Exodus:23:8 @ Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

geneva@Exodus:23:9 @ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the (note:)For since he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough.(:note) heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:23:10 @ Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,

geneva@Exodus:23:11 @ But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.

geneva@Exodus:23:12 @ Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.

geneva@Exodus:23:13 @ And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make (note:)Neither by swearing by them, nor speaking of them, (Psa_16:4; Eph_5:3).(:note) no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

geneva@Exodus:23:15 @ Thou shalt keep the feast of (note:)That is, Easter, in remembrance that the angel passed over and spared the Israelites, when he slew the first born of the Egyptians.(:note) unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

geneva@Exodus:23:16 @ And the (note:)Which is Whit Sunday, in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt.(:note) feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the This is the feast of tabernacles, signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness. feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

geneva@Exodus:23:19 @ The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his (note:)Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled.(:note) mother's milk.

geneva@Exodus:23:20 @ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keepe thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared.

geneva@Exodus:23:21 @ Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my (note:)I will give him my authority, and he will govern you in my name.(:note) name [is] in him.

geneva@Exodus:23:22 @ But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, & do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:23 @ For mine Angel shall go before thee, & bring thee vnto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I will destroy them.

geneva@Exodus:23:24 @ Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt (note:)God commands his own to not only not worship idols, but to destroy them.(:note) utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

geneva@Exodus:23:25 @ And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy (note:)That is, all things necessary for this present life.(:note) bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:26 @ There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande: the number of thy dayes will I fulfill.

geneva@Exodus:23:27 @ I will send my (note:)I will make them afraid of your coming and send my angel to destroy them, as in (Exo_35:2).(:note) fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:28 @ And I will sende hornets before thee, which shal driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face.

geneva@Exodus:23:29 @ I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: & the beasts of the field multiplie against thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:30 @ By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face, vntill thou increase, and inherite the lande.

geneva@Exodus:23:31 @ And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea (note:)Called the Sea of Syria.(:note) of the Philistines, and from the Of Arabia called desert. desert unto the That is, Ephraim. river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:33 @ Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.

geneva@Exodus:24:1 @ And he (note:)When he called him up to the mountain to give him the laws, beginning at the 20th chapter till now.(:note) said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

geneva@Exodus:24:2 @ And Moses himselfe alone shal come nere to the Lord, but they shall not come neere, neither shall the people goe vp with him.

geneva@Exodus:24:4 @ And Moses wrote all the wordes of the Lord, and rose vp early, and set vp an altar vnder the mountaine, and twelue pillars according to the twelue tribes of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:24:5 @ And he sent young (note:)For as yet the priesthood was not given to Levi.(:note) men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:24:6 @ Then Moses tooke halfe of the blood, and put it in basens, and halfe of the blood he sprinckled on the altar.

geneva@Exodus:24:7 @ After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.

geneva@Exodus:24:8 @ And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the (note:)Which signifies that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied without shedding of blood.(:note) blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

geneva@Exodus:24:9 @ Then went vp Moses & Aaron, Nadab, & Abihu, and seuentie of the Elders of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:24:10 @ And they (note:)As perfectly as their infirmities could behold his majesty.(:note) saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.

geneva@Exodus:24:11 @ And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he (note:)He did not make them afraid, nor punish them.(:note) laid not his hand: also they saw God, and That is, rejoiced. did eat and drink.

geneva@Exodus:24:12 @ And the LORD (note:)The second time.(:note) said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee Signifying the hardness of our hearts, unless God writes his laws in it by his Spirit, (Jer_31:33; Eze_11:19; 2Co_3:3; Heb_8:10, Heb_10:16) tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach That is, the people. them.

geneva@Exodus:24:13 @ Then Moses rose vp, and his minister Ioshua, and Moses went vp into the mountaine of God,

geneva@Exodus:24:14 @ And said vnto the Elders, Tary vs here, vntill we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur are with you: whosoeuer hath any matters, let him come to them.

geneva@Exodus:24:15 @ Then Moses went vp to the mount, and the cloude couered the mountaine,

geneva@Exodus:24:16 @ And the glorie of the Lorde abode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloude couered it sixe dayes: and the seuenth day he called vnto Moses out of the middes of the cloude.

geneva@Exodus:24:17 @ And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like (note:)The Lord appears like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draws with his Spirit, he is like pleasant sapphire.(:note) devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:24:18 @ And Moses entred into the middes of the cloude, and went vp to the mountaine: and Moses was in the mount fourtie dayes and fourty nightes.

geneva@Exodus:25:3 @ And this [is] the offering which ye shall (note:)For the building and use of the tabernacle.(:note) take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

geneva@Exodus:25:4 @ And blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen, and goates heare,

geneva@Exodus:25:5 @ And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and (note:)Which is thought to be a kindred of Cedar, which will not rot.(:note) shittim wood,

geneva@Exodus:25:6 @ Oil for the light, spices for (note:)Ordained for the priest.(:note) anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

geneva@Exodus:25:7 @ Onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.

geneva@Exodus:25:8 @ And let them make me a (note:)A place both to offer sacrifice, and to hear the law.(:note) sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

geneva@Exodus:25:9 @ According to all that I shewe thee, euen so shall ye make the forme of the Tabernacle, and the facion of all the instruments thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:10 @ They shall make also an Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie.

geneva@Exodus:25:11 @ And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, & shalt make vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about.

geneva@Exodus:25:12 @ And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, and put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings shalbe on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:13 @ And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood, and couer them with golde.

geneva@Exodus:25:16 @ And thou shalt put into the ark the (note:)The stone tables, the rod of Aaron and manna which were a testimony of God's presence.(:note) testimony which I shall give thee.

geneva@Exodus:25:17 @ And thou shalt make a (note:)There God appeared mercifully to them: and this was a figure of Christ.(:note) mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:18 @ And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make the at ye two endes of the Merciseate.

geneva@Exodus:25:19 @ And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:20 @ And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be.

geneva@Exodus:25:21 @ And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee,

geneva@Exodus:25:22 @ And there I will declare my selfe vnto thee, & from aboue ye Mercieseate betweene ye two Cherubims, which are vpon ye Arke of ye Testimonie, I wil tel thee al things which I wil giue thee in comandement vnto ye children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:25:23 @ Thou shalt also make a Table of Shittim wood, of two cubites long, and one cubite broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie:

geneva@Exodus:25:24 @ And thou shalt couer it with pure gold, & make thereto a crowne of golde round about.

geneva@Exodus:25:25 @ Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of foure fingers roud about and thou shalt make a golden crowne round about the border thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:26 @ After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof:

geneva@Exodus:25:28 @ And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them.

geneva@Exodus:25:29 @ And thou shalt make the (note:)To set the bread upon.(:note) dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.

geneva@Exodus:25:30 @ And thou shalt set vpon the Table shewe bread before me continually.

geneva@Exodus:25:31 @ And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten (note:)It shall not be molten, but beaten out of the lump of gold with the hammer.(:note) work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

geneva@Exodus:25:32 @ Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.

geneva@Exodus:25:33 @ Three boules like vnto almondes, one knop and one floure in one braunch: and three boules like almondes in the other branch, one knop and one floure: so throughout the sixe branches that come out of the Candlesticke.

geneva@Exodus:25:34 @ And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops & his floures.

geneva@Exodus:25:35 @ And there shalbe a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of the Candlesticke.

geneva@Exodus:25:36 @ Their knops and their branches shall bee thereof. all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde.

geneva@Exodus:25:37 @ And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it.

geneva@Exodus:25:38 @ Also the snuffers and snuffedishes thereof shalbe of pure golde.

geneva@Exodus:25:39 @ [Of] a (note:)This was the talent weight of the temple, and weighed 120 pounds.(:note) talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

geneva@Exodus:26:1 @ Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of (note:)That is, of most cunning or fine work.(:note) cunning work shalt thou make them.

geneva@Exodus:26:2 @ The length of one curtaine shalbe eight and twentie cubites, and the bredth of one curtaine, foure cubites: euery one of the curtaines shall haue one measure.

geneva@Exodus:26:3 @ Fiue curtaines shalbe coupled one to an other: and the other fiue curtaines shall be coupled one to another.

geneva@Exodus:26:4 @ And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge (note:)On the side that the curtains might be tied together.(:note) in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.

geneva@Exodus:26:5 @ Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the (note:)In tying together both the sides.(:note) second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

geneva@Exodus:26:6 @ Thou shalt make also fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines one to another with the taches, and it shalbe one tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:26:7 @ And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats' [hair] to be a (note:)Lest rain and weather should mar it.(:note) covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

geneva@Exodus:26:8 @ The length of a curtaine shall be thirtie cubites, and the breadth of a curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines shalbe of one measure.

geneva@Exodus:26:9 @ And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the (note:)That is, five on the one side, and five on the other, and the sixth should hang over the door of the tabernacle.(:note) sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:26:10 @ And thou shalt make fifty stringes in the edge of one curtayne, in the seluedge of the coupling, and fifty stringes in the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling.

geneva@Exodus:26:12 @ And the (note:)For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtain of the tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit of both sides.(:note) remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:26:14 @ And thou shalt make a (note:)To be put on the covering that was made of goats hair.(:note) covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] This was the third covering of the tabernacle. badgers' skins.

geneva@Exodus:26:15 @ Also thou shalt make boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand vp.

geneva@Exodus:26:16 @ Ten cubites shalbe the length of a boarde, and a cubite and an halfe cubite the breadth of one boarde.

geneva@Exodus:26:18 @ And thou shalt make boardes for the Tabernacle, euen twenty boardes on the South side, euen full South.

geneva@Exodus:26:19 @ And thou shalt make fourty sockets of siluer vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one boarde for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder an other boarde for his two tenons.

geneva@Exodus:26:21 @ And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one boarde, and two sockets vnder another board.

geneva@Exodus:26:22 @ And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the West shalt thou make sixe boards.

geneva@Exodus:26:24 @ And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be (note:)The Hebrew word signifies twins declaring that they should be as perfect and well joined as possible.(:note) coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

geneva@Exodus:26:25 @ So they shalbe eight boardes hauing sockets of siluer, euen sixteene sockets, that is, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder an other boarde.

geneva@Exodus:26:27 @ And fiue barres for the boardes of the other side of the Tabernacle: also fiue barres for the boardes of the side of the Tabernacle toward the Westside.

geneva@Exodus:26:28 @ And the middle barre shall goe through the middes of the boards, from ende to ende.

geneva@Exodus:26:29 @ And thou shalt couer the boards with golde, and make their rings of golde, for places for the barres, & thou shalt couer the barres with golde.

geneva@Exodus:26:31 @ Moreouer, thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims.

geneva@Exodus:26:32 @ And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their (note:)Some read «heads of the pillars».(:note) hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

geneva@Exodus:26:33 @ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the (note:)In which only the high priest entered and only once a year.(:note) most holy.

geneva@Exodus:26:35 @ And thou shalt set the table (note:)Meaning, in the holy place.(:note) without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

geneva@Exodus:26:36 @ And thou shalt make an (note:)This hanging or veil was between the holy place, and there where the people were.(:note) hanging for the door of the tent, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

geneva@Exodus:26:37 @ And thou shalt make for the hanging fiue pillers of Shittim, and couer them with gold: their heads shalbe of golde, and thou shalt cast fiue sockets of brasse for them.

geneva@Exodus:27:1 @ And thou shalt make an (note:)For the burnt offering.(:note) altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

geneva@Exodus:27:2 @ And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of (note:)Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.(:note) the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

geneva@Exodus:27:3 @ Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:27:4 @ And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.

geneva@Exodus:27:5 @ And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.

geneva@Exodus:27:6 @ Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse.

geneva@Exodus:27:7 @ And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it.

geneva@Exodus:27:9 @ And thou shalt make the (note:)This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the people abode.(:note) court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

geneva@Exodus:27:10 @ And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their (note:)They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar.(:note) fillets [shall be of] silver.

geneva@Exodus:27:11 @ Likewise on the Northside in length there shalbe hangings of an hundreth cubites long, and the twentie pillars thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars and the filets shalbe siluer.

geneva@Exodus:27:12 @ And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

geneva@Exodus:27:13 @ And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] (note:)Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.(:note) fifty cubits.

geneva@Exodus:27:14 @ The hangings of one (note:)Of the door of the court.(:note) side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

geneva@Exodus:27:16 @ And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure sockets.

geneva@Exodus:27:17 @ All the pillars of the court shal haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:27:18 @ The length of the court shalbe an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at either ende, & the height fiue cubites, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:27:19 @ All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the (note:)Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground.(:note) pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.

geneva@Exodus:27:20 @ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive (note:)Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten.(:note) beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

geneva@Exodus:27:21 @ In the Tabernacle of the Congregation without the vaile, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lorde, for a statute for euer vnto their generations, to be obserued by the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:28:1 @ And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.

geneva@Exodus:28:2 @ And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for (note:)By which his office may be known to be glorious and excellent.(:note) glory and for beauty.

geneva@Exodus:28:3 @ And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to (note:)Which is to separate him from the rest.(:note) consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:4 @ And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an (note:)A short an straight coat without sleeves, put on top of his garments to keep them close to him.(:note) ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:5 @ Therefore they shall take golde, and blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen,

geneva@Exodus:28:6 @ And they shal make the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, skarlet, and fine twined linen of broydred worke.

geneva@Exodus:28:8 @ And the (note:)Which went about his upmost coat.(:note) curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

geneva@Exodus:28:9 @ And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the children of Israel:

geneva@Exodus:28:10 @ Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to (note:)As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.(:note) their birth.

geneva@Exodus:28:11 @ Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.

geneva@Exodus:28:12 @ And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of (note:)That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God.(:note) memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

geneva@Exodus:28:14 @ And two chains [of] pure gold (note:)Of the bosses.(:note) at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

geneva@Exodus:28:15 @ And thou shalt make the breastplate of (note:)It was so called, because the high priest could not give sentence in judgment without that on his breast.(:note) judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

geneva@Exodus:28:17 @ Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe.

geneva@Exodus:28:18 @ And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde.

geneva@Exodus:28:19 @ And in the third rowe a turkeis, an achate, and an hematite.

geneva@Exodus:28:20 @ And in the fourth rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shall be set in golde in their embossements.

geneva@Exodus:28:21 @ And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerye one after his name, and they shall bee for the twelue tribes.

geneva@Exodus:28:23 @ And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on (note:)Which are upmost toward the shoulder.(:note) the two ends of the breastplate.

geneva@Exodus:28:24 @ And thou shalt put the two wrethen chaynes of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate.

geneva@Exodus:28:25 @ And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines, thou shalt fasten in ye two embossements, and shalt put them vpon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it.

geneva@Exodus:28:26 @ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the (note:)Which are beneath.(:note) two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.

geneva@Exodus:28:27 @ And two other rings of golde thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath in the forepart of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod.

geneva@Exodus:28:28 @ Thus they shall binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not loosed from the Ephod.

geneva@Exodus:28:29 @ And Aaron shall (note:)Aaron will not enter into the holy place in his own name, but in the name of all the children of Israel.(:note) bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.

geneva@Exodus:28:30 @ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the (note:)Urim signifies light, and thummim perfection: declaring that the stones of the breastplate were most clear, and of perfect beauty: by urim also is meant knowledge, and thummim holiness, showing what virtues are required in the priests.(:note) Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

geneva@Exodus:28:31 @ And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke.

geneva@Exodus:28:32 @ And the hole for his head shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen woorke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeon that it rent not.

geneva@Exodus:28:33 @ And beneath vpon the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blew silke, and purple, & skarlet, round about the skirts thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about:

geneva@Exodus:28:34 @ That is, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe.

geneva@Exodus:28:35 @ So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye.

geneva@Exodus:28:36 @ And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, (note:)Holiness belongs to the Lord: for he is most holy, and nothing unholy may appear before him.(:note) HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

geneva@Exodus:28:37 @ And thou shalt put it on a blew silke lace, and it shalbe vpon the miter: euen vpon the fore front of the miter shall it be.

geneva@Exodus:28:38 @ And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may (note:)Their offerings could not be so perfect, but some fault would be in them: which sin the high priest bore and pacified God.(:note) bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:28:41 @ And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and (note:)Or «fill their hands», by giving them things to offer and therefore admit them to their office.(:note) consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:43 @ And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they (note:)In not hiding their nakedness.(:note) bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

geneva@Exodus:29:2 @ And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened anoynted with oyle: (of fine wheate flowre shalt thou make them)

geneva@Exodus:29:3 @ And thou shalt put them into one basket, and (note:)To offer them in sacrifice.(:note) bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

geneva@Exodus:29:4 @ And shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

geneva@Exodus:29:5 @ And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the (note:)Which was next under the Ephod.(:note) robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

geneva@Exodus:29:7 @ And thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoynt him.

geneva@Exodus:29:8 @ And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and put coates vpon them,

geneva@Exodus:29:9 @ And shalt girde them with girdles, both Aaron and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe: thou shalt also fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sonnes.

geneva@Exodus:29:10 @ And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall (note:)Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they approved it.(:note) put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

geneva@Exodus:29:12 @ Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calfe, and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger, and shalt powre al the rest of the blood at the foote of the altar.

geneva@Exodus:29:13 @ Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.

geneva@Exodus:29:14 @ But the flesh of the calfe, and his skin, and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste: it is a sinne offring.

geneva@Exodus:29:15 @ Thou shalt also take one ramme, and Aron and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Exodus:29:17 @ And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head.

geneva@Exodus:29:18 @ And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: (note:)Or, savour of rest, which causes the wrath of God to cease.(:note) it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:29:19 @ And thou shalt take the other ramme, & Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Exodus:29:20 @ Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] (note:)Meaning the soft and lower part of the ear.(:note) upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

geneva@Exodus:29:21 @ And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] (note:)With which the Altar must be sprinkled.(:note) upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

geneva@Exodus:29:22 @ Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a (note:)Which is offered for the consecration of the high priest.(:note) ram of consecration:

geneva@Exodus:29:23 @ And one loafe of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oyle, and one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lorde.

geneva@Exodus:29:24 @ And thou shalt put al this in the handes of Aaron, and in the handes of his sonnes, and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lorde.

geneva@Exodus:29:25 @ Againe, thou shalt receyue them of their handes, & burne them vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a sweete sauour before ye Lord: for this is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:29:26 @ And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it (note:)This sacrifice the priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South.(:note) [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

geneva@Exodus:29:27 @ And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the (note:)So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up.(:note) heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:

geneva@Exodus:29:28 @ And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their (note:)Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits.(:note) peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:29:29 @ And the holy garmets, which apperteine to Aaron, shall bee his sonnes after him, to bee anoynted therein, and to bee consecrate therein.

geneva@Exodus:29:31 @ So thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seeth his flesh in the holy place.

geneva@Exodus:29:32 @ And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of the ram, & the bread that is in the basket, at the doore of ye Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

geneva@Exodus:29:33 @ And they shall eat those things (note:)That is, by the sacrifices.(:note) wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy.

geneva@Exodus:29:35 @ Therefore shalt thou doe thus vnto Aaron & vnto his sonnes, according to all things, which I haue commanded thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate them,

geneva@Exodus:29:36 @ And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for (note:)To appease God's wrath that sin may be pardoned.(:note) atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

geneva@Exodus:29:37 @ Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.

geneva@Exodus:29:39 @ The one lambe thou shalt present in the morning, and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen.

geneva@Exodus:29:40 @ And with the one lamb a (note:)That is, an Omer, read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an Which is about a pint. hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.

geneva@Exodus:29:41 @ And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen: thou shalt doe thereto according to the offring of the morning, and according to the drinke offring thereof, to be a burnt offring for a sweete sauour vnto, the Lorde.

geneva@Exodus:29:43 @ And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my (note:)Because of my glorious presence.(:note) glory.

geneva@Exodus:29:44 @ And I will sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the altar: I will sanctifie also Aaron & his sonnes to be my Priests,

geneva@Exodus:29:45 @ And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will bee their God.

geneva@Exodus:29:46 @ And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: (note:)It is I the Lord, that am their God.(:note) I [am] the LORD their God.

geneva@Exodus:30:1 @ And thou shalt make an altar (note:)Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, (Exo_30:34).(:note) to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.

geneva@Exodus:30:2 @ A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] (note:)Of the same wood and matter.(:note) of the same.

geneva@Exodus:30:3 @ And thou shalt ouerlay it with fine golde, both the toppe therof and the sides thereof round about, and his hornes: also thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about.

geneva@Exodus:30:5 @ The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde.

geneva@Exodus:30:6 @ And thou shalt put it (note:)That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all.(:note) before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

geneva@Exodus:30:7 @ And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he (note:)Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil.(:note) dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

geneva@Exodus:30:10 @ And Aaron shall make reconciliation vpon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offring in the day of reconciliation: once in the yeere shall hee make reconciliation vpon it throughout your generations: this is most holy vnto the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:30:13 @ This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the (note:)This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver.(:note) shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:30:14 @ All that are nombred from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall giue an offring to the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:30:15 @ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, (note:)That God should be merciful to you.(:note) to make an atonement for your souls.

geneva@Exodus:30:16 @ So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the children of Israel before the Lorde for the redemption of your liues.

geneva@Exodus:30:18 @ Thou shalt also make a lauer of brasse, and his foote of brasse to wash, and shalt put it betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and shalt put water therein.

geneva@Exodus:30:19 @ For Aaron and his sons shall (note:)Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption.(:note) wash their hands and their feet thereat:

geneva@Exodus:30:20 @ When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they goe vnto the Altar to minister and to make the perfume of ye burnt offring to the Lorde, they shall wash themselues with water, lest they die.

geneva@Exodus:30:21 @ So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute (note:)So long as the priesthood shall last.(:note) for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

geneva@Exodus:30:23 @ Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred (note:)Weighing so much.(:note) [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet It is a type of reed with a very sweet savour within, and it is used in powders and odours. calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],

geneva@Exodus:30:26 @ And thou shalt anoint the (note:)All things which belong to the tabernacle.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

geneva@Exodus:30:27 @ Also the Table, & al the instruments thereof, and the Candlesticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense:

geneva@Exodus:30:28 @ Also the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the lauer and his foote.

geneva@Exodus:30:32 @ Upon (note:)Neither at their burials nor otherwise.(:note) man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any other] like it, after the composition of it: it [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy unto you.

geneva@Exodus:30:34 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and (note:)In Hebrew, Sheheleth: which is a sweet kind of gum and shines as the nail.(:note) onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:

geneva@Exodus:30:35 @ Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy.

geneva@Exodus:30:36 @ And thou shalt beate it to pouder, & shalt put of it before the Arke of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of ye Cogregatio, where I wil make appointmet with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy.

geneva@Exodus:30:37 @ And ye shal not make vnto you any compositio like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:31:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Exodus:31:2 @ See, I (note:)I have chosen and made meet, (Exo_35:30).(:note) have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

geneva@Exodus:31:3 @ And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of (note:)This shows that handicrafts are the gifts of God's spirit, and therefore ought to be esteemed.(:note) workmanship,

geneva@Exodus:31:4 @ To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,

geneva@Exodus:31:6 @ And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are (note:)I have instructed them, and increased their knowledge.(:note) wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

geneva@Exodus:31:7 @ That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, & the Merciseate that shalbe therupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle:

geneva@Exodus:31:8 @ And the table and his furniture, and the (note:)So called, because of the cunning and art used in them, or because the whole was beaten out of the piece.(:note) pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

geneva@Exodus:31:9 @ Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote:

geneva@Exodus:31:11 @ And the (note:)Which was only to anoint the Priests and the instruments of the tabernacle, not to burn.(:note) anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

geneva@Exodus:31:13 @ Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, (note:)Though I command that these works be done, yet I do not want you to break my Sabbath days.(:note) Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.

geneva@Exodus:31:14 @ Ye shall keep the (note:)God repeats this point because the whole keeping of the law stands in the true use of the sabbath, which is to stop working and so obey the will of God.(:note) sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

geneva@Exodus:31:17 @ It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he (note:)From creating his creatures, but not from governing and preserving them.(:note) rested, and was refreshed.

geneva@Exodus:31:18 @ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables (note:)By which he declared his will to his people.(:note) of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

geneva@Exodus:32:1 @ And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, (note:)The root of Idolatry is when men think that God is not present, unless they see him physically.(:note) make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

geneva@Exodus:32:2 @ And Aaron said unto them, (note:)Thinking that they would rather abandon idolatry, than give up their most precious jewels.(:note) Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.

geneva@Exodus:32:3 @ And all the people brake off the (note:)Such is the rage of idolaters, that they spare no cost to satisfy their wicked desires.(:note) golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.

geneva@Exodus:32:4 @ And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a (note:)They remembered the sins of Egypt, where they saw calves, oxen and serpents worshipped.(:note) molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:32:5 @ When Aaron sawe that, he made an Altar before it: and Aaron proclaimed, saying, To morow shalbe the holy day of the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:32:6 @ So they rose vp the next day in the morning, and offred burnt offerings, & brought peace offrings: also the people sate them downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.

geneva@Exodus:32:7 @ Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go, get thee downe: for thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath corrupted their wayes.

geneva@Exodus:32:8 @ They (note:)By which we see the need we have to pray earnestly to God, to keep us in his true obedience, and to send us good guides.(:note) have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:32:9 @ Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffe necked people.

geneva@Exodus:32:10 @ Now (note:)God shows that the prayers of the godly hold back his punishment.(:note) therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

geneva@Exodus:32:11 @ But Moses praied vnto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand?

geneva@Exodus:32:12 @ Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people.

geneva@Exodus:32:13 @ Remember (note:)That is, your promise made to Abraham.(:note) Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.

geneva@Exodus:32:15 @ So Moses returned and went downe from the mountaine with the two Tables of the Testimonie in his hande: the Tables were written on both their sides, euen on the one side and on the other were they written.

geneva@Exodus:32:16 @ And the tables [were] the work of God, and (note:)All these repetitions show how excellent a thing they defrauded themselves of by their idolatry.(:note) the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

geneva@Exodus:32:17 @ And when Ioshua heard the noyse of the people, as they shouted, he said vnto Moses, There is a noyse of warre in the hoste.

geneva@Exodus:32:19 @ Nowe, as soone as he came neere vnto the hoste, he sawe the calfe and the dancing: so Moses wrath waxed hote, and he cast the Tables out of his handes, and brake them in pieces beneath the mountaine.

geneva@Exodus:32:20 @ And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel (note:)Partly to despise them for their idolatry, and partly so they would have no opportunity to remember the calf later.(:note) drink [of it].

geneva@Exodus:32:23 @ And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.)

geneva@Exodus:32:24 @ Then I sayde to them, Ye that haue golde, plucke it off: and they brought it me, & I did cast it into the fire, and thereof came this calfe.

geneva@Exodus:32:25 @ And when Moses saw that the people [were] (note:)Both destitute of God's favour, and an occasion for their enemies to speak evil of their God.(:note) naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)

geneva@Exodus:32:26 @ And Moses stoode in ye gate of the campe, and sayde, Who pertaineth to the Lorde? let him come to mee; all the sonnes of Leui gathered themselues vnto him.

geneva@Exodus:32:27 @ And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and (note:)This fact did so please God, that he turned the curse of Jacob against Levi to a blessing, (Deu_33:9).(:note) slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

geneva@Exodus:32:28 @ So the children of Leui did as Moses had commanded: and there fel of the people the same day about three thousand men.

geneva@Exodus:32:29 @ For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his (note:)In revenging God's glory we must have no partiality to person, but lay aside all carnal affection.(:note) son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

geneva@Exodus:32:30 @ And when the morning came, Moses sayde vnto the people, Yee haue committed a grieuous crime: but now I wil goe vp to the Lord, if I may pacifie him for your sinne.

geneva@Exodus:32:31 @ Moses therefore went againe vnto ye Lord, and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde.

geneva@Exodus:32:32 @ Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, (note:)He esteemed the glory of God so much, that he preferred it even to his own salvation.(:note) out of thy book which thou hast written.

geneva@Exodus:32:33 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my (note:)I will make it known that he was never predestined in my eternal counsel to life everlasting.(:note) book.

geneva@Exodus:33:1 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] (note:)The land of Canaan was surrounded by hills: so those who entered it, must go up by the hills.(:note) go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

geneva@Exodus:33:2 @ And I will send an Angel before thee & will cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites:

geneva@Exodus:33:3 @ To a lande, I say, that floweth with milke and hony: for I will not goe vp with thee, because thou art a stiffe necked people, least I consume thee in the way.

geneva@Exodus:33:4 @ And when the people heard this euill tydings, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.

geneva@Exodus:33:5 @ For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know (note:)That I may either show mercy if you repent, or else punish your rebellion.(:note) what to do unto thee.

geneva@Exodus:33:7 @ And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the (note:)That is, the tabernacle of the congregation: so called because the people turned to it, when they needed to be instructed of the Lord's will.(:note) Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp.

geneva@Exodus:33:8 @ And when Moses went out vnto the Tabernacle, all the people rose vp, and stood euery man at his tent doore, and looked after Moses, vntil he was gone into the Tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:33:9 @ And assoone as Moses was entred into the Tabernacle, the cloudie pillar descended & stood at the doore of the Tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

geneva@Exodus:33:10 @ Nowe when all the people saw the cloudie pillar stand at the Tabernacle doore, all the people rose vp, and worshipped euery man in his tent doore.

geneva@Exodus:33:11 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses (note:)Most clearly and familiarly of all others, (Num_12:7-8; Deu_34:10)(:note) face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:33:12 @ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by (note:)I care for you and will preserve you in your calling.(:note) name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

geneva@Exodus:33:13 @ Nowe therefore, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe mee nowe thy way, that I may knowe thee, and that I may finde grace in thy sight: consider also that this nation is thy people.

geneva@Exodus:33:14 @ And he said, My (note:)Signifying that the Israelites would exceed all other people, through God's favour; (Exo_33:16).(:note) presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.

geneva@Exodus:33:16 @ And wherein nowe shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue found fauour in thy sight? Shall it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shall haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth.

geneva@Exodus:33:17 @ And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, I will doe this also that thou hast saide: for thou hast founde grace in my sight, and I knowe thee by name.

geneva@Exodus:33:18 @ And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy (note:)Your face, your substance, and your majesty.(:note) glory.

geneva@Exodus:33:19 @ And he said, I will make all my (note:)My mercy and fatherly care.(:note) goodness pass before thee, and I will See (Exo_34:6-7). proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew For finding nothing in man that deserves mercy, he will freely give his. mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

geneva@Exodus:33:20 @ And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and (note:)For Moses did not see his face in full majesty, but as man's weakness could bear.(:note) live.

geneva@Exodus:33:21 @ And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a place by (note:)In mount Horeb.(:note) me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

geneva@Exodus:33:22 @ And while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in a cleft of the rocke, and will couer thee with mine hand whiles I passe by.

geneva@Exodus:33:23 @ And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my (note:)As much of my glory as in this mortal life you are able to see.(:note) back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

geneva@Exodus:34:1 @ And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Hewe thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and I will write vpon the Tables the wordes that were in the first Tables, which thou brakest in pieces.

geneva@Exodus:34:2 @ And be ready in ye morning, that thou mayest come vp earely vnto the mount of Sinai, and waite there for me in the top of the mount.

geneva@Exodus:34:4 @ Then Moses hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and rose vp earely in the morning, and went vp vnto the mount of Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, & tooke in his hande two Tables of stone.

geneva@Exodus:34:5 @ And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:34:6 @ And the LORD passed by before him, and (note:)This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as (Exo_33:19).(:note) proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

geneva@Exodus:34:7 @ Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.

geneva@Exodus:34:8 @ Then Moses made haste & bowed him selfe to the earth, and worshipped,

geneva@Exodus:34:9 @ And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; (note:)Seeing the people are of this nature, the rulers need to call on God that he would always be present with his Spirit.(:note) for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

geneva@Exodus:34:10 @ And he answered, Behold, I will make a couenant before all thy people, and will do marueiles, such as haue not bene done in all the worlde, neyther in all nations: and all the people among whom thou art, shal see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

geneva@Exodus:34:11 @ Keepe diligently that which I commande thee this day: Beholde, I will cast out before thee the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.

geneva@Exodus:34:12 @ Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a (note:)If you follow their wickedness, and pollute yourself with their idolatry.(:note) snare in the midst of thee:

geneva@Exodus:34:13 @ But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their (note:)Which pleasant places they chose for their idols.(:note) groves:

geneva@Exodus:34:15 @ Lest thou make a compact with the inhabitantes of the lande, and when they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, some man call thee, & thou eate of his sacrifice:

geneva@Exodus:34:16 @ And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.

geneva@Exodus:34:18 @ The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou keepe: seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee, in ye time of the moneth of Abib: for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:34:19 @ Euery male, that first openeth the wombe, shalbe mine: also all the first borne of thy flocke shalbe rekoned mine, both of beeues and sheepe.

geneva@Exodus:34:20 @ But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me (note:)Without offering something.(:note) empty.

geneva@Exodus:34:21 @ Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.

geneva@Exodus:34:22 @ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering (note:)Which was in September, when the days got shorter, that is, the end of their calendar year.(:note) at the year's end.

geneva@Exodus:34:24 @ For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man (note:)God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment.(:note) desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

geneva@Exodus:34:26 @ The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not (note:)See (Exo_23:19; Deu_14:21).(:note) seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

geneva@Exodus:34:27 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenour of these words I haue made a couenant with thee & with Israel.

geneva@Exodus:34:28 @ And he was there with the LORD (note:)This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should not be followed any more than other miracles.(:note) forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

geneva@Exodus:34:29 @ So when Moses came downe fro mount Sinai, the two Tables of the Testimonie were in Moses hande, as hee descended from the mount: (nowe Moses wist not that the skinne of his face shone bright, after that God had talked with him.

geneva@Exodus:34:30 @ And Aaron and all the children of Israel looked vpon Moses, and beholde, the skin of his face shone bright, and they were afraid to come neere him)

geneva@Exodus:34:31 @ But Moses called them: and Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregatio returned vnto him: and Moses talked with them.

geneva@Exodus:34:32 @ And afterwarde all the children of Israel came neere, and he charged them with al that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinai.

geneva@Exodus:34:33 @ So Moses made an end of comuning with them, and had put a couering vpon his face.

geneva@Exodus:34:34 @ But when Moses went in (note:)Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation.(:note) before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.

geneva@Exodus:34:35 @ And the children of Israel sawe the face of Moses, howe the skin of Moses face shone bright: therefore Moses put the couering vpon his face, vntill he went to speake with God.

geneva@Exodus:35:1 @ Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:

geneva@Exodus:35:4 @ Againe, Moses spake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, saying,

geneva@Exodus:35:5 @ Take from among you an offering vnto the Lorde: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, namely golde, and siluer, and brasse:

geneva@Exodus:35:6 @ Also blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates heare,

geneva@Exodus:35:7 @ And rams skins died red, and badgers skins with Shittim wood:

geneva@Exodus:35:8 @ Also oyle for light, and spices for the anointing oyle, and for the sweete incense,

geneva@Exodus:35:9 @ And onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.

geneva@Exodus:35:10 @ And every wise (note:)See (Exo_28:3).(:note) hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

geneva@Exodus:35:11 @ That is, the Tabernacle, that pauilion thereof, and his couering, and his taches & his boards, his barres, his pillars and his sockets,

geneva@Exodus:35:12 @ The ark, and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail of the (note:)Which hung before the mercyseat so it could not be seen.(:note) covering,

geneva@Exodus:35:13 @ The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread:

geneva@Exodus:35:14 @ Also the Candlesticke of light and his instrumentes, and his lampes with the oyle for the light:

geneva@Exodus:35:15 @ Likewise the Altar of perfume and his barres, and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the vaile of the doore at the entring in of the Tabernacle,

geneva@Exodus:35:16 @ The Altar of burnt offering with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote,

geneva@Exodus:35:17 @ The hangings of the court, his pillars & his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the court,

geneva@Exodus:35:19 @ The (note:)Such as belong to the service of the tabernacle.(:note) cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:35:21 @ And euery one, whose heart encouraged him, & euery one, whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, & for all his vses, and for the holy garments.

geneva@Exodus:35:22 @ Both men & women, as many as were free hearted, came and brought taches and earings, and rings, and bracelets, all were iewels of golde: and euery one that offered an offring of gold vnto the Lord:

geneva@Exodus:35:23 @ Euery man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, & fine linen, and goates heare, and rammes skinnes died red, and badgers skins, brought them.

geneva@Exodus:35:24 @ All that offered an oblation of siluer and of brasse, brought the offring vnto the Lord: and euery one, that had Shittim wood for any maner worke of the ministration, brought it.

geneva@Exodus:35:25 @ And all the women that were (note:)Who were witty and expert.(:note) wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen.

geneva@Exodus:35:26 @ And all the women (note:)That is, who were good spinners.(:note) whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' [hair].

geneva@Exodus:35:27 @ And ye rulers brought onix stones, & stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate:

geneva@Exodus:35:28 @ Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anoynting oyle, and for the sweete perfume.

geneva@Exodus:35:29 @ The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made (note:)Using Moses as a minister of it.(:note) by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Exodus:35:31 @ And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke,

geneva@Exodus:35:32 @ To finde out curious workes, to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,

geneva@Exodus:35:33 @ And in grauing stones to set them, and in karuing of wood, euen to make any maner of fine worke.

geneva@Exodus:35:34 @ And he hath put in his heart that hee may teach other: both hee, and Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan:

geneva@Exodus:35:35 @ Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner (note:)Belonging to graving or carving, or such like.(:note) of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

geneva@Exodus:36:1 @ Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the (note:)By the sanctuary he means all the tabernacle.(:note) sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

geneva@Exodus:36:2 @ For Moses had called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and all the wise hearted men, in whose heartes the Lorde had giuen wisedome, euen as many as their hearts encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke it.

geneva@Exodus:36:3 @ And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And (note:)Meaning, the Israelites.(:note) they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

geneva@Exodus:36:5 @ And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring (note:)A rare example and notable to see the people so ready to serve God with their goods.(:note) much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

geneva@Exodus:36:6 @ Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.

geneva@Exodus:36:7 @ For the stuffe they had, was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and too much.

geneva@Exodus:36:8 @ And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] (note:)Which were little pictures with wings in the form of children.(:note) cherubims of cunning work made he them.

geneva@Exodus:36:9 @ The length of one curtaine was twentie & eight cubits, & the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: and the curtaines were all of one cise.

geneva@Exodus:36:10 @ And he coupled fiue curtaines together, & other fiue coupled he together.

geneva@Exodus:36:11 @ And he made strings of blewe silke by the edge of one curtaine, in the seluedge of the coupling: likewise he made on the side of the other curtaine in the seluedge in the second coupling.

geneva@Exodus:36:12 @ Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie strings made he in the edge of the other curtaine, which was in the second coupling: the strings were set one against another.

geneva@Exodus:36:13 @ After, he made fiftie taches of golde, and coupled the curtaines one to another with the taches: so was it one Tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:36:16 @ And hee coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues:

geneva@Exodus:36:19 @ And he made a (note:)These two were above the covering of goat's hair.(:note) covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].

geneva@Exodus:36:20 @ And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, (note:)And to bear up the curtains of the tabernacle.(:note) standing up.

geneva@Exodus:36:21 @ The length of a board was ten cubites, and the bredth of one board was a cubite, & an halfe.

geneva@Exodus:36:24 @ And fourtie sockets of siluer made he vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one board for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another board for his two tenons.

geneva@Exodus:36:26 @ And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder another boarde.

geneva@Exodus:36:27 @ And for the sides of the tabernacle (note:)Or, toward the Mediterranean Sea, west of Jerusalem,(:note) westward he made six boards.

geneva@Exodus:36:28 @ And two boardes made he in the corners of the Tabernacle, for either side,

geneva@Exodus:36:29 @ And they were ioyned beneath, and likewise were made sure aboue with a ring: thus he did to both in both corners.

geneva@Exodus:36:32 @ And fiue barres for the boardes in the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boards of the Tabernacle on the side toward the West.

geneva@Exodus:36:33 @ And he made the middest barre to shoote through the boards, from the one end to ye other.

geneva@Exodus:36:34 @ He ouerlayd also the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the barres, and couered the barres with golde.

geneva@Exodus:36:35 @ And he made a (note:)Which was between the sanctuary and the holiest of holies.(:note) vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.

geneva@Exodus:36:36 @ And made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim, & ouerlayd them with golde: whose hookes were also of golde, and hee cast for them foure sockets of siluer.

geneva@Exodus:36:37 @ And he made an (note:)Which was between the court and the sanctuary.(:note) hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

geneva@Exodus:36:38 @ And the fiue pillars of it with their hookes, and ouerlayde their chapiters & their filets with golde, but their fiue sockets were of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:37:1 @ After this, Bezaleel made the Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie:

geneva@Exodus:37:2 @ And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a (note:)Like battlements.(:note) crown of gold to it round about.

geneva@Exodus:37:3 @ And cast for it foure rings of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, & two rings for the other side thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:4 @ Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde,

geneva@Exodus:37:5 @ And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.

geneva@Exodus:37:6 @ And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:7 @ And he made two Cherubims of gold, vpo the two endes of the Merciseate: euen of worke beaten with the hammer made he them.

geneva@Exodus:37:8 @ One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the [other] end on that side: out (note:)Of the same material that the mercyseat was.(:note) of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:9 @ And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims.

geneva@Exodus:37:10 @ Also he made ye Table of Shittim wood: two cubites was the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it.

geneva@Exodus:37:11 @ And hee ouerlayde it with fine golde, and made thereto a crowne of golde round about.

geneva@Exodus:37:12 @ Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth round about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about.

geneva@Exodus:37:13 @ And he cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:15 @ And he made the barres of Shittim wood, & couered them with golde to beare the Table.

geneva@Exodus:37:16 @ Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered.

geneva@Exodus:37:17 @ Likewise he made the Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candlesticke: and his shaft, and his branche, his bolles, his knops, and his floures were of one piece.

geneva@Exodus:37:18 @ And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.

geneva@Exodus:37:19 @ In one branche three bolles made like almondes, a knop & a floure: and in another branch three bolles made like almondes, a knop and a floure: and so throughout the sixe branches that proceeded out of the Candlesticke.

geneva@Exodus:37:20 @ And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof:

geneva@Exodus:37:21 @ That is, vnder euery two branches a knop made thereof, & a knop vnder the second branch thereof, and a knop vnder the thirde branche thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of it.

geneva@Exodus:37:23 @ And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde.

geneva@Exodus:37:24 @ [Of] a (note:)See (Exo_25:39).(:note) talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:25 @ Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same.

geneva@Exodus:37:26 @ And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.

geneva@Exodus:37:27 @ And he made two rings of gold for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith.

geneva@Exodus:37:28 @ Also he made the barres of Shittim wood, and ouerlayde them with golde.

geneva@Exodus:37:29 @ And he made the holy anointing oyle, & the sweete pure incense after ye apothecaries arte.

geneva@Exodus:38:1 @ Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie.

geneva@Exodus:38:2 @ And hee made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayd it with brasse.

geneva@Exodus:38:3 @ Also he made al the instruments of the altar: the ashpans, and the besoms, and the basins, the fleshhookes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:38:4 @ And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the (note:)So that the gridiron or grate was half as high as the altar and stood within it.(:note) midst of it.

geneva@Exodus:38:5 @ And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure endes of the grate to put barres in.

geneva@Exodus:38:6 @ And he made the barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with brasse.

geneva@Exodus:38:8 @ And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the (note:)R. Kimbi says that the women brought their looking glasses, which were of brass or fine metal, and offered them freely for the use of the tabernacle: which was a bright thing and of great majesty.(:note) lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Exodus:38:10 @ Their pillars were twentie, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hookes of the pillars, and their filets were of siluer.

geneva@Exodus:38:11 @ And on the Northside the hanginges were an hundreth cubites: their pillars twentie, & their sockets of brasse twentie, the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer.

geneva@Exodus:38:12 @ On the Westside also were hangings of fiftie cubites, their ten pillars with their ten sockets: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer.

geneva@Exodus:38:13 @ And toward ye Eastside, full East were hangings of fiftie cubites.

geneva@Exodus:38:14 @ The hangings of the one side were fifteene cubites, their three pillars, and their three sockets:

geneva@Exodus:38:15 @ And of the other side of the court gate on both sides were hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

geneva@Exodus:38:17 @ But the sockets of ye pillars were of brasse: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer, and the couering of their chapiters of siluer: and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with siluer.

geneva@Exodus:38:18 @ He made also the hanging of the gate of the court of needle worke, blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites in height & bredth, like the hangings of the court.

geneva@Exodus:38:19 @ And their pillars were foure with their foure sockets of brasse: their hookes of siluer, & the couering of their chapiters, & their filets of siluer.

geneva@Exodus:38:20 @ But all the pins of the Tabernacle and of the court round about were of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:38:21 @ This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the (note:)That the Levites might be in charge of it, and minister in the same, as did Eleazar and Ithamar, (Num_3:4).(:note) Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

geneva@Exodus:38:22 @ So Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:38:23 @ And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a (note:)Or, a graver, or carpenter, (Exo_36:4).(:note) cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

geneva@Exodus:38:24 @ All ye gold that was occupied in all ye worke wrought for the holy place (which was the gold of the offring) was nine and twentie talents, and seuen hundreth and thirtie shekels, according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Exodus:38:25 @ But the siluer of them that were numbred in the Congregation, was an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Exodus:38:26 @ A portion for a man, that is, halfe a shekel after ye shekel of the Sanctuarie, for all them that were numbred from twentie yeere olde & aboue, among sixe hundreth thousande, and three thousand, and fiue hundreth and fiftie men.

geneva@Exodus:38:27 @ Moreouer there were an hundreth talentes of siluer, to cast ye sockets of ye Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundreth sockets of an hundreth talents, a talent for a socket.

geneva@Exodus:38:28 @ But he made the hookes for the pillars of a thousande seuen hundreth and seuentie and fiue shekels, and ouerlayde their chapiters, and made filets about them.

geneva@Exodus:38:29 @ And the brass of the offering [was] seventy (note:)Read the weight of a talent, (Exo_25:39).(:note) talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

geneva@Exodus:38:30 @ Whereof he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar,

geneva@Exodus:38:31 @ And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets for the court gate, & al the pins of the Tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

geneva@Exodus:39:1 @ And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made (note:)As coverings for the ark, the candlestick, the altars and such like.(:note) cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:2 @ So he made the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.

geneva@Exodus:39:3 @ And they did beate the golde into thinne plates, and cut it into wiers, to worke it in ye blewe silke and in the purple, and in the skarlet, and in the fine linen, with broydred worke.

geneva@Exodus:39:5 @ And the broydred garde of his Ephod that was vpon him, was of the same stuffe, and of like worke: euen of golde, of blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:6 @ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as (note:)That is, of very fine and curious workmanship.(:note) signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:39:7 @ And put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones for a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:8 @ Also he made the brestplate of broydred worke like the worke of the Ephod: to wit, of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.

geneva@Exodus:39:9 @ They made the brest plate double, & it was square, an hand breadth long, & an hand breadth broad: it was also double.

geneva@Exodus:39:10 @ And they filled it with foure rowes of stones. The order was thus, a Rubie, a Topaze, & a Carbuncle in the first rowe:

geneva@Exodus:39:11 @ And in the seconde rowe, an Emeraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond:

geneva@Exodus:39:12 @ And the third row, (note:)Or, a turkeis, a stone which the authors write comes from the urine of the Lynx.(:note) a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

geneva@Exodus:39:13 @ Likewise in the fourth rowe, a Chrysolite, an Onix, and a Iasper: closed and set in ouches of golde.

geneva@Exodus:39:14 @ And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, (note:)That is, every tribe had his name written on a stone.(:note) according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

geneva@Exodus:39:15 @ After, they made vpon the brest plate cheines at the endes, of wrethen worke and pure golde.

geneva@Exodus:39:16 @ They made also two bosses of golde, and two golde rings, and put the two rings in the two corners of the brest plate.

geneva@Exodus:39:17 @ And they put ye two wrethe cheines of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate.

geneva@Exodus:39:18 @ Also the two other endes of the two wrethen chaines they fastened in the two bosses, and put the on the shoulders of the Ephod vpon the forefront of it.

geneva@Exodus:39:19 @ Likewise they made two rings of gold, and put them in the two other corners of the brest plate vpon the edge of it, which was on the inside of the Ephod.

geneva@Exodus:39:21 @ Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might bee fast vpon the broydered garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate should not be loosed fro the Ephod, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:22 @ And he made the robe of the (note:)Which was next under the Ephod.(:note) ephod [of] woven work, all [of] blue.

geneva@Exodus:39:23 @ And (note:)Where he could put his head through.(:note) [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

geneva@Exodus:39:24 @ And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined.

geneva@Exodus:39:25 @ They made also belles of pure gold and put the belles betweene the pomegranates vpon the skirtes of the robe rounde about betweene the pomegranates.

geneva@Exodus:39:26 @ A bel and a pomegranate, a bel & a pomegranate round about the skirts of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:27 @ After, they made coates of fine linen, of wouen worke for Aaron and for his sonnes.

geneva@Exodus:39:28 @ And the miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

geneva@Exodus:39:29 @ And the girdle of fine twined linen, and of blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, euen of needle worke, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:30 @ Finally they made the plate for the holy crowne of fine golde, and wrote vpon it a superscription like to the grauing of a signet, HOLINES TO THE LORD.

geneva@Exodus:39:31 @ And they tied vnto it a lace of blewe silke to fasten it on hie vpon the miter, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:32 @ Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord had commanded Moses: so dyd they.

geneva@Exodus:39:33 @ Afterwarde they brought the Tabernacle vnto Moses, the Tabernacle and al his instruments, his taches, his boards, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets,

geneva@Exodus:39:34 @ And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the (note:)So called, because it hung before the mercyseat and covered it from sight (Exo_35:12).(:note) vail of the covering,

geneva@Exodus:39:35 @ The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate,

geneva@Exodus:39:36 @ The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewebread,

geneva@Exodus:39:37 @ The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even with] the lamps to be (note:)Or, which Aaron dressed and refreshed with oil every morning (Exo_30:7).(:note) set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

geneva@Exodus:39:38 @ Also the golden Altar and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the hanging of the Tabernacle doore,

geneva@Exodus:39:39 @ The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote.

geneva@Exodus:39:40 @ The curtaines of the court with his pillers, and his sockets, & the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Exodus:39:41 @ Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office.

geneva@Exodus:39:42 @ According to all that the LORD (note:)Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add, nor diminish.(:note) commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

geneva@Exodus:39:43 @ And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses (note:)Praised God for the peoples diligence and prayed for them.(:note) blessed them.

geneva@Exodus:40:2 @ On the (note:)After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginning of August to the tenth of September, he came down, and caused this work to be done: which when finished, was set up in Abib, half March and half April.(:note) first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

geneva@Exodus:40:3 @ And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile.

geneva@Exodus:40:4 @ Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes,

geneva@Exodus:40:5 @ And thou shalt set the altar (note:)That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on.(:note) of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the This hanging or veil was between the sanctuary and the court. hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:40:7 @ And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein.

geneva@Exodus:40:8 @ Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate.

geneva@Exodus:40:9 @ After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy.

geneva@Exodus:40:10 @ And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.

geneva@Exodus:40:11 @ Also thou shalt anoynt the Lauer, and his foote, and shalt sanctifie it.

geneva@Exodus:40:12 @ Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

geneva@Exodus:40:13 @ And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office.

geneva@Exodus:40:15 @ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing (note:)Till both the priesthood and the ceremonies should end, which is at Christ's coming.(:note) shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

geneva@Exodus:40:16 @ So Moses did according to all that ye Lorde had commanded him: so did he.

geneva@Exodus:40:17 @ And it came to pass in the first month in (note:)After they came out of Egypt, (Num_7:1).(:note) the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.

geneva@Exodus:40:18 @ Then Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boardes thereof, and put in the barres of it, and reared vp his pillars.

geneva@Exodus:40:19 @ And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:20 @ And he took and put the (note:)That is, the tables of the law; (Exo_31:18, Exo_34:29).(:note) testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

geneva@Exodus:40:21 @ He brought also the Arke into the Tabernacle, and hanged vp the couering vaile, and couered the Arke of the Testimonie, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:23 @ And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:24 @ Also he put the Candlesticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, ouer against the Table toward ye Southside of the Tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:40:25 @ And he lighted the lampes before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:27 @ And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:28 @ And he set up the hanging [at] the (note:)Between the sanctuary and the court.(:note) door of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:40:29 @ After, he set the burnt offring Altar without the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered the burnt offering and the sacrifice thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:30 @ Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.

geneva@Exodus:40:31 @ So Moses and Aaron, and his sonnes washed their handes and their feete thereat.

geneva@Exodus:40:32 @ When they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and when they approched to the Altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:33 @ Finally, he reared vp the court rounde about the Tabernacle and the Altar, and hanged vp the vaile at the court gate: so Moses finished the worke.

geneva@Exodus:40:34 @ Then the cloud couered the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:40:35 @ So Moses could not enter into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, because the cloude abode thereon, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:40:38 @ For (note:)Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised.(:note) the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

geneva@Leviticus:1:1 @ And the (note:)By this Moses declares that he taught nothing to the people but that which he received from God.(:note) LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, The Argument - As God daily by most singular benefits declared himself mindful of his Church: he did not want them to have opportunity to trust either in themselves, or to depend on others, either for lack of physical things, or anything that belonged to his divine service and religion. Therefore he ordained various kinds of duties and sacrifices, to assure them of forgiveness for their offences (if they offered them in true faith and obedience.) Also he appointed the priests and levites, their apparel, offices, conversation and portion; he showed what feasts they should observe, and when. Moreover, he declares by these sacrifices and ceremonies that the reward of sin is death, and that without the blood of Christ the innocent Lamb, there can be no forgiveness of sins. Because they should not give priority to their own inventions (which God detested, as appears by the terrible example of Nadab and Abihu) he prescribed even to the least things, what they should do, what beasts they should offer and eat, what diseases were contagious and to be avoided, how they should purge all types of filthiness and pollution, whose company they should flee, what marriages were lawful, and what customs were profitable. After declaring these things, he promised favour and blessing to those who keep his laws, and threatened his curse to those who transgressed them.

geneva@Leviticus:1:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the (note:)So they could offer of no other sort, but of those who were commanded.(:note) cattle, [even] of the herd, and of the flock.

geneva@Leviticus:1:4 @ And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt offering, and it shalbe accepted to the Lorde, to be his atonement.

geneva@Leviticus:1:5 @ And (note:)A priest of the Levites.(:note) he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the Of the burnt offering, (Exo_27:1). altar that [is by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:1:6 @ Then shall he fley the burnt offering, and cut it in pieces.

geneva@Leviticus:1:7 @ So the sonnes of Aaron the Priest shall put fire vpon the altar, and lay the wood in order vpon the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:1:9 @ But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, [to be] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour (note:)Or a savour of rest, which pacifies the anger of the Lord.(:note) unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:1:10 @ And if his sacrifice for the burnt offering be of the flocks (as of the sheepe, or of the goats) he shall offer a male without blemish,

geneva@Leviticus:1:12 @ And he shall cut it in pieces, separating his head and his kall, and the Priest shall lay them in order vpon the wood that lyeth in the fire which is on the altar:

geneva@Leviticus:1:13 @ But he shall wash the inwardes, and the legges with water, and the Priest shall offer the whole & burne it vpon the altar: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:1:14 @ And if his sacrifice be a burnt offring to the Lord of ye foules, then he shall offer his sacrifice of the turtle doues, or of the yong pigeons.

geneva@Leviticus:1:15 @ And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and (note:)The Hebrew word signifies to pinch off with the nail.(:note) wring off his head, and burn [it] on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

geneva@Leviticus:1:16 @ And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the (note:)On the side of the court gate in the pans which stood with ashes; (Exo_27:3).(:note) east part, by the place of the ashes:

geneva@Leviticus:1:17 @ And he shall cleaue it with his wings, but not deuide it asunder: and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar vpon the wood that is in the fire: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:2:1 @ And when any will offer a (note:)Because the burnt offering could not be without the meat offering.(:note) meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

geneva@Leviticus:2:2 @ And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and (note:)The priest.(:note) he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the To signify that God remembers him that offers. memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

geneva@Leviticus:2:3 @ And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing (note:)Therefore no one could eat of it but the priest.(:note) most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:2:5 @ And if thy oblation [be] a (note:)Which is a gift offered to God to pacify him.(:note) meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

geneva@Leviticus:2:6 @ And thou shalt part it in pieces, and powre oyle thereon: for it is a meate offring.

geneva@Leviticus:2:7 @ And if thy meate offring be an oblation made in the caldron, it shalbe made of fine floure with oyle.

geneva@Leviticus:2:8 @ After, thou shalt bring the meate offering (that is made of these things) vnto the Lord, and shalt present it vnto the Priest, and he shall bring it to the altar,

geneva@Leviticus:2:9 @ And the Priest shall take from the meate offring a memoriall of it, and shall burne it vpon the altar: for it is an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:2:10 @ But that which is left of the meate offring, shalbe Aarons and his sonnes: for it is most holy of the offrings of the Lorde made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:2:13 @ And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the (note:)Which they were bound (as by covenant) to use all sacrifices, (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5; Eze_43:24) or it means a sure and pure covenant.(:note) covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

geneva@Leviticus:2:14 @ If then thou offer a meate offring of thy first fruites vnto the Lorde, thou shalt offer for thy meate offering of thy first fruites eares of corne dryed by the fire, and wheate beaten out of the greene eares.

geneva@Leviticus:2:15 @ After, thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and lay incense thereon: for it is a meate offring.

geneva@Leviticus:2:16 @ And the Priest shall burne the memoriall of it, euen of that that is beaten, and of the oyle of it, with all the incense thereof: for it is an offring vnto the Lorde made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:3:1 @ And if his oblation [be] a sacrifice of (note:)A sacrifice of thanksgiving offered for peace and prosperity, either generally or particularly.(:note) peace offering, if he offer [it] of the herd; whether [it be] a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:3:2 @ And shall put his hande vpon the head of his offering, and kill it at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and Aarons sonnes the Priestes shall sprinkle the blood vpon the altar rounde about.

geneva@Leviticus:3:3 @ And he shall (note:)One part was burnt, another was to the priests, and the third to him that offered.(:note) offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:3:4 @ He shall also take away the two kidneis, & the fat that is on them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:5 @ And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:3:6 @ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; (note:)In the peace offering either male or female could be offered, but in the burnt offering only the male: so here no birds can be offered, but in the burnt offering they might: there all was consumed with fire, and in the peace offering divided.(:note) male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

geneva@Leviticus:3:8 @ And lay his hand vpon the head of his offring, & shall kill it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and Aarons sonnes shall sprinckle the blood thereof round about vpon the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:3:9 @ And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering (note:)The burnt offering was completely consumed, and of the offering made by fire only the inner parts were burnt: the shoulder and breast, with the two jaws and the stomach were the priests, and the rest his that offered.(:note) an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, [and] the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:3:10 @ Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is vpon them, & vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:13 @ And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before (note:)Meaning, at the north side of the altar, (Lev_1:1).(:note) the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

geneva@Leviticus:3:14 @ Then he shall offer thereof his offring, euen an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is vpon the inwardes.

geneva@Leviticus:3:15 @ Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon ye flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:17 @ [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither (note:)Eating fat was a symbol of carnality, and eating blood signified cruelty.(:note) fat nor blood.

geneva@Leviticus:4:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through (note:)That is, of negligence or ignorance, especially in the ceremonial law: for otherwise the punishment for a crime is determined according to the transgression, (Num_15:22).(:note) ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

geneva@Leviticus:4:4 @ And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and (note:)By this confessing that he deserved the same punishment which the beast suffered.(:note) kill the bullock before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:4:5 @ And the Priest that is anointed shall take of the bullocks blood, and bring it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:4:6 @ And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the (note:)Which was between the holiest of holies and the sanctuary.(:note) sanctuary.

geneva@Leviticus:4:7 @ And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the (note:)Which was in the court: meaning by the tabernacle the sanctuary: and in the end of this verse it is taken for the court.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:4:8 @ And hee shall take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offring: to wit, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is about the inwardes.

geneva@Leviticus:4:9 @ He shall take away also the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis,

geneva@Leviticus:4:11 @ But the skinne of the bullocke, and all his flesh, with his heade, and his legs, and his inwardes, and his dung shal he beare out.

geneva@Leviticus:4:13 @ And if the (note:)The multitude does not excuse the sin, but if all have sinned, they must all be punished.(:note) whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which should not be done, and are guilty;

geneva@Leviticus:4:15 @ And the (note:)For all the people could not lay on their hands: therefore it was sufficient that the elders of the people did it in the name of all the congregation.(:note) elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:4:17 @ And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seuen times before the Lord, euen before the vaile.

geneva@Leviticus:4:19 @ And he shall take all his fat from him, and burne it vpon the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:4:20 @ And the Priest shal doe with this bullocke, as he did with the bullocke for his sinne: so shall he do with this: so the Priest shal make an atonement for them, and it shalbe forgiuen them.

geneva@Leviticus:4:21 @ For he shal carie the bullocke without the hoste, and burne him as he burned the first bullock: for it is an offring for the sinne of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:4:22 @ When a ruler shal sinne, and do through ignorance against any of the commaundementes of the Lorde his God, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:24 @ And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it (note:)That is, the priest shall kill it; for it was not lawful for any out of that office to kill the beast.(:note) in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering.

geneva@Leviticus:4:25 @ Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and shall powre the rest of his blood at the foote of the burnt offring altar,

geneva@Leviticus:4:26 @ And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make (note:)In which he represented Jesus Christ.(:note) an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:4:27 @ Likewise if any of the people of ye lande shall sinne through ignoraunce in doing against any of the commandements of the Lord, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:30 @ Then the Priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, & powre all the rest of the blood thereof at the foote of the altar,

geneva@Leviticus:4:31 @ And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offringes is taken away, and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shalbe forgiuen him.

geneva@Leviticus:4:32 @ And if he bring a lambe for his sinne offring, he shall bring a female without blemish,

geneva@Leviticus:4:33 @ And he shall lay his (note:)Meaning that the punishment of his sin should be laid on the beast, or, that he had received all things from God, and offered this willingly.(:note) hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

geneva@Leviticus:4:34 @ Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and shall powre al the rest of the blood thereof at the foote of the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:4:35 @ And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, (note:)Or, besides the burnt offerings, which were daily offered to the Lord.(:note) according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:1 @ And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and [is] a witness, whether he hath seen or (note:)By which it is commanded to bear witness to the truth, and disclose the iniquity of the ungodly.(:note) known [of it]; if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity.

geneva@Leviticus:5:2 @ Either if one touche any vncleane thing, whether it be a carion of an vncleane beast, or a carion of vncleane cattel, or a carion of vncleane creeping things, and is not ware of it, yet he is vncleane, and hath offended:

geneva@Leviticus:5:3 @ Eyther if hee touche any vncleannesse of man (whatsoeuer vncleannes it be, that hee is defiled with) and is not ware of it, and after commeth to the knowledge of it, he hath sinned:

geneva@Leviticus:5:4 @ Or if a soul (note:)Or, vow rashly without just examination of the circumstances, and not knowing what shall be the issue of the same.(:note) 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 one of these.

geneva@Leviticus:5:5 @ And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these (note:)Which have been mentioned before in this chapter.(:note) [things], that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing]:

geneva@Leviticus:5:6 @ Therefore shall he bring his trespasse offring vnto the Lord for his sinne which he hath committed, euen a female from ye flocke, be it a lambe or a she goat for a sinne offring, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sinne.

geneva@Leviticus:5:7 @ But if he be not able to bring a sheepe, he shall bring for his trespas which he hath committed, two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons vnto the Lord, one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:5:8 @ So he shall bring them vnto the Priest, who shall offer the sinne offring first, and wring the necke of it a sunder, but not plucke it cleane off.

geneva@Leviticus:5:9 @ After he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sinne offring vpon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be shed at the foote of the altar: for it is a sinne offering.

geneva@Leviticus:5:10 @ And he shall offer the second [for] a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall (note:)Or, declare him to be purged of that sin.(:note) make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:12 @ Then shall hee bring it to the Priest, and the Priest shall take his handfull of it for the remembrance thereof, and burne it vpon the altar with the offrings of the Lorde made by fire: for it is a sinne offring.

geneva@Leviticus:5:13 @ So the Priest shal make an atonement for him, as touching his sinne that he hath committed in one of these poyntes, and it shall bee forgiuen him: and the remnant shalbe the Priests, as the meate offring.

geneva@Leviticus:5:14 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:5:15 @ If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, (note:)Concerning the first fruits or tithes, due to the priests and Levites.(:note) 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, By the estimation of the priest, (Lev_27:12). with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:

geneva@Leviticus:5:16 @ So hee shall restore that wherein hee hath offended, in taking away of the holy thing, and shall put the fift part more thereto, and giue it vnto the Priest: so the Priest shal make an atonement for him with the ram of ye trespasse offring, and it shalbe forgiuen him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:17 @ And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist [it] not, yet is he guilty, and shall (note:)That is, remembers after that he has sinned when his conscience accuses him.(:note) bear his iniquity.

geneva@Leviticus:5:18 @ And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his (note:)Else if his sin against God come of malice, he must die; (Num_15:30).(:note) ignorance wherein he erred and wist [it] not, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:6:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:6:2 @ If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in (note:)To give, and occupy for the use of him that gave it.(:note) fellowship, or in a thing taken away by By any deceit, or unlawful means. violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

geneva@Leviticus:6:3 @ Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, (note:)In which he cannot but sin: or, in which a man accustoms to sin by perjury or such like thing.(:note) sinning therein:

geneva@Leviticus:6:5 @ Or for whatsoeuer he hath sworne falsely, he shall both restore it in the whole summe, and shall adde the fift parte more thereto, and giue it vnto him to whome perteyneth, the same day that he offreth for trespasse.

geneva@Leviticus:6:7 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lorde, and it shall be forgiuen him, whatsoeuer thing he hath done, and trespassed therein.

geneva@Leviticus:6:9 @ Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the (note:)That is, the ceremony which ought to be observed in it.(:note) law of the burnt offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

geneva@Leviticus:6:10 @ And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon (note:)Upon his secret parts, (Exo_28:42).(:note) his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the In the ash pans appointed for that use. altar.

geneva@Leviticus:6:11 @ After, he shal put off his garments, and put on other raiment, and cary the ashes foorth without the hoste vnto a cleane place.

geneva@Leviticus:6:12 @ But the fire vpon the altar shall burne thereon and neuer be put out: wherefore the Priest shall burne wood on it euery morning, and lay the burnt offering in order vpon it, and he shall burne thereon the fat of the peace offrings.

geneva@Leviticus:6:13 @ The fire shall euer burne vpon the altar, and neuer go out.

geneva@Leviticus:6:15 @ He shall euen take thence his handfull of fine flowre of the meate offring and of the oyle, & all the incense which is vpon the meat offring, and shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour, as a memoriall therefore vnto the Lorde:

geneva@Leviticus:6:16 @ But the rest thereof shall Aaron and his sonnes eate: it shalbe eaten without leauen in the holy place: in the court of the Tabernacle of the Congregation they shall eate it.

geneva@Leviticus:6:17 @ It shall not be (note:)Or, kneaded with leaven and baked.(:note) baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

geneva@Leviticus:6:20 @ This [is] the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering (note:)So oft as the high priest shall be elected and anointed.(:note) perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.

geneva@Leviticus:6:21 @ In the frying panne it shalbe made with oyle: thou shalt bring it fryed, and shalt offer the baken pieces of the meate offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:6:22 @ And the priest of his sons that is (note:)His son that shall succeed him.(:note) anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

geneva@Leviticus:6:25 @ Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his sonnes, and say, This is the Lawe of the sinne offering, In the place where the burnt offring is killed, shall the sinne offring be killed before the Lord, for it is most holy.

geneva@Leviticus:6:27 @ Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any (note:)Meaning, the garment of the priest.(:note) garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

geneva@Leviticus:6:28 @ But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in (note:)Which was in the laver, (Exo_30:28).(:note) water.

geneva@Leviticus:6:30 @ And no sin offering, whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile [withal] in the holy [place], shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the (note:)Out of the camp (Lev_4:12).(:note) fire.

geneva@Leviticus:7:1 @ Likewise this [is] the law of the (note:)Which is for the smaller sins, and such as are committed by ignorance.(:note) trespass offering: it [is] most holy.

geneva@Leviticus:7:2 @ In the place (note:)At the court gate.(:note) where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:7:3 @ And (note:)the high priest.(:note) he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:7:4 @ After he shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is on them & vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:7:7 @ As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one (note:)The same ceremonies, even though this word trespass signifies less then sin.(:note) law for them: the priest that maketh atonement Meaning, the rest which is left and not burnt. therewith shall have [it].

geneva@Leviticus:7:9 @ And all the meate offring that is baken in the ouen, and that is dressed in the pan, and in the frying pan, shall be the Priestes that offereth it.

geneva@Leviticus:7:10 @ And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and (note:)Because it had no oil or liquor.(:note) dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one [as much] as another.

geneva@Leviticus:7:12 @ If he offer it for a (note:)Peace offerings contain a confession and thanksgiving for a benefit received, and also a vow, and free offering to receive a benefit.(:note) thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.

geneva@Leviticus:7:14 @ And of all the sacrifice he shall offer one cake for an heaue offering vnto the Lorde, and it shalbe the Priestes that sprinckleth the blood of the peace offrings.

geneva@Leviticus:7:16 @ But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a (note:)If he makes a vow to offer: or else the flesh of the peace offerings must be eaten the same day.(:note) vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

geneva@Leviticus:7:18 @ And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall (note:)The sin for which he offered shall remain.(:note) bear his iniquity.

geneva@Leviticus:7:19 @ And the flesh that toucheth any unclean (note:)After it is sacrificed.(:note) [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and Of the peace offering that is clean. as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

geneva@Leviticus:7:21 @ Moreouer, whe any toucheth any vncleane thing, as the vncleannesse of man, or of an vncleane beast, or of any filthie abomination, and eate of the flesh of the peace offrings, which pertaineth vnto the Lorde, euen that person shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:7:24 @ Yet the fat of the dead beast, and the fat of that, which is torne with beastes, shalbe occupied to any vse, but ye shall not eate of it.

geneva@Leviticus:7:28 @ And the Lord talked with Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:7:30 @ His own (note:)And should not send it by another.(:note) hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:7:31 @ Then the Priest shall burne the fatte vpon the Altar, and the breast shall be Aarons and his sonnes.

geneva@Leviticus:7:32 @ And the right shoulder shall ye giue vnto the Priest for an heaue offering, of your peace offrings.

geneva@Leviticus:7:33 @ The same that offreth the blood of ye peace offrings, and the fatte, among the sonnes of Aaron, shall haue the right shoulder for his parte.

geneva@Leviticus:7:34 @ For the breast shaken to and fro, and the shoulder lifted vp, haue I taken of the children of Israel, euen of their peace offrings, and haue giuen them vnto Aaron the Priest and vnto his sonnes by a statute for euer from among the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:7:35 @ This [is the portion] of the (note:)that is, his privilege, reward and portion.(:note) anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day [when] he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;

geneva@Leviticus:7:36 @ The which portions the Lorde commanded to giue them in the day that he anointed them from among the children of Israel, by a statute for euer in their generations.

geneva@Leviticus:7:37 @ This [is] the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the (note:)Which sacrifice was offered when the priests were consecrated, (Exo_29:22).(:note) consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

geneva@Leviticus:7:38 @ Which the Lorde commaunded Moses in the mount Sinai, when he commanded the children of Israel to offer their giftes vnto the Lorde in the wildernesse of Sinai.

geneva@Leviticus:8:2 @ Take Aaron and his sonnes with him, and the garments and the anointing oyle, and a bullocke for the sinne offring, & two rammes, and a basket of vnleauened bread,

geneva@Leviticus:8:3 @ And assemble all the company at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:8:4 @ So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, & the companie was assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:8:6 @ And Moses brought Aaron and his sonnes, and washed them with water,

geneva@Leviticus:8:7 @ And put vpon him the coate, and girded him with a girdle, & clothed him with the robe, and put the Ephod on him, which he girded with the broydred garde of the Ephod, and bounde it vnto him therewith.

geneva@Leviticus:8:8 @ After he put the brest plate thereon, and put in the breast plate the Vrim and the Thummim.

geneva@Leviticus:8:9 @ And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, [even] upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the (note:)So called, because this superscription, «holiness to the Lord» was graven in it.(:note) holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:8:10 @ And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the (note:)That is, the holiest of holies, the sanctuary and the court.(:note) tabernacle and all that [was] therein, and sanctified them.

geneva@Leviticus:8:11 @ And sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all his instruments, and the lauer, and his foote, to sanctifie them)

geneva@Leviticus:8:12 @ And he powred of the anointing oyle vpon Aarons head, and anointed him, to sanctifie him.

geneva@Leviticus:8:13 @ After, Moses brought Aarons sonnes, and put coates vpon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonets vpon their heades, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:8:14 @ Then he brought the bullocke for the sinne offring, and Aaron and his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the bullocke for the sinne offring.

geneva@Leviticus:8:15 @ And he slew [it]; and Moses took the blood, and put [it] upon the horns of the (note:)Of the burnt offering.(:note) altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified To offer for the sins of the people. it, to make reconciliation upon it.

geneva@Leviticus:8:16 @ Then he tooke all the fatte that was vpon the inwardes, and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis, with their fat, which Moses burned vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:8:17 @ But the bullock, and his (note:)In other burnt offerings, which are not of consecration, or offering for himself, the priest has the skin, (Lev_7:8).(:note) hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:8:18 @ Also hee brought the ram for the burnt offring, and Aaron and his sonnes put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Leviticus:8:19 @ So Moses killed it, and sprinkled the blood vpon the Altar round about,

geneva@Leviticus:8:20 @ And Moses cut the ram in pieces, & burnt the head with the pieces, and the fat,

geneva@Leviticus:8:21 @ And washed the inwardes and the legges in water: so Moses burnt the ram euery whit vpon ye Altar: for it was a burnt offring for a sweete sauour, which was made by fire vnto the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:8:22 @ After, he brought the other ram, the ram of consecrations, and Aaron and his sonnes layed their handes vpon the head of the ram,

geneva@Leviticus:8:23 @ And he (note:)Moses did this because the priests were not yet established in their office.(:note) slew [it]; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put [it] upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

geneva@Leviticus:8:24 @ Then Moses brought Aarons sonnes, and put of the blood on the lap of their right eares, and vpon the thumbes of their right handes, and vpon the great toes of their right feete, and Moses sprinckled the rest of the blood vpon the Altar round about.

geneva@Leviticus:8:25 @ And he tooke the fat & the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis with their fat, & the right shoulder.

geneva@Leviticus:8:26 @ Also he tooke of ye basket of ye vnleauened bread that was before the Lorde, one vnleauened cake and a cake of oiled bread, & one wafer, and put them on the fat, & vpon the right shoulder.

geneva@Leviticus:8:27 @ So hee put all in Aarons handes, and in his sonnes handes, and shooke it to and fro before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:8:28 @ After, Moses tooke the out of their hands, & burnt them vpon the altar for a burnt offring: for these were consecrations for a sweete sauour which were made by fire vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:8:29 @ Likewise Moses tooke the breast of the ram of consecrations, & shooke it to and fro before the Lord: for it was Moses portion, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:8:30 @ Also Moses tooke of the anointing oyle, and of the blood which was vpon the Altar, and sprinkled it vpon Aaron, vpon his garments, and vpon his sonnes, and on his sonnes garments with him: so hee sanctified Aaron, his garments, & his sonnes, and his sonnes garments with him.

geneva@Leviticus:8:31 @ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh [at] the door of the (note:)At the door of the court.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that [is] in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

geneva@Leviticus:8:32 @ But that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread, shall ye burne with fire.

geneva@Leviticus:8:33 @ And ye shall not depart from the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen dayes, vntill the dayes of your consecrations bee at an ende: for seuen dayes, saide the Lorde, shall hee consecrate you,

geneva@Leviticus:8:34 @ As hee hath done this day: so the Lorde hath commanded to doe, to make an atonement for you.

geneva@Leviticus:8:35 @ Therefore shall yee abide at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation day and night, seuen dayes, and shall keepe the watch of the Lord, that ye dye not: for so I am commanded.

geneva@Leviticus:8:36 @ So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the (note:)By commission given to Moses.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:9:1 @ And it came to pass on the (note:)After their consecration: for the seven days before, the priests were consecrated.(:note) eighth day, [that] Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

geneva@Leviticus:9:2 @ And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a (note:)Aaron enters into the possession of the priesthood: and offers the four principal sacrifices, the burnt offering, the sin offering, the peace offering, and the meat offering.(:note) sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer [them] before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:9:3 @ And vnto the children of Israel thou shalt speake, saying, Take yee an hee goate for a sinne offring, and a calfe, and a lambe, both of a yeere olde, without blemish for a burnt offring:

geneva@Leviticus:9:4 @ Also a bullock, and a ramme for peace offringes, to offer before the Lorde, and a meate offring mingled with oyle: for to day the Lorde will appeare vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:9:5 @ And they brought [that] which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the (note:)Before the altar where his glory appeared.(:note) LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:9:6 @ (For Moses had sayde, This is the thing, which the Lord commaunded that ye should do, and the glory of the Lord shal appeare vnto you)

geneva@Leviticus:9:7 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for (note:)Read for the understanding of this peace, (Heb_4:5, Heb_7:27).(:note) thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

geneva@Leviticus:9:8 @ Aaron therefore went vnto the Altar, and killed the calfe of the sinne offring, which was for himselfe.

geneva@Leviticus:9:9 @ And the sonnes of Aaron brought ye blood vnto him, and he dipt his finger in the blood, and put it vpon the hornes of the Altar, and powred the rest of the blood at the foote of the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:10 @ But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he (note:)That is, he laid them in order, and so they were burnt when the Lord sent down fire.(:note) burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:9:11 @ The flesh also and the hide hee burnt with fire without the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:9:12 @ After, he slewe the burnt offering, and Aarons sonnes brought vnto him the blood, which he sprinckled round about vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:13 @ Also they brought the burnt offring vnto him with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt them vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:14 @ And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and (note:)All this must be understood of the preparation of the sacrifices which were burnt after, (Lev_9:24).(:note) burnt [them] upon the burnt offering on the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:15 @ Then he offred the peoples offring, and tooke a goate, which was the sinne offring for the people, and slewe it: and offred it for sinne, as the first:

geneva@Leviticus:9:16 @ So he offred the burnt offring, and prepared it, according to the maner.

geneva@Leviticus:9:17 @ He presented also the meate offring, & filled his hand thereof, and beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt this vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:18 @ He slewe also the bullock, and the ram for the peace offrings, that was for the people, and Arons sonnes brought vnto him the blood, which he sprinkled vpon the Altar round about,

geneva@Leviticus:9:19 @ With the fat of the bullocke, and of the ram, the rumpe, and that which couereth the inwards and the kidneis, and the kall of the liuer.

geneva@Leviticus:9:20 @ So they layed the fat vpon the breasts, and he burnt the fat vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:21 @ And the (note:)Of the bullock and the ram.(:note) breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

geneva@Leviticus:9:22 @ And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and (note:)Because the altar was near the sanctuary, which was the upper end, therefore he is said to come down.(:note) came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

geneva@Leviticus:9:23 @ And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and (note:)Or prayed for the people.(:note) blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

geneva@Leviticus:9:24 @ And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fatte: which when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.

geneva@Leviticus:10:1 @ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered (note:)Not taken from the altar, which was sent from heaven, and endured till the captivity of Babylon.(:note) strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

geneva@Leviticus:10:3 @ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be (note:)I will punish them that serve me in other ways than I have commanded, not sparing the chief, that the people may fear and praise my judgments.(:note) sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

geneva@Leviticus:10:4 @ And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vzziel, the vncle of Aaron, & saide vnto them, Come neere, cary your brethre from before the Sanctuarie out of the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:10:5 @ Then they went, and caried them in their coates out of the host, as Moses had comaunded.

geneva@Leviticus:10:6 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, (note:)As though you lamented for them, preferring your carnal affection to God's just judgment; (Lev_19:18; Deu_14:1).(:note) Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath In destroying Nadab and Abihu the chief, and menacing the rest, unless they repent. kindled.

geneva@Leviticus:10:7 @ And go not yee out from the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, least ye dye: for the anointing oyle of the Lorde is vpon you: and they did according to Moses commaundement.

geneva@Leviticus:10:8 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:10:10 @ That ye may put difference betweene the holy and the vnholy, and betweene the cleane and the vncleane,

geneva@Leviticus:10:11 @ And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lorde hath commaunded them by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:10:12 @ Then Moses saide vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and to Ithamar his sonnes that were left, Take the meate offring that remaineth of the offrings of the Lorde, made by fire, and eate it without leauen beside ye altar: for it is most holy:

geneva@Leviticus:10:13 @ And ye shall eate it in the holy place, because it is thy duetie and thy sonnes duety of the offringes of the Lorde made by fire: for so I am commannded.

geneva@Leviticus:10:14 @ And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy (note:)For the breast and shoulders of the peace offerings might be brought to their families, so that their daughters might eat of them, as also of the offerings of first fruits, the first born, and the Easter lamb, (Lev_22:12-13).(:note) daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons' due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:10:15 @ The heaue shoulder, and the shaken breast shall they bring with the offringes made by fire of the fat, to shake it to and fro before the Lord, and it shalbe thine and thy sonnes with thee by a lawe for euer, as the Lord hath commaunded.

geneva@Leviticus:10:16 @ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron [which were] (note:)And not consumed as Nadab and Abihu.(:note) left [alive], saying,

geneva@Leviticus:10:19 @ And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day (note:)That is, Nadab and Abihu.(:note) have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

geneva@Leviticus:10:20 @ And when Moses heard [that], he was (note:)Moses bore with his infirmity, considering his great sorrow, but does not leave an example to forgive them that maliciously transgress the commandment of God.(:note) content.

geneva@Leviticus:11:1 @ After, the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying vnto them,

geneva@Leviticus:11:3 @ Whatsoever parteth the (note:)He notes four types of beasts, some that chew the cud only, and some that only have the hoof cleft. Others neither chew the cud, nor have the hoof cleft, and the fourth both chew the cud and have the hoof divided, which may be eaten.(:note) hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

geneva@Leviticus:11:5 @ Likewise the conie, because he cheweth the cud and deuideth not the hoofe, he shall bee vncleane to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:6 @ Also the hare, because he cheweth the cud, and deuideth not the hoofe, he shalbe vncleane to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:7 @ And the swine, because he parteth ye hoofe and is clouen footed, but cheweth not the cud, he shalbe vncleane to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:8 @ Of their (note:)God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.(:note) flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:10 @ And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that (note:)As little fish begotten in the slime.(:note) move in the waters, and of any As they which come of generation. living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:

geneva@Leviticus:11:13 @ These shal ye haue also in abomination among the foules, they shal not be eaten: for they are an abomination, the egle, and the goshauke, and the osprey:

geneva@Leviticus:11:15 @ And all rauens after their kinde:

geneva@Leviticus:11:16 @ The ostrich also, and the night crowe, and the seameaw, and the hauke after his kinde:

geneva@Leviticus:11:17 @ The litle owle also, and the connorant, and the great owle.

geneva@Leviticus:11:18 @ Also the redshanke and the pelicane, and the swanne:

geneva@Leviticus:11:19 @ The storke also, the heron after his kinde, and the lapwing, and the backe:

geneva@Leviticus:11:21 @ Yet these shal ye eate: of euery foule that creepeth, and goeth vpon all foure which haue their feete and legs all of one to leape withal vpon the earth,

geneva@Leviticus:11:22 @ [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the (note:)These were certain types of grasshoppers, which are not now properly known.(:note) bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

geneva@Leviticus:11:25 @ And whosoever (note:)Out of the camp.(:note) beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

geneva@Leviticus:11:26 @ Euery beast that hath clawes deuided, and is not clouen footed, nor cheweth the cud, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: euery one that toucheth them, shalbe vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:11:27 @ And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes among all maner beastes that goeth on all foure, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: who so doth touch their carkeis shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:28 @ And he that beareth their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the euen: for such shalbe vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:29 @ These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the (note:)The green frog that sits on the bushes.(:note) tortoise after his kind,

geneva@Leviticus:11:30 @ Also the rat, and the lizard, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the molle.

geneva@Leviticus:11:32 @ And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or (note:)As a bottle or bag.(:note) skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

geneva@Leviticus:11:33 @ But euery earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoeuer is within it shalbe vncleane, and ye shal breake it.

geneva@Leviticus:11:35 @ And euery thing that their carkeis fall vpon, shalbe vncleane: the fornais or the pot shalbe broken: for they are vncleane, & shalbe vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:37 @ And if there fal of their dead carkeis vpo any seede, which vseth to be sowe, it shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:11:38 @ But if [any] (note:)He speaks of seed that is laid to sleep before it is sown.(:note) water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:40 @ And he that eateth of the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes and be vncleane vntil the euen: he also that beareth the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:41 @ Euery creeping thing therefore that creepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abomination, and not be eaten.

geneva@Leviticus:11:42 @ Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the breast, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon al foure, or that hath many feete among all creeping thinges that creepe vpon the earth, ye shal not eate of them, for they shalbe abomination.

geneva@Leviticus:11:44 @ For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be (note:)He shows why God chose them to be his people, (1Pe_1:15).(:note) holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

geneva@Leviticus:11:45 @ For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.

geneva@Leviticus:11:46 @ This is the law of beasts, and of foules, and of euery liuing thing that moueth in the waters, and of euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth:

geneva@Leviticus:11:47 @ That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.

geneva@Leviticus:12:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:12:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean (note:)So that her husband for that time could not have relations with her.(:note) seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:12:3 @ (And in the eight day, the foreskin of the childes flesh shalbe circumcised)

geneva@Leviticus:12:4 @ And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three (note:)Besides the first seven days.(:note) and thirty days; she shall touch no As sacrifice, or such like. hallowed thing, nor come into the That is, into the court gate till after forty days. sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

geneva@Leviticus:12:5 @ But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two (note:)Twice as long as if she gave birth to a boy.(:note) weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

geneva@Leviticus:12:6 @ And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the (note:)Where the burnt offerings were wont to be offered.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

geneva@Leviticus:12:8 @ But if she bee not able to bring a lambe, she shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons: the one for a burnt offring, and the other for a sinne offring: and the Priest shall make an atonement for her: so she shal be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:1 @ Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:13:2 @ When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh (note:)That it may be suspected to be leprosy.(:note) [like] the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

geneva@Leviticus:13:3 @ And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and [when] the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] (note:)That is, shrunken in, and be lower than the rest of the skin.(:note) deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:4 @ But if the white spot be in the skinne of his flesh, and seeme not to bee lower then the skin, nor the heare thereof be turned vnto white, then the Priest shall shut vp him that hath the plague, seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:5 @ After, the Priest shall looke vpon him the seuenth day: and if the plague seeme to him to abide still, and the plague growe not in the skin, the Priest shal shut him vp yet seuen dayes more.

geneva@Leviticus:13:6 @ And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat (note:)As having the skin drawn together, or blackish.(:note) dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:8 @ And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him (note:)Concerning his bodily disease: for his disease was not imputed to him for sin before God even though it were the punishment of sin.(:note) unclean: it [is] a leprosy.

geneva@Leviticus:13:10 @ And the Priest shall see him: and if the swelling be white in ye skin, & haue made ye heare white, and there be rawe flesh in the swelling,

geneva@Leviticus:13:11 @ It is an old leprosie in the skin of his flesh: and the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, and shall not shut him vp, for he is vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:12 @ Also if the leprosie breake out in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the skin of the plague, from his head euen to his feete, wheresoeuer the Priest looketh,

geneva@Leviticus:13:13 @ Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] (note:)For it is not that contagious leprosy that infects, but a form of scales which does not leave the skin raw as leprosy does.(:note) clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:15 @ And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] (note:)That is, declares that the flesh is not found, but is in danger of being leprous.(:note) unclean: it [is] a leprosy.

geneva@Leviticus:13:16 @ Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest,

geneva@Leviticus:13:17 @ And the Priest shal beholde him and if the sore be changed into white, then the Priest shall pronounce the plague cleane, for it is cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:18 @ The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed,

geneva@Leviticus:13:19 @ And in ye place of the bile there be a white swelling, or a white spot somewhat reddish, it shal be seene of the Priest.

geneva@Leviticus:13:20 @ And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him (note:)No one was exempted, but if the priest pronounced him unclean, he was put out from among the people: as appears by the example of Mary the prophetess, (Num_12:14) and by king Uzziah, (2Ch_26:20).(:note) unclean: it [is] a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

geneva@Leviticus:13:21 @ But if the Priest looke on it, & there be no white heares therein, and if it bee not lower then the skin, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:22 @ And if it spred abroad in the flesh, ye Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, for it is a sore.

geneva@Leviticus:13:23 @ But if the spot continue in his place, and growe not, it is a burning bile: therefore the Priest shall declare him to be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:24 @ Or if there be [any] flesh, in the skin whereof [there is] a hot burning, and the quick [flesh] that burneth have a (note:)If he has a white spot in the place where the burning was and was later healed.(:note) white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;

geneva@Leviticus:13:25 @ Then the Priest shall looke vpon it: and if the heare in that spot be changed into white, and it appeare lower then the skin, it is a leprosie broken out in the burning therefore the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie.

geneva@Leviticus:13:26 @ But if the Priest looke on it, and there be no white heare in the spot, and be no lower then the other skinne, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:28 @ And if the spot abide in his place, not growing in the skin, but is darke, it is a rising of the burning: the Priest shall therefore declare him cleane, for it is the drying vp of the burning.

geneva@Leviticus:13:30 @ Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it [be] in sight deeper than the skin; [and there be] in it a yellow thin (note:)Which was not wont to be there, or else smaller than in any other part of the body.(:note) hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a dry scall, [even] a leprosy upon the head or beard.

geneva@Leviticus:13:31 @ And if the Priest looke on the sore of the blacke spotte, and if it seeme not lower then the skinne, nor haue any blacke heare in it, then the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the sore of the blacke spot, seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:32 @ After, in the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the sore: and if the blacke spot growe not, and there be in it no yelowe heare, and the blacke spot seeme not lower then the skinne,

geneva@Leviticus:13:34 @ And the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the blacke spot: and if the blacke spot growe not in the skinne, nor seeme lower then the other skinne, then the Priest shall clense him, and hee shall wash his clothes, and be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:36 @ Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not (note:)He shall not care whether the yellow hair is there or not.(:note) seek for yellow hair; he [is] unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:37 @ But if ye blacke spot seeme to him to abide, and that blacke heare growe therein, the blacke spot is healed, he is cleane, and the Priest shall declare him to be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:39 @ Then the Priest shall consider: and if the spots in the skin of their flesh be somewhat darke and white withall, it is but a white spot broken out in the skin: therefore he is cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:40 @ And the man whose heare is fallen off his head, and is balde, is cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:41 @ And he that hath his (note:)By sickness or any other inconvenience.(:note) hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: [yet is] he clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:44 @ He is a leper and vncleane: therefore the Priest shall pronounce him altogether vncleane: for the sore is in his head.

geneva@Leviticus:13:45 @ And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be (note:)In sign of sorrow and lamentation.(:note) rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper Either in token of mourning, or for fear of infecting others. lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:49 @ And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of (note:)Whether it be garment, vessel, or instrument.(:note) skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

geneva@Leviticus:13:50 @ Then the Priest shall see the plague, and shut vp it that hath the plague, seuen dayes,

geneva@Leviticus:13:51 @ And shall looke on the plague the seuenth day: if the plague growe in the garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in the skinne, or in any thing that is made of skin, that plague is a fretting leprosie and vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:52 @ And hee shall burne the garment, or the warpe, or the woofe, whether it bee wollen or linen, or any thing that is made of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a freating leprosie, therefore it shalbe burnt in the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:13:53 @ And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not (note:)But abide still in one place, as in (Lev_13:37).(:note) spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

geneva@Leviticus:13:54 @ Then the Priest shall commaunde them to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it vp seuen dayes more.

geneva@Leviticus:13:55 @ And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, [if] the plague have not changed his (note:)But remain as it did before.(:note) colour, and the plague be not spread; it [is] unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it [is] fret inward, Or, whether it be in any bare place before, or behind. [whether] it [be] bare within or without.

geneva@Leviticus:13:56 @ And if the Priest see that the plague bee darker, after that it is washed, he shall cut it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warpe, or out of the woofe.

geneva@Leviticus:13:57 @ And if it appeare stil in ye garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing made of skin, it is a spreading leprie: thou shalt burne the thing wherein the plague is, in the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:13:58 @ And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin [it be], which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed (note:)So that he might be sure that the leprosy was departed, and that all opportunity for infection might be taken away.(:note) the second time, and shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:14:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:14:3 @ And the Priest shall go out of the campe, & the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper,

geneva@Leviticus:14:4 @ Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] (note:)Of birds which were permitted to be eaten.(:note) clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

geneva@Leviticus:14:5 @ And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over (note:)Running water, or of the fountains.(:note) running water:

geneva@Leviticus:14:6 @ After, he shall take the liue sparowe with the cedar wood, and the skarlet lace, and the hyssope, and shall dip them and the liuing sparowe in the blood of the sparowe slaine, ouer the pure water,

geneva@Leviticus:14:7 @ And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall (note:)Signifying that he that was made clean was set free, and restored to the company of others.(:note) let the living bird loose into the open field.

geneva@Leviticus:14:8 @ Then he that shall be clensed, shall wash his clothes, and shaue off all his heare, and wash himselfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shall he come into the host, but shall tary without his tent seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:14:9 @ So in the seuenth day hee shall shaue off all his heare, both his head, and his beard, and his eye browes: euen all his heare shall he shaue, and shall wash his clothes and shall wash his flesh in water: so he shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:10 @ And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without (note:)Which has no imperfection in any part.(:note) blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, This quantity in Hebrew is called a Log, and holds six eggs in measure. and one log of oil.

geneva@Leviticus:14:11 @ And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to bee made cleane, and those things, before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:14:12 @ Then the Priest shall take one lambe, and offer him for a trespasse offering, and the pint of oyle, and shake the to and fro before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:13 @ And hee shall kill the lambe in the place where the sinne offring and the burnt offring are slaine, euen in the holy place: for as the sinne offring is the Priests, so is the trespasse offring: for it is most holy.

geneva@Leviticus:14:14 @ So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lappe of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

geneva@Leviticus:14:15 @ The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand,

geneva@Leviticus:14:16 @ And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:17 @ And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hand, shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote, where the blood of the trespasse offring was put.

geneva@Leviticus:14:18 @ But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:19 @ And the Priest shal offer the sinne offring and make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed of his vncleannesse: then after shall he kill the burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:14:20 @ So the Priest shal offer ye burnt offring and the meat offring vpon ye altar and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:21 @ And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one (note:)Which is an Omer, (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

geneva@Leviticus:14:22 @ Also two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons, as he is able, whereof the one shalbe a sinne offering, and the other a burnt offring,

geneva@Leviticus:14:23 @ And he shall bring them the eight day for his clensing vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before ye Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:24 @ And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall (note:)Or, shall offer them as the offering that is shaken to and fro.(:note) wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD:

geneva@Leviticus:14:25 @ And he shall kil the lambe of the trespasse offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, & vpon ye thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

geneva@Leviticus:14:26 @ Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand.

geneva@Leviticus:14:27 @ So ye Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:28 @ Then the Priest shall put of the oyle that is in his hande, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote: vpon the place of the blood of the trespasse offring.

geneva@Leviticus:14:29 @ But ye rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:30 @ And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, (note:)whether of them he can get.(:note) such as he can get;

geneva@Leviticus:14:31 @ Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meate offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:32 @ This [is] the (note:)This order is appointed for the poor man.(:note) law [of him] in whom [is] the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.

geneva@Leviticus:14:33 @ The Lord also spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:14:34 @ When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I (note:)This declares that no plague nor punishment comes to man without God's providence and his sending.(:note) put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

geneva@Leviticus:14:35 @ Then he that oweth the house, shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague of leprosie in the house.

geneva@Leviticus:14:36 @ Then the Priest shall commande them to emptie the house before the Priest goe into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made vncleane, and then shall the Priest goe in to see the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:37 @ And hee shall marke the plague: and if the plague be in the walles of the house, & that there be deepe spots, greenish or reddish, which seeme to be lower then the wall,

geneva@Leviticus:14:38 @ Then the Priest shall goe out of the house to the doore of the house, and shall cause to shut vp the house seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:14:39 @ So the Priest shall come againe ye seuenth day: and if he see that the plague bee increased in the walles of the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:40 @ Then the Priest shall commande them to take away the stones wherein the plague is, and they shall cast them into a foule place without the citie.

geneva@Leviticus:14:41 @ And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into (note:)Where trash was cast, and other filth, that the people might not be infected by them.(:note) an unclean place:

geneva@Leviticus:14:42 @ And they shall take other stones, and put them in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaister the house with.

geneva@Leviticus:14:43 @ But if the plague come againe and breake out in the house, after that he hath taken away ye stones, and after that hee hath scraped and playstered the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:44 @ Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague growe in the house, it is a freating leprosie in the house: it is therefore vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:45 @ And he shall (note:)That is, he shall command it to be pulled down, as in (Lev_14:40).(:note) break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.

geneva@Leviticus:14:48 @ But if the Priest shall come and see, that the plague hath spread no further in the house, after the house be plaistered, the Priest shall pronounce that house cleane, for the plague is healed.

geneva@Leviticus:14:49 @ And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and (note:)It seems that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the apostle to the Hebrews calls it scarlet wool, (Heb_9:19).(:note) scarlet, and hyssop:

geneva@Leviticus:14:50 @ And hee shall kill one sparowe ouer pure water in an earthen vessell,

geneva@Leviticus:14:51 @ And shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssope, and the skarlet lace with the liue sparow, and dip them in the blood of the slayne sparow, and in the pure water, and sprinkle the house seuen times:

geneva@Leviticus:14:52 @ So shall hee clense the house with ye blood of the sparowe, & with the pure water, and with the liue sparowe, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the skarlet lace.

geneva@Leviticus:14:53 @ Afterwarde he shal let go the liue sparowe out of the towne into the broad fieldes: so shal he make atonement for the house, and it shal be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:54 @ This is the law for euery plague of leprosie and blacke spot,

geneva@Leviticus:14:55 @ And of the leprosie of the garment, and of the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:56 @ And of the swelling, and of the skab, and of the white spot.

geneva@Leviticus:15:1 @ Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:15:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his (note:)Whose seed either in sleeping or else of weakness of nature issues at his secret part.(:note) flesh, [because of] his issue he [is] unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:3 @ And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it [is] (note:)Of the thing of which he shall be unclean.(:note) his uncleanness.

geneva@Leviticus:15:4 @ Euery bed whereon he lyeth that hath the issue, shall be vncleane, and euery thing whereon he sitteth, shalbe vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:15:5 @ Whosoeuer also toucheth his bed, shal wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:6 @ And he that sitteth on any thing, whereon he sate that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:8 @ And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then (note:)Of whom the unclean man did spit.(:note) he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

geneva@Leviticus:15:9 @ And what (note:)The word signifies every thing on which a man rides.(:note) saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:10 @ And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that was vnder him, shall be vncleane vnto the euen: and he that beareth those things, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:11 @ Likewise whomesoeuer hee toucheth that hath the issue (and hath not washed his handes in water) shal wash his clothes and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:12 @ And the vessel of earth that he toucheth, which hath the issue, shalbe broken: and euery vessel of wood shalbe rinsed in water.

geneva@Leviticus:15:13 @ And when he that hath an issue is (note:)That is, be restored to his old state, and be healed of it.(:note) cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:14 @ Then the eight day he shall take vnto him two Turtle doues or two yong pigeons, and come before the Lorde at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall giue them vnto the Priest.

geneva@Leviticus:15:15 @ And the Priest shall make of the one of them a sinne offring, & of the other a burnt offering: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, for his issue.

geneva@Leviticus:15:16 @ And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his (note:)Meaning, all his body.(:note) flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

geneva@Leviticus:15:17 @ And euery garment, & euery skinne whereupon shalbe issue of seede, shall be euen washed with water, and be vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:18 @ If he that hath an issue of seede, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselues with water, and be vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:19 @ Also when a woman shal haue an issue, and her issue in her flesh shalbe blood, she shalbe put apart seuen dayes: and whosoeuer toucheth her, shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:20 @ And every thing that she lieth upon in (note:)That is, when she has her period, by which she is separate from her husband, from the tabernacle and from touching any holy thing.(:note) her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:21 @ Whosoeuer also toucheth her bedde, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe with water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:22 @ And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that she sate vpon, shal wash his clothes, and wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen:

geneva@Leviticus:15:24 @ And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers (note:)If any of her uncleanness touched him in the bed: for else the man that companied with such a woman should die, (Lev_20:18).(:note) be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:26 @ Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the (note:)Shall be unclean as the bed on which she lay when she had her natural disease.(:note) bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

geneva@Leviticus:15:27 @ And whosoeuer toucheth these things, shal be vncleane, & shal wash his clothes, & wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:28 @ But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall (note:)After the time that she is recovered.(:note) number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:29 @ And in the eight day shee shall take vnto her two Turtles or two yong pigeons, and bring them vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:15:30 @ And the Priest shall make of ye one a sinne offring, and of the other a burnt offring, and the Priest shal make an atonement for her before the Lord, for the issue of her vncleannes.

geneva@Leviticus:15:31 @ Thus shall ye (note:)Seeing that God required purity and cleanliness of his own: we cannot be his, unless our filth and sins are purged with the blood of Jesus Christ, and so we learn to detest all sin.(:note) separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that [is] among them.

geneva@Leviticus:15:32 @ This is the lawe of him that hath an issue, and of him from whome goeth an issue of seede whereby he is defiled:

geneva@Leviticus:15:33 @ Also of her that is sicke of her floures, and of him that hath a running issue, whether it bee man or woman, and of him that lyeth with her which is vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:16:1 @ Fvrthermore the Lord spake vnto Moses, after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron, whe they came to offer before the Lord, and dyed:

geneva@Leviticus:16:2 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at (note:)The high priest entered into the holiest of holies just once a year in the month of September.(:note) 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 cloud upon the mercy seat.

geneva@Leviticus:16:3 @ After this sort shall Aaron come into the Holy place: euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:4 @ He shal put on the holy linnen coate, and shal haue linnen breeches vpon his flesh, & shal be girded with a linnen girdle, and shal couer his head with a linnen miter: these are the holy garments: therefore shal hee wash his flesh in water, when he doeth put them on.

geneva@Leviticus:16:5 @ And hee shal take of the Congregation of the children of Israel, two hee goates for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:6 @ Then Aaron shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make an atonement for himselfe, and for his house.

geneva@Leviticus:16:7 @ And he shal take the two hee goates, and present them before the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:16:8 @ And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the (note:)In Hebrew it is called Azazel, which some say is a mountain near Sinai, where this goat was sent. Rather it is called the scapegoat because it was not offered but sent into the desert, as in (Lev_16:11).(:note) scapegoat.

geneva@Leviticus:16:9 @ And Aaron shal offer the goat, vpon which the Lords lot shal fal, & make him a sinne offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:11 @ Thus Aaron shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make a reconciliation for himselfe, and for his house, and shal kill the bullocke for his sinne offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:12 @ 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 (note:)The holiest of holies.(:note) vail:

geneva@Leviticus:16:13 @ And shal put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde, that the cloude of the incense may couer the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie: so he shal not dye.

geneva@Leviticus:16:14 @ And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat (note:)That is, on the side which was toward the people: for the head of the sanctuary stood westward.(:note) eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

geneva@Leviticus:16:15 @ Then shall he kill the goate that is the peoples sinne offring, and bring his blood within the vaile, and doe with that blood, as he did with the blood of the bullocke, and sprinckle it vpon the Merciseate, and before the Merciseate.

geneva@Leviticus:16:16 @ And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that (note:)Placed among them who are unclean.(:note) remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

geneva@Leviticus:16:17 @ And there shalbe no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the Holy place, vntill hee come out, and haue made an atonement for himselfe, and for his housholde, and for all the Congregation of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:16:18 @ And he shall go out unto the (note:)Upon which the sweet incense and perfume was offered.(:note) altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about.

geneva@Leviticus:16:20 @ When he hath made an ende of purging the Holy place, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the altar, then he shall bring the liue goate:

geneva@Leviticus:16:21 @ And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them (note:)In this goat is a true figure of Jesus Christ, who bears the sins of the people, (Isa_53:9).(:note) upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

geneva@Leviticus:16:22 @ So the goate shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the land that is not inhabited, & he shal let the goate go into the wildernesse.

geneva@Leviticus:16:23 @ After, Aaron shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and put off the linnen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leaue them there.

geneva@Leviticus:16:24 @ And he shall wash his flesh with water in (note:)In the court where the laver was, (Exo_30:28).(:note) the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

geneva@Leviticus:16:26 @ And he that caried forth the goat, called the Scape goat, shal wash his clothes, & wash his flesh in water, and after that shal come into the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:16:27 @ Also the bullocke for the sinne offring, & the goate for the sinne offring (whose blood was brought to make a reconciliation in the Holy place) shal one carie out without the hoste to be burnt in the fire, with their skinnes, and with their flesh, and with their doung.

geneva@Leviticus:16:28 @ And hee that burneth them shal wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterward come into the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:16:29 @ And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the (note:)Which was Tisri, part September and part October.(:note) seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall Meaning, by abstinence and fasting, (Num_29:7). afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

geneva@Leviticus:16:31 @ It [shall be] a (note:)Or a rest which you shall keep most diligently.(:note) sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

geneva@Leviticus:16:32 @ And the priest, (note:)Whom the priest shall anoint by God's commandment to succeed in his father's place.(:note) whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:

geneva@Leviticus:16:33 @ And shal purge the Holy Sanctuarie & the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shal clense the altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:16:34 @ And this shalbe an euerlasting ordinance vnto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sinnes once a yeere: and as the Lord commanded Moses, he did.

geneva@Leviticus:17:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:17:2 @ Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This [is] the thing which the LORD hath (note:)Lest they should practice the idolatry they had learned among the Egyptians.(:note) commanded, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:17:4 @ And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; (note:)I abhor it as much as if he had killed a man as in (Isa_66:3).(:note) blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

geneva@Leviticus:17:5 @ To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the (note:)In that they were moved with foolish devotion to offer it.(:note) open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace offerings unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:17:6 @ Then the Priest shall sprinkle the blood vpon the Altar of the Lord before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and burne the fat for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:17:7 @ And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto (note:)Meaning, whatever is not the true God, (1Co_10:10; Psa_95:5).(:note) devils, after whom they have gone a For idolatry is spiritual whoredom, because faith toward God is broken. whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

geneva@Leviticus:17:9 @ And bringeth it not vnto ye doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer it vnto the Lord, euen that man shall be cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:17:10 @ And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set (note:)I will declare my wrath by taking vengeance on him as in (Lev_20:3).(:note) my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:17:11 @ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you to offer vpon the altar, to make an atonemet for your soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule.

geneva@Leviticus:17:13 @ And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be (note:)Which the law permits to be eaten, because it is clean.(:note) eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

geneva@Leviticus:17:15 @ And euery person that eateth it which dyeth alone, or that which is torne with beastes, whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and be vncleane vnto the euen: after he shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:18:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:18:2 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:18:3 @ After the (note:)You shall preserve yourselves from these abominations following, which the Egyptians and Canaanites use.(:note) doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

geneva@Leviticus:18:4 @ But do after my iudgementes, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:18:5 @ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: (note:)And therefore you ought to serve me alone, as my people.(:note) I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:18:16 @ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy (note:)Because the idolaters, among whom God's people had dwelt and would dwell, were given to these horrible incests, God charges his own to beware of them.(:note) brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

geneva@Leviticus:18:17 @ Thou shalt not discouer the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, and it were wickednesse.

geneva@Leviticus:18:21 @ And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to (note:)Which was an idol of the Ammonites, to whom they burned and sacrificed their children, (2Ki_23:10). This seemed to be the chief and principal of all idols: and as the Jews write, was of a great stature, and hollow within, having seven places or chambers within him: one was to receive meal that was offered: another turtle doves: the third, a sheep: the fourth, a ram: the fifth a calf: the sixth an ox: the seventh a child. This idols face was like a calf: his hands were ever stretched out to receive gifts: his priests were called Chemarims, (2Ki_23:5; Hos_10:5; Zep_1:4).(:note) Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:18:23 @ Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.

geneva@Leviticus:18:25 @ And the land is defiled: therefore I do (note:)I will punish the land where such incestuous marriages and pollutions are tolerated.(:note) visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself He compares the wicked to evil humours and overeating, which corrupt the stomach, and oppress nature, and therefore must be cast out by vomit. vomiteth out her inhabitants.

geneva@Leviticus:18:26 @ Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you.

geneva@Leviticus:18:27 @ (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

geneva@Leviticus:18:28 @ That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it (note:)Both for their wicked marriages, unnatural copulations, idolatry or spiritual whoredom with Molech and such like abominations.(:note) spued out the nations that [were] before you.

geneva@Leviticus:18:30 @ Therefore shall yee keepe mine ordinances that ye do not any of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that yee defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:19:2 @ Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be (note:)That is, void of all pollution, idolatry and superstition both of soul and body.(:note) holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.

geneva@Leviticus:19:3 @ Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:5 @ And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it (note:)Of your own accord.(:note) at your own will.

geneva@Leviticus:19:6 @ It shall be eaten the day yee offer it, or on the morowe: and that which remaineth vntill the third day, shalbe burnt in the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:19:7 @ And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be (note:)To wit, of God.(:note) accepted.

geneva@Leviticus:19:8 @ Therefore he that eateth it, shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lorde, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:19:9 @ When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

geneva@Leviticus:19:10 @ Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:16 @ Thou shalt not (note:)As a slanderer, backbiter, or quarrel picker.(:note) go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou By consenting to his death, or conspiring with the wicked. stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:19:17 @ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

geneva@Leviticus:19:19 @ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a (note:)As a horse to leap an ass, or a mule a mare.(:note) diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

geneva@Leviticus:19:20 @ Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.

geneva@Leviticus:19:21 @ And he shall bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lorde, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ramme for a trespasse offering.

geneva@Leviticus:19:22 @ Then the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ramme of the trespasse offering before the Lorde, concerning his sinne which he hath done, and pardon shalbe giuen him for his sinne which he hath committed.

geneva@Leviticus:19:23 @ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye (note:)It shall be unclean as that thing, which is not circumcised.(:note) shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

geneva@Leviticus:19:25 @ And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:29 @ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a (note:)As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses.(:note) whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

geneva@Leviticus:19:30 @ Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:19:32 @ Thou shalt (note:)In token of reverence.(:note) rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:19:33 @ And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

geneva@Leviticus:19:34 @ But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:36 @ Just balances, just weights, a just (note:)By these two measures he means all other. Of Ephah, read (Exo_16:36) and of Hin, (Exo_29:40).(:note) ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Leviticus:19:37 @ Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:20:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:20:2 @ Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto (note:)By Molech he means any type of idol, (Lev_18:21)(:note) Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

geneva@Leviticus:20:3 @ And I will (note:)Read (Lev_17:10, Lev_18:21).(:note) set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

geneva@Leviticus:20:4 @ And if the (note:)Though the people be negligent to do their duty, and defend God's right, yet he will not allow wickedness to go unpunished.(:note) people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

geneva@Leviticus:20:5 @ Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:6 @ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a (note:)To esteem sorcerers or conjurers is spiritual whoredom, or idolatry.(:note) whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:7 @ Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:20:8 @ Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lorde which doeth sanctifie you.

geneva@Leviticus:20:10 @ And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hath comitted adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death.

geneva@Leviticus:20:11 @ And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:20:14 @ And if a man take a wife and her mother, (note:)It is an abominable and detestable thing.(:note) it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

geneva@Leviticus:20:15 @ Also the man that lyeth with a beast, shall dye the death, and ye shall slay the beast.

geneva@Leviticus:20:16 @ And if a woman come to any beast, and lye therewith, then thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall die the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:20:17 @ Also the man that taketh his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, & seeth her shame and she seeth his shame, it is villenie: therefore they shall be cut off in the sight of their people, because he hath vncouered his sisters shame, he shall beare his iniquitie.

geneva@Leviticus:20:18 @ The man also that lyeth with a woman hauing her disease, and vncouereth her shame, and openeth her fountaine, and she open the foutaine of her blood, they shall bee euen both cut off from among their people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:20 @ And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die (note:)They shall be cut off from their people, and their children shall be taken as bastards, and not counted among the Israelites.(:note) childless.

geneva@Leviticus:20:21 @ And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's (note:)Read (Lev_18:16).(:note) nakedness; they shall be childless.

geneva@Leviticus:20:22 @ Ye shall keepe therefore all mine ordinances and all my iudgements, and doe them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwel therein, spue you not out.

geneva@Leviticus:20:24 @ But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that (note:)Full of abundance of all things.(:note) floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:25 @ Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls (note:)By eating them contrary to my commandment.(:note) abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:20:26 @ Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.

geneva@Leviticus:20:27 @ And if a man or woman haue a spirite of diuination, or soothsaying in them, they shall die the death: they shall stone them to death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:21:1 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be (note:)By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial.(:note) defiled for the dead among his people:

geneva@Leviticus:21:3 @ And for his sister a (note:)For being married she seemed to be cut off from his family.(:note) virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

geneva@Leviticus:21:6 @ They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie.

geneva@Leviticus:21:7 @ They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or (note:)Which has an evil name or is defamed.(:note) profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

geneva@Leviticus:21:8 @ Thou shalt (note:)You shall count them holy and reverence them.(:note) sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the The showbread. bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, [am] holy.

geneva@Leviticus:21:10 @ And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not (note:)He shall use no such ceremonies as the mourners observed.(:note) uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

geneva@Leviticus:21:12 @ Neither shall he go out of the (note:)To go to the dead.(:note) sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the For by his anointing he was preferred above the other priests and therefore could not lament the dead, least he should have polluted his holy anointing. crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:21:16 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:21:17 @ Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God:

geneva@Leviticus:21:19 @ Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

geneva@Leviticus:21:21 @ No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the (note:)As the show bread, and meat offerings.(:note) bread of his God.

geneva@Leviticus:21:22 @ He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the (note:)As of sacrifice for sin.(:note) most holy, and As of the tithes and first fruits. of the holy.

geneva@Leviticus:21:24 @ Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:22:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:22:2 @ Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they (note:)Meaning, that the priests abstain from eating, as long as they are polluted.(:note) separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:22:4 @ What man soever of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing [that is] (note:)By touching any dead thing, or being at burial of the dead.(:note) unclean [by] the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

geneva@Leviticus:22:6 @ The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water.

geneva@Leviticus:22:9 @ Let them keepe therefore mine ordinance, least they beare their sinne for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them.

geneva@Leviticus:22:10 @ There shall no (note:)Which is not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a Some read, the servant who had his ear bored, and would not go free, (Exo_21:6). sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.

geneva@Leviticus:22:13 @ Notwithstanding if the Priests daughter be a widowe or diuorced, and haue no childe, but is returned vnto her fathers house shee shall eate of her fathers bread, as she did in her youth but there shall no stranger eate thereof.

geneva@Leviticus:22:14 @ And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the (note:)He shall give that and a fifth part over.(:note) fifth [part] thereof unto it, and shall give [it] unto the priest with the holy thing.

geneva@Leviticus:22:17 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:22:18 @ Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vowes, and for all their free offrings, which they vse to offer vnto the Lorde for a burnt offring,

geneva@Leviticus:22:21 @ And whosoeuer bringeth a peace offring vnto ye Lord to accomplish his vowe, or for a free offring, of the beeues, or of the sheepe, his free offring shall bee perfect, no blemish shalbe in it.

geneva@Leviticus:22:24 @ Ye shall not offer vnto ye Lord that which is bruised or crusshed, or broken, or cut away, neither shal ye make an offring thereof in your land,

geneva@Leviticus:22:25 @ Neither (note:)You shall not receive any imperfect thing from a stranger, to make it the Lord's offering: which he calls the bread of the Lord.(:note) from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

geneva@Leviticus:22:26 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:22:27 @ When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or a goate shal be brought foorth, it shalbe euen seuen daies vnder his damme: and from the eight day forth, it shalbe accepted for a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:22:28 @ As for the cowe or the ewe, yee shall not kill her, and her yong both in one day.

geneva@Leviticus:22:31 @ Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:22:32 @ Neither shall ye (note:)For whoever does otherwise than God commands pollutes his Name.(:note) profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,

geneva@Leviticus:22:33 @ Which haue brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:23:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:23:4 @ These [are] the feasts of the LORD, [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their (note:)For the sabbath was kept every week, and these others were kept only once every year.(:note) seasons.

geneva@Leviticus:23:5 @ In the first moneth, and in the fourteenth day of the moneth at euening shalbe ye Passeouer of the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:23:6 @ And on the fifteenth day of this moneth shalbe the feast of vnleauened bread vnto the Lord: seuen dayes ye shall eate vnleauened bread.

geneva@Leviticus:23:8 @ But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the (note:)The first day of the feast and the seventh were kept holy: in the rest they might work, except any feasts that were together, as were the feast of unleavened bread and the feast of sheaves which were on the fifteenth and sixteenth days.(:note) seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].

geneva@Leviticus:23:9 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:23:10 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into ye land which I giue vnto you, and reape the haruest thereof, then ye shal bring a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the Priest,

geneva@Leviticus:23:11 @ And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the (note:)That is, the second sabbath of the Passover.(:note) sabbath the priest shall wave it.

geneva@Leviticus:23:12 @ And that day when yee shake the sheafe, shall yee prepare a lambe without blemish of a yeere olde, for a burnt offring vnto the Lord:

geneva@Leviticus:23:13 @ And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two (note:)Which is, the fifth part of an Ephah, or two Omers: read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] Read (Exo_29:40). of an hin.

geneva@Leviticus:23:14 @ And ye shal eat neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares vntill the selfe same day that ye haue brought an offring vnto your God: this shalbe a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellings.

geneva@Leviticus:23:15 @ And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the (note:)That is, the seventh day after the first sabbath of the Passover.(:note) sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

geneva@Leviticus:23:17 @ Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with (note:)Because the priest should eat them, as in (Lev_7:13), and they should not be offered to the Lord on the altar.(:note) leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:23:18 @ Also yee shall offer with the bread seuen lambes without blemish of one yeere olde, and a yong bullocke and two rams: they shalbe for a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings, for a sacrifice made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:23:19 @ Then ye shall prepare an hee goate for a sinne offring, and two lambes of one yeere olde for peace offrings.

geneva@Leviticus:23:20 @ And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the (note:)That is, offered to the Lord, and the rest should be for the priest.(:note) priest.

geneva@Leviticus:23:22 @ And when you reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not rid cleane the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou make any aftergathering of thy haruest, but shalt leaue them vnto the poore and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:23:23 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:23:24 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the (note:)That is, about the end of September.(:note) seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye Or, a holy day to the Lord. have a sabbath, a memorial of Which blowing was to remind them of the many feasts that were in that month, and of the Jubile. blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

geneva@Leviticus:23:26 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:23:27 @ Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall (note:)By fasting and prayer.(:note) afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:23:28 @ And ye shall doe no worke that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:23:30 @ And euery person that shall doe any work that same day, the same person also will I destroy from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:23:32 @ It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from (note:)Which contains a night and a day: yet they took it as their natural day.(:note) even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

geneva@Leviticus:23:33 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:23:34 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, In the fifteenth day of this seueth moneth shalbe for seuen dayes the feast of Tabernacles vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:23:36 @ Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it [is] a (note:)Or, a day in which the people refrain from all work.(:note) solemn assembly; [and] ye shall do no servile work [therein].

geneva@Leviticus:23:37 @ These [are] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a (note:)Or, peace offering.(:note) sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

geneva@Leviticus:23:38 @ Beside the Sabbaths of the Lorde, and beside your giftes, and beside al your vowes, and beside all your free offrings, which ye shal giue vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:23:39 @ Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day [shall be] a (note:)Or, a solemn feast.(:note) sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall be] a sabbath.

geneva@Leviticus:23:40 @ And yee shall take you in the first day the fruite of goodly trees, branches of palme trees, & the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the brooke, and shall reioyce before the Lorde your God seuen daies.

geneva@Leviticus:23:43 @ That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in (note:)In the wilderness, in that they would not believe Joshua and Caleb, when they returned from spying the land of Canaan.(:note) booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Leviticus:24:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:24:4 @ He shall dresse the lampes vpon the pure Candlesticke before the Lorde perpetually.

geneva@Leviticus:24:5 @ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two (note:)That is, two omers, read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deals shall be in one cake.

geneva@Leviticus:24:6 @ And thou shalt set them in two rowes, six in a rowe vpon the pure table before the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:24:7 @ And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that (note:)For it was burnt every sabbath, when the bread was taken away.(:note) it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:24:9 @ And the bread shalbe Aaros & his sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holie place: for it is most holie vnto him of the offrings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetuall ordinance.

geneva@Leviticus:24:10 @ And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went (note:)Meaning, out of his tent.(:note) out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

geneva@Leviticus:24:11 @ And the Israelitish woman's son (note:)By swearing or despising God.(:note) blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

geneva@Leviticus:24:12 @ And they put him in warde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:24:14 @ Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him.

geneva@Leviticus:24:15 @ And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall (note:)Shall be punished.(:note) bear his sin.

geneva@Leviticus:24:16 @ And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine.

geneva@Leviticus:24:18 @ And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

geneva@Leviticus:24:21 @ And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

geneva@Leviticus:24:23 @ And (note:)Because the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded.(:note) Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:25:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:25:2 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:4 @ But the seuenth yeere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the lande: it shall be the Lordes Sabbath: thou shalt neither sowe thy fielde, nor cut thy vineyarde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:5 @ That which groweth of its (note:)Because of the corn that fell out of the ears the previous year.(:note) own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine Or, which you have separated from yourself, and consecrated to God for the poor. undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land.

geneva@Leviticus:25:6 @ And the (note:)That which the land brings forth in her rest.(:note) sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

geneva@Leviticus:25:7 @ And for thy cattell, and for the beastes that are in thy lande shall all the encrease thereof be meate.

geneva@Leviticus:25:8 @ Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, euen seuen times seuen yeere: and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere.

geneva@Leviticus:25:10 @ And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the (note:)Which were in bondage.(:note) inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his Because the tribes should neither have their possessions diminished nor confounded. possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

geneva@Leviticus:25:14 @ And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall (note:)By deceit, or otherwise.(:note) not oppress one another:

geneva@Leviticus:25:15 @ According to the number of (note:)If the Jubile to come is near, you would be better to sell cheaply. If it is far off, sell at a higher price.(:note) years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

geneva@Leviticus:25:16 @ According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the (note:)And not the full possession of the land.(:note) fruits doth he sell unto thee.

geneva@Leviticus:25:18 @ Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances, and keepe my lawes, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie.

geneva@Leviticus:25:19 @ And the lande shall giue her fruite, and ye shall eate your fill, and dwell therein in safetie.

geneva@Leviticus:25:20 @ And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase?

geneva@Leviticus:25:21 @ I will sende my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it shall bring foorth fruite for three yeeres.

geneva@Leviticus:25:22 @ And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:23 @ The land shall not be sold (note:)It could not be sold for ever, but must return to the family in the Jubile.(:note) for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.

geneva@Leviticus:25:24 @ And in all the land of your possession ye shall (note:)You shall sell it on the condition that it may be redeemed.(:note) grant a redemption for the land.

geneva@Leviticus:25:25 @ If thy brother be impouerished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, euen his neere kinsman, and bye out that which his brother solde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:26 @ And if he haue no redeemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out,

geneva@Leviticus:25:27 @ Then let him (note:)Deducting money for the years past, and paying for the rest of the years to come.(:note) count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:28 @ But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go (note:)From his hand that bought it.(:note) out, and he shall return unto his possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:30 @ And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that [is] in the walled city shall be established (note:)That is, for ever, read (Lev_25:23).(:note) for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

geneva@Leviticus:25:31 @ But the houses of villages, which haue no walles round about them, shalbe esteemed as the fielde of the countrey: they may be bought out againe, and shall goe out in the Iubile.

geneva@Leviticus:25:32 @ Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.

geneva@Leviticus:25:33 @ And if a man purchase of the Leuites, the house that was solde, and the citie of their possession shall goe out in the Iubile: for the houses of the cities of the Leuites are their possession among the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:25:35 @ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and (note:)In Hebrew it is, if his hand shake: meaning if he stretch forth his hand for help as one in misery.(:note) fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

geneva@Leviticus:25:38 @ I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to giue you the lande of Canaan, and to be your God.

geneva@Leviticus:25:39 @ If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

geneva@Leviticus:25:40 @ But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee: he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile.

geneva@Leviticus:25:41 @ Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne:

geneva@Leviticus:25:42 @ For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not (note:)To perpetual servitude.(:note) be sold as bondmen.

geneva@Leviticus:25:44 @ Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

geneva@Leviticus:25:45 @ Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your (note:)For they shall not be bought out at the Jubile.(:note) possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:47 @ If a soiourner or a stranger dwelling by thee get riches, & thy brother by him be impouerished, and sell him selfe vnto the stranger or soiourner dwelling by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers familie,

geneva@Leviticus:25:50 @ And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of (note:)Which remains yet to the Jubile.(:note) years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

geneva@Leviticus:25:52 @ If there remaine but fewe yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according to his yeeres giue againe for his redemption.

geneva@Leviticus:25:53 @ [And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy (note:)You shall not allow him to treat him severely, if you know it.(:note) sight.

geneva@Leviticus:25:54 @ And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him.

geneva@Leviticus:25:55 @ For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants: they are my seruants, who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt: I am ye Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:26:1 @ Ye shall make you none idoles nor grauen image, neither reare you vp any pillar, neither shal ye set any image of stone in your land to bow downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:26:2 @ Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:26:3 @ If ye walke in mine ordinances, and keepe my commandements, and doe them,

geneva@Leviticus:26:4 @ Then I will give you (note:)By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirs the mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings.(:note) rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

geneva@Leviticus:26:5 @ And your threshing shall reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reache vnto sowing time, and you shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your land safely.

geneva@Leviticus:26:6 @ And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the (note:)You shall have no war.(:note) sword go through your land.

geneva@Leviticus:26:7 @ Also ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you vpon the sworde.

geneva@Leviticus:26:8 @ And fiue of you shall chase an hundreth, and an hundreth of you shall put ten thousande to flight, and your enemies shall fall before you vpon the sworde.

geneva@Leviticus:26:9 @ For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and (note:)Perform that which I have promised.(:note) establish my covenant with you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:10 @ Ye shall eate also olde store, and cary out olde because of the newe.

geneva@Leviticus:26:11 @ And I will set my (note:)I will be daily present with you.(:note) tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:12 @ Also I will walke among you, and I wil be your God, and ye shalbe my people.

geneva@Leviticus:26:13 @ I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the (note:)I have set you at full liberty, while before you were as beasts tied in bands.(:note) bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

geneva@Leviticus:26:14 @ But if ye will not obey me, nor do all these commandements,

geneva@Leviticus:26:15 @ And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my (note:)Which I made with you in choosing you to be my people.(:note) covenant:

geneva@Leviticus:26:16 @ Then wil I also do this vnto you, I wil appoint ouer you fearefulnes, a consumption, and the burning ague to consume the eyes, and make the heart heauie, and you shall sowe your seede in vaine: for your enemies shall eate it:

geneva@Leviticus:26:17 @ And I will set (note:)Read (Lev_17:10).(:note) my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:18 @ And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you (note:)That is, more extremely.(:note) seven times more for your sins.

geneva@Leviticus:26:19 @ And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as (note:)You shall have drought and barrenness.(:note) iron, and your earth as brass:

geneva@Leviticus:26:20 @ And your strength shalbe spent in vaine: neither shall your lande giue her increase, neither shall the trees of the land giue their fruite.

geneva@Leviticus:26:21 @ And if ye walk (note:)Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chance and fortune.(:note) contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

geneva@Leviticus:26:22 @ I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall (note:)Read (2Ki_17:25).(:note) rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your Because no one dares to pass by it for fear of the beasts. [high] ways shall be desolate.

geneva@Leviticus:26:24 @ Then wil I also walke stubburnly against you, and I will smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes:

geneva@Leviticus:26:25 @ And I wil send a sword vpon you, that shal auenge the quarel of my couenant: and when ye are gathered in your cities, I wil send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be deliuered into the hand of the enemie.

geneva@Leviticus:26:26 @ [And] when I have broken the (note:)That is, the strength by which life is sustained, (Eze_4:16, Eze_5:16).(:note) staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one One oven will be sufficient for ten families. oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

geneva@Leviticus:26:28 @ Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.

geneva@Leviticus:26:29 @ And ye shall eate ye flesh of your sonnes, & the flesh of your daughters shall ye deuoure.

geneva@Leviticus:26:30 @ I will also destroy your hye places, & cut away your images, and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles, and my soule shall abhorre you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:31 @ And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I (note:)I will not accept your sacrifices.(:note) will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

geneva@Leviticus:26:32 @ I will also bring the land vnto a wildernes, and your enemies, which dwell therein, shalbe astonished thereat.

geneva@Leviticus:26:33 @ Also I wil scatter you among the heathen, and will drawe out a sworde after you, & your land shalbe waste, & your cities shalbe desolate.

geneva@Leviticus:26:34 @ Then shall the land inioy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth voide, and yee shalbe in your enemies land: then shall the land rest, and enioy her Sabbaths.

geneva@Leviticus:26:35 @ As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your (note:)Which I commanded you to keep.(:note) sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

geneva@Leviticus:26:36 @ And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall (note:)As if their enemies chased them.(:note) flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

geneva@Leviticus:26:37 @ They shall fall also one vpon another, as before a sword, though none pursue them, and ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies:

geneva@Leviticus:26:38 @ And ye shall perish among the heathen, & the land of your enemies shall eate you vp.

geneva@Leviticus:26:39 @ And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with (note:)In that, as they are blameworthy of their fathers faults, they shall be punished as well as their fathers.(:note) them.

geneva@Leviticus:26:40 @ Then they shall confesse their iniquitie, & the wickednes of their fathers for their trespasse, which they haue trespassed against mee, and also because they haue walked stubburnly against me.

geneva@Leviticus:26:41 @ Therefore I wil walke stubburnly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their vncircumcised hearts shalbe humbled, and then they shalt willingly beare the punishment of their iniquitie.

geneva@Leviticus:26:42 @ Then I will remember my couenant with Iaakob, and my couenant also with Izhak, and also my couenant with Abraham will I remember, and will remember the land.

geneva@Leviticus:26:44 @ Yet notwithstanding this, when they shalbe in the lande of their enemies, I wil not cast them away, neither will I abhorre them, to destroy them vtterly, nor to breake my couenant with them: for I am the Lord their God:

geneva@Leviticus:26:45 @ But I will for their sakes remember the (note:)Made to their forefathers.(:note) covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:26:46 @ These [are] the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount (note:)Fifty days after they came out of Egypt.(:note) Sinai by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:27:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a (note:)As of his son or daughter.(:note) singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by Who art the priest. thy estimation.

geneva@Leviticus:27:3 @ And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty (note:)Read the value of the shekel in (Exo_30:13).(:note) shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

geneva@Leviticus:27:5 @ And from fiue yere old to twentie yere olde thy valuation shall be for the male twentie shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

geneva@Leviticus:27:6 @ And if [it be] from a (note:)He speaks of those vows by which the fathers dedicated their children to God who were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them.(:note) month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.

geneva@Leviticus:27:7 @ And from sixty yeere olde and aboue, if he be a male, then thy price shalbe fifteene shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

geneva@Leviticus:27:8 @ But if he be poorer (note:)If he is not able to pay according to your estimate.(:note) than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

geneva@Leviticus:27:9 @ And if [it be] a (note:)Which is clean, (Lev_11:2).(:note) beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

geneva@Leviticus:27:10 @ He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be (note:)That is, consecrate to the Lord.(:note) holy.

geneva@Leviticus:27:11 @ And if it be any vncleane beast, of which men do not offer a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, hee shall then present the beast before the Priest.

geneva@Leviticus:27:12 @ And the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: and as thou valuest it, which art the Priest, so shall it bee.

geneva@Leviticus:27:14 @ Also whe a man shall dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde, then the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, and as ye Priest shall prise it, so shall the value be.

geneva@Leviticus:27:16 @ And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an (note:)Homer is a measure containing ten ephahs, read of an ephah in (Exo_16:16, Exo_16:36).(:note) homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

geneva@Leviticus:27:18 @ But if hee dedicate his fielde after the Iubile, then the Priest shall recken him the money according to ye yeeres that remaine vnto the yere of Iubile, and it shalbe abated by thy estimation.

geneva@Leviticus:27:19 @ And if he that dedicateth it, will redeeme the fielde, then he shall put the fift parte of the price, that thou esteemedst it at, thereunto, and it shall remaine his.

geneva@Leviticus:27:20 @ And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have (note:)For their own necessity or godly uses.(:note) sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

geneva@Leviticus:27:23 @ Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give (note:)The priests evaluation.(:note) thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:27:24 @ But in the yeere of Iubile, the fielde shall returne vnto him, of whome it was bought: to him, I say, whose inheritance the land was.

geneva@Leviticus:27:25 @ And all thy valuation shall bee according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie: a shekel conteyneth twenty gerahs.

geneva@Leviticus:27:27 @ But if it be an vncleane beast, then he shall redeeme it by thy valuation, and giue the fift part more thereto: & if it be not redeemed, then it shalbe solde, according to thy estimation.

geneva@Leviticus:27:28 @ Notwithstanding, nothing separate from the common vse that a man doeth separate vnto the Lord of all that he hath (whether it bee man or beast, or lande of his inheritance) may be solde nor redeemed: for euery thing separate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:27:30 @ Also all the tithe of the lande both of the seede of the ground, and of the fruite of the trees is the Lords: it is holy to the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:27:31 @ And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the (note:)Besides the value of the thing itself.(:note) fifth [part] thereof.

geneva@Leviticus:27:32 @ And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the (note:)All that which is numbered: that is, every tenth as he falls by tale without exception or respect.(:note) rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:27:33 @ He shal not looke if it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: els if he change it, both it, and that it was changed withall, shalbe holy, and it shall not be redeemed.

geneva@Numbers:1:1 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of (note:)In the place in the wilderness that was near mount Sinai.(:note) Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the Which is part of April and part of May. second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The Argument - In that as God has appointed that his Church in this world shall be under the cross, both so they could learn not to put their trust in worldly things, and also feel his comfort, when all other help fails: he did not immediately bring his people, after their departure out of Egypt, into the land which he had promised them: but led them to and fro for the space of forty years, and kept them in continual exercises before they enjoyed it, to try their faith, teach them to forget the world, and to depend on him. Which trial greatly profited, to discern the wicked and the hypocrites from the faithful and true servants of God, who served him with pure heart, while the other, preferring their earthly lusts to God's glory, and making religion to serve their purpose, complained when they lacked enough to satisfy their lusts, and despised those who God had appointed as rulers over them. By reason of which they provoked God's terrible judgments against them, and are set forth as a notable example for all ages, to beware how they abuse God's word, prefer their own lusts to his will, or despise his ministers. Nonetheless, God is always true to his promise, and governs his by his Holy Spirit, that either they fall not to such inconveniences, or else return to him quickly in true repentance: and therefore he continues his graces toward them, he gives them ordinances and instructions, as well for religion, as outward policy: he preserves them against all deceit and conspiracy, and gives them many victories against their enemies. To avoid all controversies that might arise, he takes away the occasions, by dividing among all the tribes, both the land which they had won, and that also which he had promised, as seemed best to his godly wisdom.

geneva@Numbers:1:2 @ Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:

geneva@Numbers:1:3 @ From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies.

geneva@Numbers:1:4 @ And with you there shall be a (note:)That is, the chiefest man of every tribe.(:note) man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

geneva@Numbers:1:5 @ And these [are] the names of the men that shall (note:)And afflict you when you number the people.(:note) stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:1:16 @ These [were] the renowned of the congregation, (note:)Or captains, and governors.(:note) princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

geneva@Numbers:1:17 @ The Moses and Aaron tooke these men which are expressed by their names.

geneva@Numbers:1:18 @ And they assembled all the congregation together on the first [day] of the second month, and they declared (note:)In showing every man his tribe and his ancestors.(:note) their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

geneva@Numbers:1:19 @ As the Lord had commanded Moses, so he nombred them in the wildernesse of Sinai.

geneva@Numbers:1:20 @ So were the sonnes of Reuben Israels eldest sonne by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, man by man euery male from twentie yere olde and aboue, as many as went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:21 @ The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Reuben, was sixe and fourtie thousande, and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:22 @ Of the sonnes of Simeon by their generatios, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the summe therof by the nomber of their names, man by man, euery male fro twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:23 @ The summe of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fiftie thousande, and three hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:24 @ Of the sonnes of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:25 @ The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Gad was fiue and fourtie thousand, and six hundreth and fiftie.

geneva@Numbers:1:26 @ Of the sonnes of Iudah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:27 @ The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Iudah was three score and fourteene thousande, and sixe hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:28 @ Of the sonnes of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:29 @ The nomber of them also of the tribe of Issachar was foure and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:30 @ Of the sonnes of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:31 @ The nomber of them also of the tribe of Zebulun was seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:32 @ Of the sonnes of Ioseph, namely of the sonnes of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:33 @ The nomber of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousande & fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:34 @ Of the sonnes of Manasseh by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:35 @ The nober of the also of ye tribe of Manasseh was two & thirtie thousand & two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:36 @ Of the sonnes of Beniamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:37 @ The nomber of them also of the tribe of Beniamin was fiue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:38 @ Of the sonnes of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:39 @ The nomber of the also of ye tribe of Dan was three score & two thousand & seue hudreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:40 @ Of the sonnes of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:41 @ The nomber of them also of ye tribe of Asher was one & fourtie thousand & fiue hudreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:42 @ Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:43 @ The nomber of them also of the tribe of Naphtali, was three and fiftie thousand, & foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:1:44 @ These are the summes which Moses, and Aaron nombred, and the Princes of Israel, the twelue men, which were euery one for the house of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:1:45 @ So this was all the summe of the sonnes of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israel,

geneva@Numbers:1:46 @ And all they were in nomber sixe hudreth and three thousande, fiue hundreth and fiftie.

geneva@Numbers:1:48 @ For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, and said,

geneva@Numbers:1:50 @ But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, & ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, & shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:1:51 @ And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the (note:)Whoever is not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:1:52 @ Also the children of Israel shal pitch their tentes, euery man in his campe, and euery man vnder his standerd throughout their armies.

geneva@Numbers:1:53 @ But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath (note:)By not having due regard to the tabernacle of the Lord.(:note) upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

geneva@Numbers:1:54 @ So the children of Israel did according to all that ye Lord had comanded Moses: so did they.

geneva@Numbers:2:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:2:3 @ On the East side towarde the rising of the sunne, shall they of the standerd of the hoste of Iudah pitch according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab shalbe captaine of the sonnes of Iudah.

geneva@Numbers:2:4 @ And his hoste and the nomber of the were seuentie and foure thousande and sixe hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:5 @ And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe (note:)Judah, Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard.(:note) of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.

geneva@Numbers:2:6 @ And his hoste, & the nomber thereof were foure and fiftie thousand, and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:7 @ Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the sonne of Helon, captaine ouer the sonnes of Zebulun:

geneva@Numbers:2:8 @ And his hoste, and the nomber thereof seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth:

geneva@Numbers:2:9 @ All that were numbered in the (note:)Of those who were contained under that name.(:note) camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

geneva@Numbers:2:10 @ On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp (note:)Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad, the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard.(:note) of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:2:11 @ And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:12 @ And by him shal the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captaiue ouer the sonnes of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

geneva@Numbers:2:13 @ And his hoste, and the nomber of them, nine and fiftie thousand and three hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:14 @ And the tribe of Gad, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel:

geneva@Numbers:2:15 @ And his host and the nomber of the were fiue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth and fiftie.

geneva@Numbers:2:16 @ All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place.

geneva@Numbers:2:17 @ Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the (note:)Because it might be an equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse to it.(:note) midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

geneva@Numbers:2:19 @ And his host and the nomber of the were fortie thousand and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:20 @ And by him shalbe the tribe of Manasseh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shalbe Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur:

geneva@Numbers:2:21 @ And his hoste and the nomber of them were two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:22 @ And the tribe of Beniamin, and ye captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shalbe Abidan the sonne of Gideoni:

geneva@Numbers:2:23 @ And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:24 @ All the nomber of the campe of Ephraim were an hundreth and eight thousande and one hundreth according to their armies, and they shal go in the third place.

geneva@Numbers:2:25 @ The standard of the camp of (note:)Dan and Naphtali the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid with Asher the son of Zilpah make the fourth standard.(:note) Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:2:26 @ And his host & the number of them were two and threescore thousand and seue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:27 @ And by him shal the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Asher shalbe Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

geneva@Numbers:2:28 @ And his host and the nomber of them were one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:29 @ Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captaine ouer the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the sonne of Enan:

geneva@Numbers:2:30 @ And his host and the nomber of them were three and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:2:31 @ All the nomber of the host of Dan was an hundreth and seuen and fiftie thousand and sixe hundreth: they shall goe hinmost with their standerdes.

geneva@Numbers:2:32 @ These [are] (note:)Which were of twenty years and above.(:note) those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

geneva@Numbers:2:33 @ But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:2:34 @ And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their (note:)For under every one of the four principal standards, were various signs to keep every band.(:note) standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:3:1 @ These also [are] the (note:)Or, families and kindreds.(:note) generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

geneva@Numbers:3:2 @ So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

geneva@Numbers:3:4 @ And Nadab and Abihu died (note:)Or, before the altar.(:note) before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the While their father lived. sight of Aaron their father.

geneva@Numbers:3:6 @ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and (note:)Offer them to Aaron for the use of the tabernacle.(:note) present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

geneva@Numbers:3:7 @ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation (note:)Which belonged to the executing of the high priests commandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the tabernacle.(:note) before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:3:8 @ They shall also keepe all the instrumentes of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:3:9 @ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his (note:)Aaron's sons the priests served in the sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same.(:note) sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:3:10 @ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the (note:)Any that would minister not being a Levite.(:note) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:3:12 @ Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites fro among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,

geneva@Numbers:3:13 @ Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:3:15 @ Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euery male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber.

geneva@Numbers:3:16 @ Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

geneva@Numbers:3:17 @ And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

geneva@Numbers:3:18 @ Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

geneva@Numbers:3:19 @ The sonnes also of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Vzziel.

geneva@Numbers:3:20 @ And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:3:21 @ Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

geneva@Numbers:3:22 @ Those that were numbered of them, (note:)Only numbering the male children.(:note) according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

geneva@Numbers:3:24 @ The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.

geneva@Numbers:3:25 @ And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the (note:)Their charge was to carry the covering and hangings of the tabernacle.(:note) tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

geneva@Numbers:3:26 @ And the hanging of the court, & the vaile of the doore of the court, which is neere the Tabernacle, and neere ye Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.

geneva@Numbers:3:27 @ And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

geneva@Numbers:3:28 @ In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the (note:)Everyone doing his duty in the sanctuary.(:note) charge of the sanctuary.

geneva@Numbers:3:30 @ The captaine and auncient of the house, & families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel:

geneva@Numbers:3:31 @ And their charge [shall be] the (note:)The main things within the sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites.(:note) ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

geneva@Numbers:3:32 @ And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Numbers:3:33 @ Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

geneva@Numbers:3:34 @ And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:3:35 @ The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:3:36 @ And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] (note:)The wood work and the rest of the instruments were committed to their charge.(:note) the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

geneva@Numbers:3:37 @ With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins & their coardes.

geneva@Numbers:3:38 @ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary (note:)That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment.(:note) for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:3:39 @ All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two (note:)So that the first born of the children of Israel were more by 273, as in (Num_3:43).(:note) thousand.

geneva@Numbers:3:40 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.

geneva@Numbers:3:41 @ And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) (note:)So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money.(:note) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:3:42 @ And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:3:43 @ And all the first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two & twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three.

geneva@Numbers:3:44 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:3:45 @ Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord)

geneva@Numbers:3:46 @ And for the redeeming of the two hundreth seuentie and three, (which are moe then the Leuites) of the first borne of the children of of Israel,

geneva@Numbers:3:48 @ And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.

geneva@Numbers:3:50 @ Of the (note:)Or the two hundred seventy and three which were more than the Levites.(:note) firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

geneva@Numbers:3:51 @ And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:4:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:4:2 @ Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers,

geneva@Numbers:4:3 @ From (note:)The Levites were counted at three times, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the tabernacle.(:note) thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:5 @ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the (note:)Which divided the sanctuary from the holiest of holies.(:note) covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

geneva@Numbers:4:6 @ And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in (note:)That is, put them on their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the ark could never be removed.(:note) the staves thereof.

geneva@Numbers:4:7 @ And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover (note:)Meaning, to cover the bread.(:note) withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

geneva@Numbers:4:8 @ And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.

geneva@Numbers:4:9 @ Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light with his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it.

geneva@Numbers:4:10 @ And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a (note:)The Hebrew word signifies an instrument made of two staves or bars.(:note) bar.

geneva@Numbers:4:11 @ And upon the golden (note:)Which was to burn incense, read (Exo_30:1).(:note) altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

geneva@Numbers:4:12 @ And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres.

geneva@Numbers:4:13 @ And they shall take away the ashes from the (note:)Of the burnt offering.(:note) altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

geneva@Numbers:4:14 @ And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it.

geneva@Numbers:4:15 @ And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the (note:)That is, in folding up the things of the sanctuary, as the ark, etc.(:note) sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not Before it is covered. touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:16 @ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the (note:)Which was offered at morning and evening.(:note) daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

geneva@Numbers:4:17 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:4:19 @ But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint (note:)Showing what part every man shall bear.(:note) them every one to his service and to his burden:

geneva@Numbers:4:21 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:4:23 @ From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that (note:)Which were received into the company of those who ministered in the tabernacle of the congregation.(:note) enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:24 @ This shall be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare.

geneva@Numbers:4:25 @ And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the (note:)Which hung between the sanctuary and the court.(:note) door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

geneva@Numbers:4:26 @ And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, (note:)Which compassed both the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar of burnt offering.(:note) which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

geneva@Numbers:4:27 @ At the commaundement of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of ye Gershonites bee done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shall appoynt them to keepe all their charges.

geneva@Numbers:4:28 @ This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be] under the (note:)Under the charge and oversight.(:note) hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

geneva@Numbers:4:29 @ Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers:

geneva@Numbers:4:30 @ From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:31 @ And this is their office and charge according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: the boardes of the Tabernacle witth the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets,

geneva@Numbers:4:32 @ And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by (note:)You shall take inventory of all the things, which you commit to their charge.(:note) name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

geneva@Numbers:4:33 @ This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of Merari, according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

geneva@Numbers:4:34 @ Then Moses and Aaron and the princes of the Congregation nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites, by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

geneva@Numbers:4:35 @ From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:36 @ So the nombers of the throughout their families were two thousande, seuen hundreth and fiftie.

geneva@Numbers:4:37 @ These [were] they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the (note:)God appointing Moses to be the minister and executor of it.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:4:39 @ From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:40 @ So the nombers of them by their families, and by the houses of their fathers were two thousand sixe hundreth and thirtie.

geneva@Numbers:4:41 @ These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that (note:)Which were of eligible age to serve in it, that is between 30 and 50.(:note) might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:4:42 @ The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers,

geneva@Numbers:4:43 @ From thirtie yeere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yeere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:44 @ So the nombers of them by their families were three thousand, and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:4:45 @ These are the summes of ye families of the sonnes of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred according to the commaundement of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:4:46 @ So all the nombers of the Leuites, which Moses, and Aaron, and the princes of Israel nombred by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

geneva@Numbers:4:47 @ From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do (note:)Whoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle.(:note) the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

geneva@Numbers:4:48 @ So the nombers of them were eight thousand, fiue hundreth and foure score.

geneva@Numbers:4:49 @ According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded (note:)So that Moses neither added, nor diminished from that which the Lord commanded him.(:note) Moses.

geneva@Numbers:5:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:5:2 @ Commaund the children of Israel that they put out of the hoste euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead.

geneva@Numbers:5:3 @ Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the (note:)There were three types of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites.(:note) midst whereof I dwell.

geneva@Numbers:5:4 @ And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host, euen as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:5:5 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:5:6 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin (note:)Commit any fault willingly.(:note) that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

geneva@Numbers:5:7 @ Then they shall confesse their sinne which they haue done, and shall restore the domage thereof with his principall, and put the fift part of it more thereto, and shall giue it vnto him, against whom he hath trespassed.

geneva@Numbers:5:8 @ But if the (note:)If he is dead to whom the wrong is done and also has no relatives.(:note) man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

geneva@Numbers:5:9 @ And every offering of all the (note:)Or, things offered to the Lord, as first fruits, etc.(:note) holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

geneva@Numbers:5:10 @ And euery mans halowed things shall bee his: that is, whatsoeuer any man giueth the Priest, it shalbe his.

geneva@Numbers:5:11 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:5:12 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife (note:)By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot.(:note) go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

geneva@Numbers:5:13 @ So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

geneva@Numbers:5:15 @ Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no (note:)Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered.(:note) oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to Or, making the sin known, and not purging it. remembrance.

geneva@Numbers:5:16 @ And the Priest shall bring her, and set her before the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:5:17 @ And the priest shall take (note:)Which also is called the water of purification of sprinkling, read (Num_19:9).(:note) holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water:

geneva@Numbers:5:18 @ And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the (note:)It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction.(:note) curse:

geneva@Numbers:5:19 @ And the Priest shall charge her by an oth, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lien with thee, neither thou hast turned to vncleannesse from thine husbande, be free from this bitter and cursed water.

geneva@Numbers:5:20 @ But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

geneva@Numbers:5:21 @ Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a (note:)Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forswore herself in denying the same.(:note) curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

geneva@Numbers:5:22 @ And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, (note:)That is, may it be as you wished, as in (Psa_41:13; Deu_27:15).(:note) Amen, amen.

geneva@Numbers:5:23 @ And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall (note:)Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel.(:note) blot [them] out with the bitter water:

geneva@Numbers:5:24 @ And shal cause the woman to drinke ye bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, shal enter into her.

geneva@Numbers:5:25 @ Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offring out of the womans hand, and shal shake the offring before the Lord, and offer it vpon ye altar.

geneva@Numbers:5:26 @ And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the (note:)Where the incense was offered.(:note) altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

geneva@Numbers:5:27 @ When yee haue made her drinke the water, (if she bee defiled and haue trespassed against her husband) then shall the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shal be accursed among her people.

geneva@Numbers:5:29 @ This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,

geneva@Numbers:5:30 @ Or when a man is moued with a ielous minde being ielous ouer his wife then shall he bring the woman before the Lord, and the Priest shal do to her according to al this lawe,

geneva@Numbers:5:31 @ Then shall the man be (note:)The man might accuse his wife on suspicion and not be reproved.(:note) guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

geneva@Numbers:6:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:6:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a (note:)Who separated themselves from the world, and dedicated themselves to God: a figure which was accomplished in Christ.(:note) Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD:

geneva@Numbers:6:3 @ He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

geneva@Numbers:6:5 @ While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe.

geneva@Numbers:6:9 @ And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the (note:)Whose long hair is a sign that he is dedicated to God.(:note) head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

geneva@Numbers:6:10 @ And in the eight day hee shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons to the Priest, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:6:11 @ And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by (note:)By being present where the deceased was.(:note) the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

geneva@Numbers:6:12 @ And he shall (note:)Beginning at the eighth day, when he is purified.(:note) consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the So that he shall begin his vow anew. days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

geneva@Numbers:6:14 @ And hee shall bring his offering vnto the Lorde, an hee lambe of a yeere olde without blemish for a burnt offering, and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a sinne offring, and a ramme without blemish for peace offrings,

geneva@Numbers:6:15 @ And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oile, with their meate offring, and their drinke offrings:

geneva@Numbers:6:16 @ The which the Priest shal bring before the Lorde, and make his sinne offering and his burnt offering.

geneva@Numbers:6:17 @ He shal prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lorde, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shal make his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:6:18 @ And the Nazarite shall shave the head (note:)In token that his vow is ended.(:note) of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and For the hair which was consecrated to the Lord, might not be cast into any profane place. put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

geneva@Numbers:6:19 @ Then the Priest shall take ye sodden shoulder of the ramme, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration.

geneva@Numbers:6:20 @ And the Priest shal shake them to & fro before the Lorde: this is an holy thing for the Priest besides the shaken breast, and besides the heaue shoulder: so afterwarde the Nazarite may drinke wine.

geneva@Numbers:6:21 @ This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, (note:)At the least he shall do this, if he is not able to offer more.(:note) beside [that] that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

geneva@Numbers:6:22 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:6:23 @ Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall (note:)That is, pray for them.(:note) bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

geneva@Numbers:6:24 @ The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee,

geneva@Numbers:6:25 @ The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee,

geneva@Numbers:6:26 @ The Lord lift vp his coutenance vpon thee, and giue thee peace.

geneva@Numbers:6:27 @ And they shall put my (note:)They shall pray in my Name for them.(:note) name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

geneva@Numbers:7:1 @ Nowe when Moses had finished the setting vp of the Tabernacle, and anointed it & sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instruments thereof, and had anoynted them and sanctified them,

geneva@Numbers:7:3 @ And they brought their offering before the LORD, six (note:)Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from the weather.(:note) covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:7:4 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:7:5 @ Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the (note:)That is, to carry things.(:note) service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

geneva@Numbers:7:6 @ So Moses tooke the charets and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the Leuites:

geneva@Numbers:7:7 @ Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, (note:)For their use to carry with.(:note) according to their service:

geneva@Numbers:7:8 @ And foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

geneva@Numbers:7:9 @ But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: (note:)The holy thing of the sanctuary must be carried on their shoulders and not drawn with oxen, (Num_4:15).(:note) because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders.

geneva@Numbers:7:10 @ And the princes offered for (note:)That is, when the first sacrifice was offered on it by Aaron, in (Lev_9:1).(:note) dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

geneva@Numbers:7:11 @ And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, One prince one day, and an other prince an other day shal offer their offring, for the dedication of the altar.

geneva@Numbers:7:13 @ And his offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:17 @ And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab.

geneva@Numbers:7:19 @ Who offred for his offring a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:23 @ And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar.

geneva@Numbers:7:25 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:29 @ And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Eliab the sonne of Helon.

geneva@Numbers:7:31 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:35 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offering of Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:7:37 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:41 @ And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:7:43 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:47 @ And for a peace offering, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.

geneva@Numbers:7:49 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offering,

geneva@Numbers:7:53 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

geneva@Numbers:7:55 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:59 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur.

geneva@Numbers:7:61 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:65 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

geneva@Numbers:7:67 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:71 @ And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:7:73 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:77 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

geneva@Numbers:7:79 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:83 @ And for peace offerings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Ahira the sonne of Enan.

geneva@Numbers:7:85 @ Euery charger, conteining an hundreth and thirtie shekels of siluer, and euery boule seuentie: all the siluer vessell conteined two thousande and foure hundreth shekels, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Numbers:7:86 @ Twelue incense cups of gold ful of incense, conteining ten shekels euery cup, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie: all the gold of the incense cups was an hundreth and twentie shekels.

geneva@Numbers:7:87 @ All the bullockes for the burnt offering were twelue bullocks, the rams twelue, the lambs of a yeere olde twelue, with their meate offrings, and twelue hee goates for a sinne offring.

geneva@Numbers:7:88 @ And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was (note:)By Aaron.(:note) anointed.

geneva@Numbers:7:89 @ And when Moses was gone into the (note:)That is, the sanctuary.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from According as he had promised in (Exo_25:22). between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

geneva@Numbers:8:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:8:2 @ Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light (note:)To that part which is in the forefront of the candlestick, (Exo_25:37).(:note) over against the candlestick.

geneva@Numbers:8:3 @ And Aaron did so, lighting the lampes thereof towarde ye forefront of the Candlesticke, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:8:4 @ And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: (note:)And not set together of various pieces.(:note) according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

geneva@Numbers:8:5 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:8:6 @ Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and purifie them.

geneva@Numbers:8:7 @ And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle (note:)In Hebrew it is called the water of sin, because it is made to purge sin, as in (Num_19:9).(:note) water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.

geneva@Numbers:8:8 @ Then they shal take a yong bullocke with his meate offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring.

geneva@Numbers:8:9 @ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the (note:)That you may do this in the presence of them all.(:note) whole assembly of the children of Israel together:

geneva@Numbers:8:10 @ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the (note:)Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole.(:note) children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

geneva@Numbers:8:11 @ And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:8:12 @ And the Leuites shall put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, and the other a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Leuites.

geneva@Numbers:8:13 @ And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, & offer the as a shake offring to the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:8:14 @ Thus thou shalt separate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shal be mine.

geneva@Numbers:8:15 @ And afterwarde shall the Leuites goe in, to serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offering.

geneva@Numbers:8:17 @ For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

geneva@Numbers:8:18 @ And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel,

geneva@Numbers:8:19 @ And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the (note:)Which the Israelites should do.(:note) children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the Because the levites go into the sanctuary in their name. sanctuary.

geneva@Numbers:8:20 @ Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them.

geneva@Numbers:8:21 @ So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offred them as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purifie them.

geneva@Numbers:8:22 @ And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation (note:)In their presence to serve them.(:note) before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

geneva@Numbers:8:23 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:8:24 @ This also belongeth to the Leuites: from fiue and twentie yeere olde and vpwarde, they shall goe in, to execute their office in the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:8:25 @ And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the (note:)Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like.(:note) service [thereof], and shall serve no more:

geneva@Numbers:8:26 @ But shall minister (note:)In singing Psalms, instructing, counselling and keeping the things in order.(:note) with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

geneva@Numbers:9:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinai, in the first moneth of the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

geneva@Numbers:9:3 @ In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to (note:)Even in all points as the Lord has instituted it.(:note) all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

geneva@Numbers:9:5 @ And they kept the Passeouer in the fouretenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had comanded Moses, so did ye children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:9:6 @ And there were certain men, who were defiled (note:)By touching a corpse, or being at the burial.(:note) by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

geneva@Numbers:9:7 @ And those men said unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not (note:)Or, celebrate the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month.(:note) offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

geneva@Numbers:9:8 @ Then Moses saide vnto them, Stande still, and I will heare what the Lorde will commande concerning you.

geneva@Numbers:9:9 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:9:10 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet (note:)And cannot come where the tabernacle is, when others keep it.(:note) he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:9:11 @ The fourteenth day of the (note:)So that the unclean and those who are not at home, have a month longer granted to them.(:note) second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].

geneva@Numbers:9:13 @ But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a (note:)When the Passover is celebrated.(:note) journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

geneva@Numbers:9:14 @ And if a stranger dwell among you, and wil keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passeouer, & as the maner thereof is, so shall he do: ye shall haue one lawe both for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the same lande.

geneva@Numbers:9:15 @ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the (note:)Like a pillar, read (Exo_13:21-22).(:note) appearance of fire, until the morning.

geneva@Numbers:9:16 @ So it was always: the cloude couered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

geneva@Numbers:9:17 @ And when the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle, then afterwarde the children of Israel iourneyed: and in the place where the cloude abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

geneva@Numbers:9:18 @ At the commandment of the (note:)Who taught them what to do by the cloud.(:note) LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

geneva@Numbers:9:19 @ And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the (note:)They waited when the Lord would signify either their departure, or their abode by the cloud.(:note) charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

geneva@Numbers:9:20 @ So when the cloud abode a few dayes vpon the Tabernacle, they abode in their tents according to the comandement of ye Lord: for they iourneyed at the commandement of the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:9:21 @ And though the cloud abode vpo the Tabernacle from euen vnto the morning, yet if the cloude was taken vp in the morning, then they iourneyed: whether by daye or by night the cloude was taken vp, then they iourneyed.

geneva@Numbers:9:22 @ Or if the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth, or a yeere vpon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel abode still, and iourneyed not: but when it was taken vp, they iourneyed.

geneva@Numbers:9:23 @ At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the (note:)Under the charge and government of Moses.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:10:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:10:2 @ Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a (note:)Or, of work beaten out with the hammer.(:note) whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

geneva@Numbers:10:3 @ And when they shall blowe with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

geneva@Numbers:10:4 @ But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee.

geneva@Numbers:10:5 @ When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the (note:)That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign.(:note) east parts shall go forward.

geneva@Numbers:10:8 @ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall (note:)So that only the priests must blow the trumpets, as long as the priesthood lasted.(:note) blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

geneva@Numbers:10:9 @ And when ye goe to warre in your lande against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpets, and ye shall bee remembred before the Lorde your God, and shalbe saued from your enemies.

geneva@Numbers:10:10 @ Also in the day of your (note:)When you rejoice that God has removed any plague.(:note) gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Numbers:10:11 @ And in the seconde yeere, in the seconde moneth, and in the twentieth day of the moneth the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

geneva@Numbers:10:12 @ And ye children of Israel departed on their iourneys out of the desart of Sinai, & the cloud rested in the wildernesse of Paran.

geneva@Numbers:10:13 @ And they (note:)From Sinai to Paran, (Num_33:1).(:note) first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:10:14 @ In the first place went the standerd of the hoste of the children of Iudah, according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminabad was ouer his band.

geneva@Numbers:10:15 @ And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel ye sonne of Zuar.

geneva@Numbers:10:16 @ And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the sonne of Helon.

geneva@Numbers:10:17 @ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing (note:)With all the belongings of it.(:note) the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:10:18 @ After, departed the standerd of the hoste of Reuben, according to their armies, and ouer his band was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:10:19 @ And ouer the band of the tribe of ye children of Simeon was Shelumiel the sonne of Shurishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:10:20 @ And ouer the bande of the tribe of ye children of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.

geneva@Numbers:10:21 @ And the Kohathites set forward, (note:)Upon their shoulders.(:note) bearing the sanctuary: and The Merarites and Gershonites. [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.

geneva@Numbers:10:22 @ Then the standerd of the hoste of the children of Ephraim went forward according to their armies, and ouer his bande was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

geneva@Numbers:10:23 @ And ouer the band of the tribe of ye sonnes of Manasseh was Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur.

geneva@Numbers:10:24 @ And ouer the band of ye tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin was Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

geneva@Numbers:10:25 @ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the (note:)Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way.(:note) rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:10:26 @ And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

geneva@Numbers:10:27 @ And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira ye sonne of Enan.

geneva@Numbers:10:29 @ And Moses said unto (note:)Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi says that Reuel was Jethro's father: so Hobab was Moses father-in-law, see (Exo_2:18, Exo_3:1, Exo_4:18, Exo_18:1; Jdg_4:11)(:note) Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

geneva@Numbers:10:30 @ And he answered him, I will not goe: but I will depart to mine owne countrey, and to my kindred.

geneva@Numbers:10:32 @ And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.

geneva@Numbers:10:33 @ And they departed from the (note:)Mount Sinai, or Horeb.(:note) mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

geneva@Numbers:10:34 @ And the cloude of the Lord was vpon the by day, when they went out of the campe.

geneva@Numbers:10:35 @ And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, (note:)Declare your might and power.(:note) Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

geneva@Numbers:10:36 @ And when it rested, hee sayde, Returne, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:11:1 @ Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste.

geneva@Numbers:11:2 @ Then the people cryed vnto Moses: and when Moses praied vnto the Lorde, the fire was quenched.

geneva@Numbers:11:3 @ And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them.

geneva@Numbers:11:4 @ And the mixt (note:)Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, (Exo_12:38).(:note) multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

geneva@Numbers:11:5 @ We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt (note:)For a final price, or good cheap.(:note) freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

geneva@Numbers:11:7 @ And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of (note:)Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.(:note) bdellium.

geneva@Numbers:11:8 @ The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or beat it in morters, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like vnto the taste of fresh oyle.

geneva@Numbers:11:9 @ And when the dewe fell downe vpon the hoste in the night, the Man fell with it)

geneva@Numbers:11:10 @ Then Moses heard the people weepe throughout their families, euery man in the doore of his tent, and the wrath of the Lord was grieuously kindled: also Moses was grieued.

geneva@Numbers:11:11 @ And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found (note:)Or, how have I displeased you?(:note) favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

geneva@Numbers:11:12 @ Have I (note:)Am I their father, that no one may have charge of them but I?(:note) conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the Of Canaan promised by another to our fathers. land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

geneva@Numbers:11:15 @ And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy (note:)I would rather die than see my grief and misery daily increased by their rebellion.(:note) sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

geneva@Numbers:11:16 @ Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Gather vnto me seuetie men of ye Elders of Israel, whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouernonrs ouer them, & bring them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee,

geneva@Numbers:11:17 @ And I will come down and talk with thee there: (note:)I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to you.(:note) and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.

geneva@Numbers:11:18 @ And say thou unto the people, (note:)Prepare yourselves that you may be clean.(:note) Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

geneva@Numbers:11:20 @ [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have (note:)Or, cast him off, because you refused manna, which he appointed as most suitable for you.(:note) despised the LORD which [is] Who leads and governs you. among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

geneva@Numbers:11:21 @ And Moses said, The people, (note:)Of whom I have charge.(:note) among whom I [am], [are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

geneva@Numbers:11:22 @ Shall the sheepe and the beeues be slaine for them, to finde them? Either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?

geneva@Numbers:11:23 @ And the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee, or no.

geneva@Numbers:11:24 @ So Moses went out, and told the people the wordes of the Lorde, and gathered seuentie men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:11:25 @ And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not (note:)From that day the spirit of prophecy did not settle them.(:note) cease.

geneva@Numbers:11:26 @ But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested vpon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle) and they prophecied in the hoste.

geneva@Numbers:11:27 @ Then there ranne a yong man, and tolde Moses, and saide, Eldad and Medad doe prophesie in the hoste.

geneva@Numbers:11:28 @ And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his (note:)Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth.(:note) young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, Such blind zeal was in the apostles, (Mar_9:38; Luk_9:44). forbid them.

geneva@Numbers:11:29 @ But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them.

geneva@Numbers:11:30 @ And Moses returned into the hoste, he and the Elders of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:11:31 @ Then there went foorth a winde from the Lorde, and brought quailes from the Sea, and let them fall vpon the campe, a dayes iourney on this side, and a dayes iourney on the other side, round about the hoste, and they were about two cubites aboue the earth.

geneva@Numbers:11:32 @ And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten (note:)Of Homer, read (Lev_27:16) also it signifies a heap, as in (Exo_8:14; Jdg_15:16).(:note) homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

geneva@Numbers:11:33 @ While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague.

geneva@Numbers:12:1 @ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married (note:)Zipporah, Moses' wife, was a Midianite, and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name.(:note) an Ethiopian woman.

geneva@Numbers:12:2 @ And they saide, What? hath the Lorde spoken but onely by Moses? hath he not spoken also by vs? and the Lord heard this.

geneva@Numbers:12:3 @ (Now the man Moses [was] very (note:)And so endured their grudging, although he knew of them.(:note) meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)

geneva@Numbers:12:4 @ And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.

geneva@Numbers:12:5 @ Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth.

geneva@Numbers:12:6 @ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a (note:)These were the two ordinary means.(:note) vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

geneva@Numbers:12:8 @ With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he (note:)As far as any man was able to comprehend, which he calls his back parts, (Exo_33:23).(:note) behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

geneva@Numbers:12:9 @ Thus the Lorde was very angrie with them, and departed.

geneva@Numbers:12:10 @ And the cloud departed from off the (note:)From the door of the tabernacle.(:note) tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.

geneva@Numbers:12:11 @ Then Aaron saide vnto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned.

geneva@Numbers:12:14 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but (note:)In his displeasure.(:note) spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again].

geneva@Numbers:12:15 @ So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remooued not, till Miriam was brought in againe.

geneva@Numbers:12:16 @ And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of (note:)That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, (Num_33:18).(:note) Paran.

geneva@Numbers:13:1 @ {\cf2 (13:2)} And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:13:3 @ {\cf2 (13:4)} Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lorde: all those men were heades of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:13:16 @ These [are] the names of the (note:)Which in number were twelve according to the twelve tribes.(:note) men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

geneva@Numbers:13:17 @ {\cf2 (13:18)} So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines,

geneva@Numbers:13:18 @ {\cf2 (13:19)} And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many,

geneva@Numbers:13:19 @ And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] (note:)Plentiful or barren.(:note) good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

geneva@Numbers:13:20 @ {\cf2 (13:21)} And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes)

geneva@Numbers:13:21 @ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of (note:)Which was in the wilderness of Paran.(:note) Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

geneva@Numbers:13:22 @ And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of (note:)Which were a type of giant.(:note) Anak, [were]. (Now Declaring the antiquity of it: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

geneva@Numbers:13:23 @ {\cf2 (13:24)} Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, and cut downe thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betwene two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figges.

geneva@Numbers:13:25 @ {\cf2 (13:26)} Then after fourtie dayes, they turned againe from searching of the land.

geneva@Numbers:13:26 @ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of (note:)Called also Kadesh-barnea.(:note) Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

geneva@Numbers:13:27 @ And they told (note:)That is, Moses.(:note) him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it.

geneva@Numbers:13:28 @ Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the (note:)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, (Jos_11:21-22).(:note) children of Anak there.

geneva@Numbers:13:29 @ {\cf2 (13:30)} The Amalekites dwell in the South countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, & the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, & the Canaanites dwell by the sea, & by the coast of Iorden.

geneva@Numbers:13:30 @ {\cf2 (13:31)} Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, & saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it.

geneva@Numbers:13:32 @ And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that (note:)The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them.(:note) eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.

geneva@Numbers:13:33 @ {\cf2 (13:34)} For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.

geneva@Numbers:14:1 @ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the (note:)Those who were afraid at the report of the ten spies.(:note) people wept that night.

geneva@Numbers:14:2 @ And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead.

geneva@Numbers:14:3 @ And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be (note:)To our enemies the Canaanites.(:note) a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

geneva@Numbers:14:4 @ And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

geneva@Numbers:14:5 @ Then Moses and Aaron (note:)Lamenting the people, and praying for them.(:note) fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:14:6 @ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, (note:)For sorrow, hearing their blasphemy.(:note) rent their clothes:

geneva@Numbers:14:7 @ And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande.

geneva@Numbers:14:8 @ If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

geneva@Numbers:14:9 @ Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] (note:)We shall easily overcome them.(:note) bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.

geneva@Numbers:14:10 @ But all the congregation bade (note:)This is the condition of those who would persuade in God's cause, to be persecuted by the multitude.(:note) stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:14:11 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

geneva@Numbers:14:12 @ I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.

geneva@Numbers:14:14 @ Then they shall say to the inhabitants of this land, (for they haue heard that thou, Lorde, art among this people, and that thou, Lorde, art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by day time in a pillar of a cloude, and in a pillar of fire by night)

geneva@Numbers:14:16 @ Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the lande, which he sware vnto them, therefore hath he slaine them in the wildernesse.

geneva@Numbers:14:17 @ And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

geneva@Numbers:14:18 @ The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:

geneva@Numbers:14:19 @ Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.

geneva@Numbers:14:20 @ And the LORD said, I have pardoned (note:)In that he did not utterly destroy them, but allowed their children and certain others to enter.(:note) according to thy word:

geneva@Numbers:14:21 @ Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:14:22 @ Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these (note:)That is, various times and often.(:note) ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

geneva@Numbers:14:23 @ Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.

geneva@Numbers:14:24 @ But my servant Caleb, because he had another (note:)A meek and obedient spirit, and not rebellious.(:note) spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

geneva@Numbers:14:25 @ (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites (note:)And lie in wait for you.(:note) dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the For I will not defend you. wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

geneva@Numbers:14:26 @ After, the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:14:29 @ Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

geneva@Numbers:14:30 @ Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Numbers:14:31 @ But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

geneva@Numbers:14:33 @ And your children shall (note:)The word signifies to be shepherds, or to wander like shepherds to and fro.(:note) wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your Your infidelity and disobedience against God. whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

geneva@Numbers:14:34 @ After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye (note:)Whether my promise is true or not.(:note) shall know my breach of promise.

geneva@Numbers:14:35 @ I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

geneva@Numbers:14:36 @ And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

geneva@Numbers:14:37 @ Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:14:38 @ But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.

geneva@Numbers:14:39 @ Then Moses tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israel, and the people sorowed greatly.

geneva@Numbers:14:40 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have (note:)They confessed their sin in rebelling against God, but did not consider their offence in going up without God's commandment.(:note) sinned.

geneva@Numbers:14:41 @ But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe.

geneva@Numbers:14:43 @ For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.

geneva@Numbers:14:44 @ But they (note:)They could not be stayed by any means.(:note) presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

geneva@Numbers:14:45 @ Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, & consumed them vnto Hormah.

geneva@Numbers:15:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:15:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the (note:)Into the land of Canaan.(:note) land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

geneva@Numbers:15:3 @ And will make an offring by fire vnto the Lorde, a burnt offring or a sacrifice to fulfil a vowe, or a free offring, or in your feastes, to make a sweete sauour vnto the Lord of the hearde, or of the flocke.

geneva@Numbers:15:6 @ And for a ram, thou shalt for a meat offring, prepare two tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with the third part of an Hin of oyle.

geneva@Numbers:15:7 @ And for a (note:)The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered.(:note) drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:15:8 @ And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offring, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or a peace offring to the Lord,

geneva@Numbers:15:10 @ And thou shalt bring for a drinke offring halfe an Hin of wine, for an offring made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:15:12 @ According to the number (note:)Every sacrifice of beasts must have their meat offering and drink offering according to this proportion.(:note) that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

geneva@Numbers:15:14 @ And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer bee among you in your generations, and will make an offring by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, as ye do, so hee shall doe.

geneva@Numbers:15:16 @ One Lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for the stranger that soiourneth with you.

geneva@Numbers:15:17 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:15:18 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into the lande, to the which I bring you,

geneva@Numbers:15:19 @ And when ye shal eate of the bread of the land, ye shall offer an heaue offring vnto ye Lord.

geneva@Numbers:15:22 @ And if ye (note:)By oversight or ignorance, read (Lev_4:2, Lev_4:13).(:note) have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

geneva@Numbers:15:23 @ Euen all that the Lorde hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hence forward among your generations:

geneva@Numbers:15:24 @ And if so be that ought be committed ignorantly of the Congregation, then all ye Congregatio shal giue a bullocke for a burnt offring, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, with the meat offring and drinke offring thereto, according to the maner, and an hee goate for a sinne offring.

geneva@Numbers:15:25 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for al the Congregation of the children of Israel, and it shalbe forgiuen them: for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offring for an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, and their sinne offering before the Lord for their ignorance.

geneva@Numbers:15:28 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when hee sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliation for him: and it shalbe forgiuen him.

geneva@Numbers:15:29 @ He that is borne among the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them, shall haue both one lawe, who so doth sinne by ignorance.

geneva@Numbers:15:30 @ But the person that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be borne in the land, or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord: therefore that person shalbe cut off from among his people,

geneva@Numbers:15:31 @ Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his (note:)He shall sustain the punishment of his sin.(:note) iniquity [shall be] upon him.

geneva@Numbers:15:32 @ And while the children of Israel were in the wildernesse, they found a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day.

geneva@Numbers:15:33 @ And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him vnto Moses and to Aaron, and vnto all the Congregation,

geneva@Numbers:15:34 @ And they put him warde: for it was not declared what should be done vnto him.

geneva@Numbers:15:36 @ And all the Congregation brought him without the hoste, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:15:37 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:15:38 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes vpon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put vpon the fringes of the borders a ryband of blewe silke.

geneva@Numbers:15:39 @ And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a (note:)By leaving God's commandments and following your own fantasies.(:note) whoring:

geneva@Numbers:15:40 @ That yee may remember and doe all my commandements, and bee holy vnto your God.

geneva@Numbers:15:41 @ I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to bee your God: I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Numbers:16:1 @ Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben:

geneva@Numbers:16:2 @ And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume,

geneva@Numbers:16:3 @ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, (note:)Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them this long.(:note) [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, All are equally holy: therefore no one should be preferred above other: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

geneva@Numbers:16:5 @ And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath (note:)To be the priest and to offer.(:note) chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

geneva@Numbers:16:6 @ This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie,

geneva@Numbers:16:7 @ And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: (note:)He lays the same to their charge justly, with which they wrongfully charged him.(:note) [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

geneva@Numbers:16:9 @ Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them?

geneva@Numbers:16:10 @ And he hath brought thee near [to (note:)To serve in the congregation, as in the verse before.(:note) him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

geneva@Numbers:16:11 @ For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?

geneva@Numbers:16:12 @ And Moses sent to call Dathan, & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp.

geneva@Numbers:16:13 @ [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up (note:)Thus they spoke contemptuously, preferring Egypt to Canaan.(:note) out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

geneva@Numbers:16:14 @ Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou (note:)Will you make those who searched the land believe that they did not see that which they saw?(:note) put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

geneva@Numbers:16:15 @ Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.

geneva@Numbers:16:16 @ And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company (note:)At the door of the tabernacle.(:note) before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

geneva@Numbers:16:17 @ And take euery man his censor, and put incense in them, and bring ye euery man his censor before the Lord, two hundreth and fiftie censors: thou also and Aaron, euery one his censor.

geneva@Numbers:16:18 @ So they tooke euery man his censor, and put fire in them, and laide incense thereon, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation with Moses and Aaron.

geneva@Numbers:16:19 @ And Korah gathered all the (note:)All that were of their faction.(:note) congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:20 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:16:22 @ And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?

geneva@Numbers:16:23 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:16:24 @ Speake vnto the Congregation & say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

geneva@Numbers:16:25 @ Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him.

geneva@Numbers:16:26 @ And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed (note:)With them that have committed so many sins.(:note) in all their sins.

geneva@Numbers:16:27 @ So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out & stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children.

geneva@Numbers:16:28 @ And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own (note:)I have not invented them from my own brain.(:note) mind.

geneva@Numbers:16:30 @ But if the LORD make (note:)Or, show a strange sight.(:note) a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into Or, deep and dark places of the earth. the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:16:31 @ And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them,

geneva@Numbers:16:32 @ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods.

geneva@Numbers:16:33 @ So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:34 @ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

geneva@Numbers:16:35 @ But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

geneva@Numbers:16:36 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:16:37 @ Speake vnto Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire beyond the altar: for they are halowed,

geneva@Numbers:16:38 @ The censers of these sinners (note:)Who caused their own death.(:note) against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a Of God's judgments against rebels. sign unto the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:16:39 @ Then Eleazar the Priest tooke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred, and made broade plates of them for a couering of the Altar.

geneva@Numbers:16:40 @ [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as (note:)Who presumed above his calling.(:note) Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:16:42 @ And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they turned their faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and beholde, the cloude couered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

geneva@Numbers:16:43 @ Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:44 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:16:46 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the (note:)For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, (Lev_10:1).(:note) altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

geneva@Numbers:16:47 @ And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the (note:)God had begun to punish the people.(:note) plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

geneva@Numbers:16:48 @ And he stood between the dead and the living; and the (note:)God drew back his hand and stopped punishing them.(:note) plague was stayed.

geneva@Numbers:16:49 @ So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.

geneva@Numbers:16:50 @ And Aaro went againe vnto Moses before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stayed.

geneva@Numbers:17:1 @ And the LORD spake unto (note:)While he was in the door of the tabernacle.(:note) Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:17:2 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, euen twelue rods: and thou shalt write euery mans name vpon his rod.

geneva@Numbers:17:3 @ And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:17:4 @ And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Arke of the Testimonie, where I wil declare my selfe to you.

geneva@Numbers:17:5 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] the man's rod, whom I shall (note:)To be the chief priest.(:note) choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

geneva@Numbers:17:6 @ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod (note:)Though Joseph's tribe was divided into two in the distribution of the land, yet here it is but one and Levi makes a tribe.(:note) of Aaron [was] among their rods.

geneva@Numbers:17:7 @ And Moses layde the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

geneva@Numbers:17:8 @ And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron (note:)To declare that God chose the house of Levi to serve him in the tabernacle.(:note) for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

geneva@Numbers:17:9 @ Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lorde vnto all the children of Israel: and they looked vpon them, & tooke euery man his rodde.

geneva@Numbers:17:10 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their (note:)Grudging that Aaron should be high priest.(:note) murmurings from me, that they die not.

geneva@Numbers:17:11 @ So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he.

geneva@Numbers:17:12 @ And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, (note:)The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; «We die by the sword, the earth swallows us up, the pestilence consumes us.»(:note) we die, we perish, we all perish.

geneva@Numbers:17:13 @ Whosoeuer commeth neere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lorde, shal dye: shal we be consumed and dye?

geneva@Numbers:18:1 @ And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear (note:)If you trespass in anything concerning the ceremonies of the sanctuary of your office, you will be punished.(:note) the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

geneva@Numbers:18:2 @ And bring also with thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of ye familie of thy father, which shalbe ioyned with thee, and minister vnto thee: but thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie:

geneva@Numbers:18:3 @ And they shall (note:)That is, the things which are committed to you, or, which you command them.(:note) keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

geneva@Numbers:18:4 @ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a (note:)Which was not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

geneva@Numbers:18:5 @ Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:18:7 @ But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shal ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.

geneva@Numbers:18:8 @ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave (note:)As the first fruit, first born, and the tithes.(:note) offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

geneva@Numbers:18:9 @ This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the (note:)That which was not burned should be the priests.(:note) fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

geneva@Numbers:18:10 @ In the most (note:)That is, in the sanctuary between the court and the holiest of holies.(:note) holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

geneva@Numbers:18:11 @ And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy (note:)Read (Lev_10:14).(:note) daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

geneva@Numbers:18:12 @ All the (note:)Or, fat; chiefest.(:note) best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

geneva@Numbers:18:13 @ And the first ripe of al that is in their land, which they shal bring vnto Lord, shalbe thine: all the cleane in thine house shal eate of it.

geneva@Numbers:18:15 @ All that first openeth the matrice of any flesh, which they shal offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thine: but the first borne of man shalt thou redeeme, and the first borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeeme.

geneva@Numbers:18:16 @ And those that are to bee redeemed, shalt thou redeeme from the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs.

geneva@Numbers:18:17 @ But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not (note:)Because they are appointed for sacrifice.(:note) redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:18:18 @ And the flesh of them shalbe thine, as the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shalbe thine.

geneva@Numbers:18:19 @ All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant (note:)That is, sure, stable and incorruptible.(:note) of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

geneva@Numbers:18:20 @ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their (note:)Of Canaan.(:note) land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:18:22 @ Neither must the children of Israel henceforth (note:)To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place.(:note) come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

geneva@Numbers:18:23 @ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear (note:)If they fail in their office, they will be punished.(:note) their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:18:25 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:18:26 @ Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shal take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shal ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lorde, euen the tenth part of the tithe.

geneva@Numbers:18:27 @ And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the (note:)As acceptable as the fruit of your own ground or vineyard.(:note) corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

geneva@Numbers:18:28 @ So ye shal also offer an heaue offring vnto the Lorde of all your tithes, which ye shal receiue of the children of Israel, and ye shal giue thereof the Lords heaue offring to Aaron the Priest.

geneva@Numbers:18:31 @ And ye shall eat it in every (note:)As in (Num_18:11).(:note) place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:18:32 @ And ye shall (note:)You shall not be punished therefore.(:note) bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy The offerings which the Israelites have offered to God. things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

geneva@Numbers:19:1 @ And the Lorde spake to Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

geneva@Numbers:19:3 @ And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and (note:)Another priest.(:note) [one] shall slay her before his face:

geneva@Numbers:19:4 @ Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times,

geneva@Numbers:19:5 @ And cause the kow to be burnt in his sight: with her skinne, and her flesh, and her blood, & her doung shal he burne her.

geneva@Numbers:19:6 @ Then shal the Priest take cedar wood, and hyssope & skarlet lace, and cast them in the mids of the fire where the kow burneth.

geneva@Numbers:19:7 @ Then the (note:)Meaning, Eleazar.(:note) priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

geneva@Numbers:19:8 @ And he that (note:)The inferior priest who killed her, and burned her.(:note) burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

geneva@Numbers:19:9 @ And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a (note:)Or, the water of separation because they that were separate due to their uncleanness, were sprinkled with it and made clean, (Num_8:7). It is also called holy water, because it was ordained for a holy use, (Num_1:17).(:note) water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin.

geneva@Numbers:19:10 @ Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the kowe, shal wash his clothes, and remaine vncleane vntil euen: and it shalbe vnto the children of Israel, and vnto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a statute for euer.

geneva@Numbers:19:12 @ He shall purify himself (note:)With the sprinkling of water.(:note) with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

geneva@Numbers:19:13 @ Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be (note:)So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people, but as a polluted and excommunicated person.(:note) cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

geneva@Numbers:19:14 @ This is the law, Whe a man dieth in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes,

geneva@Numbers:19:15 @ And all the vessels that bee open, which haue no couering fastened vpon them, shall be vncleane.

geneva@Numbers:19:17 @ And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for (note:)Of the red cow burnt for sin.(:note) sin, and Water of the fountain or river. running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

geneva@Numbers:19:18 @ And a (note:)One of the priests who is clean.(:note) clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

geneva@Numbers:19:19 @ And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and (note:)Because he had been among them that were unclean: or else had touched the water as in (Num_19:21).(:note) wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

geneva@Numbers:19:20 @ But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that person shalbe cut off fro among the Congregation, because hee hath defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lorde: and the sprinkling water hath not bene sprinkled vpon him: therefore shall he be vncleane.

geneva@Numbers:19:21 @ And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also hee that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntill euen.

geneva@Numbers:19:22 @ And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth (note:)That is, unclean.(:note) [it] shall be unclean until even.

geneva@Numbers:20:1 @ Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first (note:)This was forty years after their departure from Egypt.(:note) month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Moses and Aaron's sister. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

geneva@Numbers:20:2 @ And there was no water for the congregation: and they (note:)Another rebellion was in Rephidim (Exo. strkjv@17:1-16), and this was in Kadesh.(:note) gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

geneva@Numbers:20:3 @ And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:20:4 @ Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

geneva@Numbers:20:6 @ Then Moses and Aaron went from the assemblie vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and fell vpon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared vnto them.

geneva@Numbers:20:7 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:20:8 @ Take the (note:)With which you did miracles in Egypt and divided the sea.(:note) rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

geneva@Numbers:20:9 @ Then Moses tooke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him.

geneva@Numbers:20:10 @ And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; (note:)The punishment which followed declared that Moses and Aaron did not believe the Lord's promise as it appeared in (Num_20:12).(:note) must we fetch you water out of this rock?

geneva@Numbers:20:11 @ Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke.

geneva@Numbers:20:12 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to (note:)That the children of Israel should believe and acknowledge my power and so honour me.(:note) sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

geneva@Numbers:20:13 @ This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he (note:)By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory.(:note) was sanctified in them.

geneva@Numbers:20:14 @ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of (note:)Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called Edom.(:note) Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

geneva@Numbers:20:15 @ How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

geneva@Numbers:20:16 @ But when we cried vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, and hath brought vs out of Egypt, and beholde, wee are in the citie Kadesh, in thine vtmost border.

geneva@Numbers:20:17 @ I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.

geneva@Numbers:20:18 @ And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword.

geneva@Numbers:20:19 @ Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete.

geneva@Numbers:20:20 @ Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

geneva@Numbers:20:22 @ And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor.

geneva@Numbers:20:23 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron in the mount Hor neere the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

geneva@Numbers:20:24 @ Aaron shall be (note:)Read (Gen_25:8).(:note) gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

geneva@Numbers:20:25 @ Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and bring them vp into the mount Hor,

geneva@Numbers:20:26 @ And cause Aaron to put off his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there.

geneva@Numbers:20:27 @ And Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:20:28 @ And Moses put off Aarons clothes, & put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came downe from off the mount.

geneva@Numbers:21:1 @ And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the (note:)By that way which their spies, that searched the dangers found to he most safe.(:note) way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners.

geneva@Numbers:21:2 @ So Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliuer and giue this people into mine hand, then I wil vtterly destroy their cities.

geneva@Numbers:21:3 @ And the Lord heard the voyce of Israel, and deliuered them the Canaanites: and they vtterly destroied them and their cities, and called ye name of the place Hormah.

geneva@Numbers:21:4 @ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to (note:)For they were forbidden to destroy it, (Deu_2:5).(:note) compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

geneva@Numbers:21:5 @ And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light (note:)Meaning manna, which they thought did not nourish.(:note) bread.

geneva@Numbers:21:6 @ And the LORD sent (note:)For they that were bitten by them were so inflamed by the poison of them, that they died.(:note) fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

geneva@Numbers:21:7 @ Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people.

geneva@Numbers:21:8 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue.

geneva@Numbers:21:9 @ So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.

geneva@Numbers:21:10 @ And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.

geneva@Numbers:21:11 @ And they departed from Oboth, & pitched in lie-abarim, in the wildernesse, which is before Moab on the Eastside.

geneva@Numbers:21:12 @ They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared.

geneva@Numbers:21:13 @ Thence they departed, & pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wildernesse, and commeth out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene the Moabites and the Amorites)

geneva@Numbers:21:14 @ Wherefore it is said in the (note:)Which seems to be the book of the Judges, or as some think, a book which is lost.(:note) book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

geneva@Numbers:21:15 @ And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth vpon the border of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:21:16 @ And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.

geneva@Numbers:21:18 @ The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the (note:)Only Moses and Aaron, the heads of the people, struck the rock with the rod or staff, which gave water as a well that was deep digged.(:note) lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah:

geneva@Numbers:21:19 @ And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

geneva@Numbers:21:20 @ And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the plaine of Moab, to the top of Pisgah that looketh toward Ieshimon.

geneva@Numbers:21:22 @ Let me goe through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fieldes, nor into the vineyardes, neither drinke of the waters of ye welles: we will goe by the kings way, vntill we be past thy countrey.

geneva@Numbers:21:23 @ But Sihon gaue Israel no licence to passe through his countrey, but Sihon assembled all his people, and went out against Israel into the wildernesse: and he came to Iahoz, and fought against Israel.

geneva@Numbers:21:24 @ And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto (note:)The river.(:note) Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] For the people were tall and strong like giants; (Deu_2:20). strong.

geneva@Numbers:21:25 @ And Israel tooke al these cities, & dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.

geneva@Numbers:21:26 @ For (note:)For if it had been the Moabites, the Israelites might not have possessed it, (Deu_2:9).(:note) Heshbon [was] the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

geneva@Numbers:21:27 @ Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired:

geneva@Numbers:21:28 @ For there is a (note:)Meaning, wane.(:note) fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon.

geneva@Numbers:21:29 @ Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of (note:)Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, (1Ki_11:33) who was not able to defend his worshippers, who took the idol for their father.(:note) Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

geneva@Numbers:21:30 @ Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.

geneva@Numbers:21:31 @ Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.

geneva@Numbers:21:32 @ And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there.

geneva@Numbers:21:33 @ And they turned and went vp toward Bashan: and Og the King of Bashan came out against them, hee, and all his people, to fight at Edrei.

geneva@Numbers:21:34 @ Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Feare him not: for I haue deliuered him into thine hand and all his people, and his land: and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

geneva@Numbers:21:35 @ They smote him therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntill there was none left him: so they conquered his land.

geneva@Numbers:22:1 @ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on (note:)Being at Jericho, it was beyond the Jordan, but where the Israelites were, it was on this side.(:note) this side Jordan [by] Jericho.

geneva@Numbers:22:3 @ And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:22:4 @ And Moab said unto the (note:)Who were the heads and governors.(:note) elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time.

geneva@Numbers:22:5 @ He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the (note:)That is, Euphrates, upon which stood this city Pethor.(:note) river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

geneva@Numbers:22:6 @ Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

geneva@Numbers:22:7 @ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with (note:)Thinking to bribe him with gifts to curse the Israelites.(:note) the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

geneva@Numbers:22:8 @ And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and (note:)Whom before he called elders: meaning the governors, and later calls them servants: that is, subjects to their king.(:note) the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

geneva@Numbers:22:9 @ Then God came vnto Balaam, and sayde, What men are these with thee?

geneva@Numbers:22:10 @ And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

geneva@Numbers:22:11 @ Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out.

geneva@Numbers:22:12 @ And God (note:)He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the kings wicked request.(:note) said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

geneva@Numbers:22:13 @ 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 (note:)Or else he would have been willing, covetousness had so blinded his heart.(:note) me leave to go with you.

geneva@Numbers:22:14 @ So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

geneva@Numbers:22:15 @ Balak yet sent againe moe princes, and more honourable then they.

geneva@Numbers:22:16 @ And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, (note:)The wicked seek by all means to further their naughty enterprises, though they know that God is against them.(:note) Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

geneva@Numbers:22:17 @ For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

geneva@Numbers:22:18 @ And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more.

geneva@Numbers:22:19 @ Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me (note:)Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation.(:note) more.

geneva@Numbers:22:20 @ And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayd vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.

geneva@Numbers:22:21 @ So Balaam rose vp early, and sadled his asse, and went with the princes of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:22:22 @ And God's anger was kindled because he (note:)Moved rather with covetousness than to obey God.(:note) 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 servants [were] with him.

geneva@Numbers:22:23 @ And when the asse saw the Angel of the Lord stand in the way, and his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned out of the way and went into the field, but Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way.

geneva@Numbers:22:25 @ And when the asse sawe the Angel of the Lord, she thrust her selfe vnto the wall, and dasht Balaams foote against the wall: wherefore hee smote her againe.

geneva@Numbers:22:26 @ Then the Angel of the Lord went further, & stoode in a narowe place, where was no way to turne, either to the right hand, or to the left.

geneva@Numbers:22:27 @ And when the asse sawe the Angell of the Lorde, she lay downe vnder Balaam: therefore Balaam was very wroth, and smote the asse with a staffe.

geneva@Numbers:22:28 @ And the LORD (note:)Gave her power to speak.(:note) opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

geneva@Numbers:22:29 @ And Balaam saide vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I woulde there were a sworde in mine hand, for nowe would I kill thee.

geneva@Numbers:22:30 @ And the ass said unto Balaam, [Am] not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever (note:)Since you have been my master.(:note) since [I was] thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

geneva@Numbers:22:31 @ Then the LORD (note:)For if the Lord does not open your eyes, you can see neither his anger or his love.(:note) opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

geneva@Numbers:22:32 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] (note:)Both your heart is corrupt and your enterprise wicked.(:note) way is perverse before me:

geneva@Numbers:22:33 @ But the asse sawe me, and turned fro me now three times: for els, if she had not turned fro me, surely I had euen nowe slaine thee, and saued her aliue.

geneva@Numbers:22:35 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the (note:)Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance.(:note) word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

geneva@Numbers:22:36 @ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which [is] in the (note:)Near the place where the Israelites camped.(:note) border of Arnon, which [is] in the utmost coast.

geneva@Numbers:22:38 @ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say (note:)On my own I can say nothing, I will only speak what God reveals, whether it is good or bad.(:note) any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

geneva@Numbers:22:40 @ Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, & to the princes that were with him.

geneva@Numbers:22:41 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of (note:)Where the idol Baal was worshipped.(:note) Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.

geneva@Numbers:23:1 @ And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

geneva@Numbers:23:2 @ And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and (note:)For among the Gentiles the kings often used to sacrifice, as did the priests.(:note) Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

geneva@Numbers:23:3 @ Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

geneva@Numbers:23:4 @ And God (note:)Appeared to him.(:note) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

geneva@Numbers:23:5 @ And the LORD (note:)Taught him what to say.(:note) put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

geneva@Numbers:23:6 @ So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:23:7 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, (note:)Cause everyone to hate and detest them.(:note) defy Israel.

geneva@Numbers:23:9 @ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the (note:)But shall have religion and laws apart.(:note) nations.

geneva@Numbers:23:10 @ Who can count the (note:)The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth.(:note) dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments. die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

geneva@Numbers:23:11 @ Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

geneva@Numbers:23:12 @ And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

geneva@Numbers:23:13 @ And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

geneva@Numbers:23:14 @ And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

geneva@Numbers:23:15 @ After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

geneva@Numbers:23:16 @ And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

geneva@Numbers:23:17 @ And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

geneva@Numbers:23:18 @ And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

geneva@Numbers:23:20 @ Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

geneva@Numbers:23:21 @ He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the (note:)They triumph as victorious kings over their enemies.(:note) shout of a king [is] among them.

geneva@Numbers:23:23 @ Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: (note:)Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder.(:note) according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

geneva@Numbers:23:24 @ Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

geneva@Numbers:23:27 @ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another (note:)Thus the wicked imagine of God that what he will not grant in one place, he will do in another.(:note) place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

geneva@Numbers:23:29 @ Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.

geneva@Numbers:23:30 @ And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar.

geneva@Numbers:24:1 @ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the (note:)Where the Israelites camped.(:note) wilderness.

geneva@Numbers:24:2 @ And Balaam lift vp his eyes, & looked vpon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came vpon him.

geneva@Numbers:24:3 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes (note:)His eyes were shut up before in respect to the clear visions which he saw after.(:note) are open hath said:

geneva@Numbers:24:7 @ He shall pour the (note:)His prosperity and posterity will be very great.(:note) water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Which name was common to the kings of Amalek. Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

geneva@Numbers:24:8 @ God brought him out of Egypt: his strength shalbe as an vnicorne: he shal eate the nations his enemies, and bruise their bones, & shoote them through with his arrowes.

geneva@Numbers:24:9 @ He coucheth and lieth downe as a yong lion, and as a lion: who shall stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

geneva@Numbers:24:10 @ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he (note:)In token of anger.(:note) smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times.

geneva@Numbers:24:13 @ If Balak would giue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not passe the commandement of the Lorde, to doe either good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shall commaunde, the same will I speake.

geneva@Numbers:24:14 @ And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will (note:)He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that God might forsake them, (Num_31:16).(:note) advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

geneva@Numbers:24:15 @ And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

geneva@Numbers:24:16 @ He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling in a traunce had his eyes opened:

geneva@Numbers:24:17 @ I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a (note:)Meaning Christ.(:note) Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the That is, the princes. corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. Sheth.

geneva@Numbers:24:18 @ And Edom shalbe possessed, and Seir shall be a possession to their enemies: but Israel shal do valiantly.

geneva@Numbers:24:19 @ Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the (note:)Of the Edomites.(:note) city.

geneva@Numbers:24:20 @ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the (note:)The Amalekites first made war against Israel, (Num_14:45).(:note) first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.

geneva@Numbers:24:21 @ And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou (note:)Make yourself as strong as you can.(:note) puttest thy nest in a rock.

geneva@Numbers:24:23 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, (note:)Some read, Oh who shall not perish when the enemy (that is, Antichrist) shall set himself up as God?(:note) who shall live when God doeth this!

geneva@Numbers:24:24 @ And ships [shall come] from the coast of (note:)The Grecians and Romans.(:note) Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God. he also shall perish for ever.

geneva@Numbers:24:25 @ Then Balaam rose vp, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

geneva@Numbers:25:1 @ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the (note:)With the women.(:note) daughters of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:25:2 @ Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods.

geneva@Numbers:25:3 @ And Israel (note:)Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor.(:note) joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:4 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD (note:)Openly in the sight of all.(:note) against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:5 @ And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his (note:)Let him execute those that are under his charge.(:note) men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

geneva@Numbers:25:6 @ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, (note:)Repenting that they had offended God.(:note) who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:25:7 @ And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest sawe it, hee rose vp from the middes of the Congregation, & tooke a speare in his hand,

geneva@Numbers:25:8 @ And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:9 @ And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@Numbers:25:13 @ And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an (note:)He has pacified God's wrath.(:note) atonement for the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:14 @ And the name of the Israelite thus slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the sonne of Salu, prince of the familie of the Simeonites.

geneva@Numbers:25:15 @ And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian.

geneva@Numbers:25:17 @ Vexe the Midianites, and smite them:

geneva@Numbers:25:18 @ For they vex you with their (note:)Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaam's counsel, (Num_31:16; Rev_2:14).(:note) wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

geneva@Numbers:26:1 @ And it came to pass after the (note:)Which came because of their whoredom and idolatry.(:note) plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

geneva@Numbers:26:2 @ Take the nomber of all the Congregation of the children of Israel from twentie yeere olde and aboue throughout their fathers houses, all that go forth to warre in Israel.

geneva@Numbers:26:3 @ And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan (note:)Where the river is near to Jericho.(:note) [near] Jericho, saying,

geneva@Numbers:26:4 @ From twentie yeere olde and aboue ye shall nomber the people, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and the childre of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Numbers:26:5 @ Reuben the first borne of Israel: the children of Reube were: Hanoch, of whom came the familie of the Hanochites, and of Pallu the familie of the Palluites:

geneva@Numbers:26:7 @ These are the families of the Reubenites: & they were in nomber three and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and thirtie.

geneva@Numbers:26:8 @ And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab:

geneva@Numbers:26:9 @ And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This [is that] Dathan and Abiram, [which were] famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the (note:)In that rebellion of which Korah was head.(:note) company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

geneva@Numbers:26:10 @ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they (note:)That is, as an example that others should not complain and rebel against God's ministers.(:note) became a sign.

geneva@Numbers:26:11 @ Notwithstanding, all the sonnes of Korah dyed not.

geneva@Numbers:26:12 @ And the children of Simeon after their families were: Nemuel, of whom came the familie of the Nemuelites: of Iamin, the familie of the Iaminites: of Iachin, the familie of the Iachinites:

geneva@Numbers:26:14 @ These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twentie thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:18 @ These are the families of the sonnes of Gad, according to their nombers, fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:19 @ The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of (note:)Before Jacob went into Egypt, (Gen_38:3, Gen_38:7, Gen_38:10, Gen_46:12).(:note) Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:26:21 @ And the sonnes of Pharez were: of Hesron, the familie of the Hesronites: of Hamul, the familie of the Hamulites.

geneva@Numbers:26:22 @ These are the families of Iudah, after their nombers, seuentie and sixe thousande and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:25 @ These are the families of Issachar, after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand & three hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:27 @ These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their nombers, three score thousande & fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:28 @ The sonnes of Ioseph, after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

geneva@Numbers:26:29 @ The sonnes of Manasseh were: of Machir, the familie of the Machirites: and Machir begate Gilead: of Gilead came the familie of the Gileadites.

geneva@Numbers:26:33 @ And Zelophehad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

geneva@Numbers:26:34 @ These are the families of Manasseh, & the nomber of them, two and fiftie thousand and seuen hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:36 @ And these are the sonnes of Shuthelah: of Eran the familie of the Eranites.

geneva@Numbers:26:37 @ These are the families of the sonnes of Ephraim after their nombers, two and thirtie thousand and fiue hundreth. These are the sonnes of Ioseph after their families.

geneva@Numbers:26:40 @ And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard came the familie of the Ardites, of Naaman, the familie of the Naamites.

geneva@Numbers:26:41 @ These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families, and their nombers, fiue and fourtie thousand and sixe hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:43 @ All the families of the Shuhamites were after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand, and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:46 @ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

geneva@Numbers:26:47 @ These are the families of the sonnes of Asher after their nombers, three and fifty thousand and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:50 @ These are the families of Naphtali according to their housholdes, and their nomber, fiue and fourtie thousande and foure hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:51 @ These [were] the (note:)This is the third time that they are numbered.(:note) numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

geneva@Numbers:26:52 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:26:53 @ Vnto these the land shalbe deuided for an inheritance, according to the nomber of names.

geneva@Numbers:26:54 @ To many thou shalt giue the more inheritance, and to fewe thou shalt giue lesse inheritance: to euery one according to his nomber shalbe giuen his inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:26:55 @ Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite:

geneva@Numbers:26:56 @ According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.

geneva@Numbers:26:58 @ These are the families of Leui, the familie of the Libnites: the familie of the Hebronites: the familie of the Mahlites: the familie of the Mushites: the familie of the Korhites: and Kohath begate Amram.

geneva@Numbers:26:59 @ And Amrams wife was called Iochebed the daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: and she bare vnto Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

geneva@Numbers:26:60 @ And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

geneva@Numbers:26:61 @ And Nadab and Abihu dyed, because they offred strange fire before the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:26:62 @ And their nombers were three and twentie thousand, all males from a moneth old and aboue: for they were not nombred among the children of Israel, because there was none inheritance giuen them among the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:26:63 @ These are the nombers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest which nombred the children of Israel in the plaine of Moab, neere Iorden, towarde Iericho.

geneva@Numbers:26:64 @ But among these there was not a man of them (note:)In which appears the great power of God, that so wonderfully increased his people.(:note) whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

geneva@Numbers:26:65 @ For the Lorde said of them, They shall die in the wildernes: so there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Numbers:27:1 @ Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the familie of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)

geneva@Numbers:27:2 @ And stoode before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assemblie, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying,

geneva@Numbers:27:3 @ Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own (note:)According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners.(:note) sin, and had no sons.

geneva@Numbers:27:5 @ And Moses brought their (note:)That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters.(:note) cause before the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:27:6 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:27:7 @ The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt giue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritance of their father vnto them.

geneva@Numbers:27:8 @ Also thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter.

geneva@Numbers:27:9 @ And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.

geneva@Numbers:27:10 @ And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers brethren.

geneva@Numbers:27:11 @ And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of (note:)Meaning, an ordinance to judge by.(:note) judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:27:12 @ Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, & behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:27:13 @ And when thou hast seene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

geneva@Numbers:27:17 @ Which may (note:)That is, govern them and do his duty, as in (2Ch_1:10).(:note) go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

geneva@Numbers:27:18 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and (note:)And so appoint him governor.(:note) lay thine hand upon him;

geneva@Numbers:27:19 @ And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight.

geneva@Numbers:27:20 @ And thou shalt (note:)Commend him to the people as suitable for the office and appointed by God.(:note) put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

geneva@Numbers:27:21 @ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the (note:)According to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of God.(:note) judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, [both] he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:27:22 @ So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, and he tooke Ioshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, & before all the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:27:23 @ And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a (note:)How he should govern himself in his office.(:note) charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:28:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:28:2 @ Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] (note:)By bread he means all manner of sacrifice.(:note) my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, [for] a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

geneva@Numbers:28:4 @ One lambe shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lambe shalt thou prepare at euen.

geneva@Numbers:28:5 @ And the tenth part of an Ephah of fine floure for a meate offering mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle.

geneva@Numbers:28:7 @ And the drinke offring thereof the fourth part of an Hin for one lambe: in the holy place cause to powre the drinke offring vnto the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:28:8 @ And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer [it], (note:)The meat offering and drink offering of the evening sacrifice.(:note) a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:28:9 @ And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two (note:)Of the measure ephah.(:note) tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

geneva@Numbers:28:10 @ [This is] the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the (note:)Which was offered every day at morning and evening.(:note) continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

geneva@Numbers:28:11 @ And in the beginning of your moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, two yong bullockes, and a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without spot,

geneva@Numbers:28:12 @ And three tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle for one bullocke, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meate offring, mingled with oyle for one ramme,

geneva@Numbers:28:13 @ And a tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offring vnto one lambe: for a burnt offring of sweete sauour: it is an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:28:14 @ And their (note:)That is, the wine that will be poured on the sacrifice.(:note) drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third [part] of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth [part] of an hin unto a lamb: this [is] the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

geneva@Numbers:28:15 @ And one hee goat for a sinne offring vnto the Lord shalbe prepared, besides the continuall burnt offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:28:17 @ And in ye fiftenth day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen dayes shall vnleauened bread be eaten.

geneva@Numbers:28:19 @ But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see that they be without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:28:20 @ And their meate offering shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle: three tenth deales shall ye prepare for a bullocke, and two tenth deales for a ramme:

geneva@Numbers:28:22 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering, to make an atonement for you.

geneva@Numbers:28:24 @ After this maner ye shall prepare throughout all the seuen dayes, for the mainteining of the offring made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: it shall be done beside the continuall burnt offring and drinke offring thereof.

geneva@Numbers:28:25 @ And in ye seuenth day ye shal haue an holy conuocation, wherein ye shal do no seruile work.

geneva@Numbers:28:27 @ But ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde,

geneva@Numbers:28:28 @ And their meat offring of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto a bullocke, two tenth deales to a ram,

geneva@Numbers:28:29 @ And one tenth deale vnto euery lambe throughout the seuen lambes,

geneva@Numbers:28:30 @ And an hee goate to make an atonement for you:

geneva@Numbers:28:31 @ (Ye shall doe this besides the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring:) see they be without blemish, with their drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:1 @ And in the (note:)Which contains part of September, and part of October.(:note) seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

geneva@Numbers:29:2 @ And ye shall make a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: one yong bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:3 @ And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto the bullocke, and two tenth deales vnto the ramme,

geneva@Numbers:29:4 @ And one tenth deale vnto one lambe, for the seuen lambes,

geneva@Numbers:29:5 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering to make an atonement for you,

geneva@Numbers:29:6 @ Beside the burnt offering of the (note:)Which must be offered in the beginning of every month.(:note) month, and his meat offering, and the daily Which is for morning and evening. burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:29:7 @ And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy (note:)Which is the feast of reconciliation.(:note) convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:

geneva@Numbers:29:8 @ But ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour: one yong bullocke, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see they be without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:9 @ And their meate offering shall be of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales to a bullocke, and two tenth deales to a ramme,

geneva@Numbers:29:11 @ One kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual (note:)That is, offered every morning and evening.(:note) burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

geneva@Numbers:29:12 @ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy (note:)Meaning, the feast of the tabernacles.(:note) convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

geneva@Numbers:29:13 @ And ye shall offer a burnt offring for a sacrifice made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yong bullockes, two rammes, and fourtene lambes of a yeere olde: they shall bee without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:14 @ And their meate offering shall bee of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirteene bullockes, two tenth deales to either of the two rammes,

geneva@Numbers:29:15 @ And one tenth deale vnto eche of ye fourteene lambes,

geneva@Numbers:29:16 @ And one hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:17 @ And the second day ye shall offer twelue yong bullockes, two rams, fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:18 @ With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:19 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offring, (beside the continuall burnt offering and his meate offring) and their drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:20 @ Also the third day ye shall offer eleuen bullocks, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:21 @ And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, [shall be] according to their number, after the (note:)According to the ceremonies appointed to it.(:note) manner:

geneva@Numbers:29:22 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:23 @ And the fourth day ye shall offer tenne bullocks, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:24 @ Their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:25 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offering.

geneva@Numbers:29:26 @ In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:27 @ And their meat offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:28 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offring and his drinke offering.

geneva@Numbers:29:29 @ And in the sixt day ye shall offer eight bullockes, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:30 @ And their meate offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:31 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring and his drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:32 @ In the seuenth day also ye shall offer seuen bullocks, two rammes and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:33 @ And their meate offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:34 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:36 @ But yee shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, one bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere old without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:37 @ Their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullocke, for the ramme, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:38 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, & his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:39 @ These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your (note:)Beside the sacrifices that you will vow or offer of your own minds.(:note) vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

geneva@Numbers:29:40 @ {\cf2 (30:1)} Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according to all that the Lorde had commanded him,

geneva@Numbers:30:1 @ And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes (note:)Because they might declare them to the Israelites.(:note) concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

geneva@Numbers:30:3 @ {\cf2 (30:4)} If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth,

geneva@Numbers:30:4 @ And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his (note:)For in so doing he approves her.(:note) peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

geneva@Numbers:30:5 @ But if her (note:)By not approving or consenting to her vow.(:note) father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

geneva@Numbers:30:6 @ And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or (note:)Either by oath, or solemn promise.(:note) uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

geneva@Numbers:30:7 @ {\cf2 (30:8)} If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.

geneva@Numbers:30:8 @ But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her (note:)For she is in subjection to her husband, and can perform nothing without his consent.(:note) soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

geneva@Numbers:30:9 @ But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand (note:)For they are not under the authority of the man.(:note) against her.

geneva@Numbers:30:10 @ And if she vowed in her husband's (note:)Her husband being alive.(:note) house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

geneva@Numbers:30:11 @ {\cf2 (30:12)} And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect.

geneva@Numbers:30:12 @ {\cf2 (30:13)} But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her.

geneva@Numbers:30:13 @ Every vow, and every binding oath to (note:)To mortify herself by abstinence or other bodily exercise.(:note) afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

geneva@Numbers:30:14 @ But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from (note:)And warn her not the same day that he hears it, as in (Num_30:8).(:note) day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them].

geneva@Numbers:30:15 @ But if he shall any ways (note:)Not the same day he heard them, but some day after, the sin will be imputed to him and not to her.(:note) make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.

geneva@Numbers:30:16 @ {\cf2 (30:17)} These are the ordinances which the Lorde commanded Moses, betweene a man & his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house.

geneva@Numbers:31:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:31:2 @ Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

geneva@Numbers:31:3 @ And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go (note:)As he had commanded in (Num_25:17), declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him.(:note) against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

geneva@Numbers:31:4 @ A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

geneva@Numbers:31:5 @ So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

geneva@Numbers:31:6 @ And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of [every] tribe, them and (note:)For his great zeal that he bare for the Lord, (Num_25:13).(:note) Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

geneva@Numbers:31:7 @ And they warred against Midian, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses, and slue all the males.

geneva@Numbers:31:8 @ And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: (note:)The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God.(:note) Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

geneva@Numbers:31:9 @ But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

geneva@Numbers:31:10 @ And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

geneva@Numbers:31:11 @ And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

geneva@Numbers:31:12 @ And they brought the (note:)As the women and little children.(:note) captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.

geneva@Numbers:31:13 @ Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

geneva@Numbers:31:14 @ And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

geneva@Numbers:31:15 @ And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the (note:)As though he said, you should have spared none.(:note) women alive?

geneva@Numbers:31:16 @ Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD (note:)For worshipping of Peor.(:note) in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:31:17 @ Now therefore kill every male among the (note:)That is, all the boy children.(:note) little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

geneva@Numbers:31:19 @ And ye shal remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

geneva@Numbers:31:20 @ Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins & al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

geneva@Numbers:31:21 @ And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lorde commanded Moses,

geneva@Numbers:31:22 @ As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

geneva@Numbers:31:23 @ Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be (note:)The third day and before it is molten.(:note) purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the It shall be washed. water.

geneva@Numbers:31:24 @ Ye shal wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shal come into the Hoste.

geneva@Numbers:31:25 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:31:26 @ Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:31:27 @ And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:31:28 @ And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the (note:)Of the prey that falls to the soldiers.(:note) men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

geneva@Numbers:31:29 @ Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:31:30 @ And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take (note:)The Israelites who had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundred.(:note) one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:31:31 @ And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:31:32 @ And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

geneva@Numbers:31:33 @ And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

geneva@Numbers:31:34 @ And three score and one thousand asses,

geneva@Numbers:31:35 @ And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

geneva@Numbers:31:36 @ And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:31:37 @ And the (note:)This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.(:note) LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

geneva@Numbers:31:38 @ And the beeues were six & thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie & two.

geneva@Numbers:31:39 @ And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

geneva@Numbers:31:40 @ And (note:)Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.(:note) the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

geneva@Numbers:31:41 @ And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:31:42 @ And of the children of Israel's (note:)Of that part which was given to them in dividing the spoil.(:note) half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

geneva@Numbers:31:43 @ (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

geneva@Numbers:31:44 @ And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

geneva@Numbers:31:45 @ And thirtie thousand asses, & fiue hudreth,

geneva@Numbers:31:46 @ And sixteene thousande persons)

geneva@Numbers:31:47 @ Even of the (note:)Which had not been at war.(:note) children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:31:48 @ Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

geneva@Numbers:31:49 @ And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.

geneva@Numbers:31:51 @ And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,

geneva@Numbers:31:52 @ And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lorde (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,

geneva@Numbers:31:53 @ ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for (note:)And gave no portion to their captains.(:note) himself.)

geneva@Numbers:31:54 @ And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a (note:)that the Lord might remember the children of Israel.(:note) memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:32:1 @ Now the children of (note:)Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid.(:note) Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in (Gen_31:47). Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

geneva@Numbers:32:2 @ Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,

geneva@Numbers:32:3 @ The land of Ataroth, and Dibon, and Iazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

geneva@Numbers:32:4 @ Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell:

geneva@Numbers:32:5 @ Wherefore, said they, if we haue foud grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, & bring vs not ouer Iorde.

geneva@Numbers:32:6 @ And Moses said vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren goe to warre, and ye tary heere?

geneva@Numbers:32:7 @ Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lorde hath giuen them?

geneva@Numbers:32:8 @ Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the lande.

geneva@Numbers:32:9 @ For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eshcol, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the childre of Israel, that they woulde not goe into the lande, which the Lorde had giuen them.

geneva@Numbers:32:10 @ And the Lordes wrath was kindled the same day, and he did sweare, saying,

geneva@Numbers:32:11 @ None of the men that came out of Egypt from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall see the land for the which I sware vnto Abraha, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, because they haue not wholly followed me:

geneva@Numbers:32:12 @ Except Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenesite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue constantly followed the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:32:13 @ And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done (note:)Because they complained and would not believe their report, which told the truth concerning the land.(:note) evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

geneva@Numbers:32:14 @ And behold, ye are risen vp in your fathers steade as an encrease of sinfull men, still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord, toward Israel.

geneva@Numbers:32:15 @ For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and (note:)By your occasion.(:note) ye shall destroy all this people.

geneva@Numbers:32:16 @ And they went neere to him, and said, We will builde sheepe foldes here for our sheepe, and for our cattell, and cities for our children.

geneva@Numbers:32:17 @ But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

geneva@Numbers:32:19 @ Neither wil we inherite with them beyond Iorden and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iorden Eastwarde.

geneva@Numbers:32:20 @ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go (note:)Before the Ark of the Lord.(:note) armed before the LORD to war,

geneva@Numbers:32:21 @ And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his (note:)That is, the inhabitants of the land.(:note) enemies from before him,

geneva@Numbers:32:22 @ And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession (note:)The Lord will grant you this land which you request, (Jos_1:15).(:note) before the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:32:23 @ But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin (note:)You shall assuredly be punished for your sin.(:note) will find you out.

geneva@Numbers:32:24 @ Builde you then cities for your children & folds for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoke.

geneva@Numbers:32:25 @ Then the children of Gad & the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruats will doe as my lorde commandeth:

geneva@Numbers:32:28 @ So concerning them Moses (note:)Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and other, would be performed after his death so that they would not break theirs.(:note) commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

geneva@Numbers:32:29 @ And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, will go with you ouer Iorden, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall giue the the lad of Gilead for a possessio:

geneva@Numbers:32:30 @ But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:32:31 @ And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the (note:)This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaks.(:note) LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

geneva@Numbers:32:32 @ We will goe armed before the Lorde into the lande of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to vs on this side Iorden.

geneva@Numbers:32:33 @ And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the (note:)The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he makes mention of them that dwelt on this side: (Jos_10:12) he speaks of them that inhabited beyond Jordan.(:note) Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.

geneva@Numbers:32:34 @ Then the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

geneva@Numbers:32:35 @ And Atroth, Shophan, and Iazer, and Iogbehah,

geneva@Numbers:32:36 @ And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, defenced cities: also sheepe foldes.

geneva@Numbers:32:37 @ And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

geneva@Numbers:32:38 @ And Nebo, and Baal-meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built.

geneva@Numbers:32:39 @ And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasseh went to Gilead, and tooke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein.

geneva@Numbers:32:40 @ Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.

geneva@Numbers:32:41 @ And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them (note:)That is the villages of Jair.(:note) Havothjair.

geneva@Numbers:32:42 @ Also Nobah went and tooke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name.

geneva@Numbers:33:1 @ These [are] the (note:)From which they departed, and where they came.(:note) journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

geneva@Numbers:33:2 @ And Moses wrote their going out by their iourneies according to ye commandement of the Lord: so these are ye iourneies of their going out.

geneva@Numbers:33:3 @ Nowe they departed from Rameses the first moneth, euen the fifteenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer: and the children of Israel went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

geneva@Numbers:33:5 @ And the children of Israel remoued from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

geneva@Numbers:33:6 @ And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernesse.

geneva@Numbers:33:7 @ And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto (note:)At the commandment of the Lord in (Exo_14:2).(:note) Pihahiroth, which [is] before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

geneva@Numbers:33:8 @ And they departed from before Hahiroth, and went through the middes of the Sea into the wildernesse, and went three dayes iourney in the wildernesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

geneva@Numbers:33:9 @ And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they pitched there.

geneva@Numbers:33:10 @ And they remoued from Elim, and camped by the red Sea.

geneva@Numbers:33:11 @ And they remoued from the red Sea, and lay in the wildernesse of Sin.

geneva@Numbers:33:12 @ And they tooke their iourney out of the wildernesse of Sin, and set vp their tentes in Dophkah.

geneva@Numbers:33:13 @ And they departed from Dophkah, and lay in Alush.

geneva@Numbers:33:14 @ And they remoued from Alush, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.

geneva@Numbers:33:15 @ And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai.

geneva@Numbers:33:16 @ And they remoued from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth Hattaauah.

geneva@Numbers:33:17 @ And they departed from Kibroth Hattaauah, and lay at Hazeroth.

geneva@Numbers:33:18 @ And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

geneva@Numbers:33:19 @ And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon Parez.

geneva@Numbers:33:20 @ And they departed from Rimmon Parez, and pitched in Libnah.

geneva@Numbers:33:21 @ And they remoued from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah.

geneva@Numbers:33:22 @ And they iourneyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

geneva@Numbers:33:23 @ And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

geneva@Numbers:33:24 @ And they remoued from mount Shapher, and lay in Haradah.

geneva@Numbers:33:25 @ And they remoued from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

geneva@Numbers:33:26 @ And they remoued from Makheloth, and lay in Tahath.

geneva@Numbers:33:27 @ And they departed from Tahath, and pitched in Tarah.

geneva@Numbers:33:28 @ And they remoued from Tarah, and pitched in Mithkah.

geneva@Numbers:33:29 @ And they went from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

geneva@Numbers:33:30 @ And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay in Moseroth.

geneva@Numbers:33:31 @ And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-iaakan.

geneva@Numbers:33:32 @ And they remoued from Bene-iaakan, and lay in Hor-hagidgad.

geneva@Numbers:33:33 @ And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Iotbathah.

geneva@Numbers:33:34 @ And they remoued from Iotbathah, and lay in Ebronah.

geneva@Numbers:33:35 @ And they departed from Ebronah, & lay in Ezion-gaber.

geneva@Numbers:33:36 @ And they remoued from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wildernesse of Zin, which is Kadesh.

geneva@Numbers:33:37 @ And they remooued from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

geneva@Numbers:33:38 @ And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the (note:)Which the Hebrews call Ab, and contains part of July and part of August.(:note) fifth month.

geneva@Numbers:33:39 @ And Aaron was an hundreth, and three and twentie yeere olde, when hee dyed in mount Hor.

geneva@Numbers:33:40 @ And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan, heard of the comming of the children of Israel)

geneva@Numbers:33:41 @ And they departed from mount Hor, & pitched in Zalmonah.

geneva@Numbers:33:42 @ And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

geneva@Numbers:33:43 @ And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

geneva@Numbers:33:44 @ And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Iie-abarim, in the borders of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:33:45 @ And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

geneva@Numbers:33:46 @ And they remooued from Dibon-gad, and lay in Almon-diblathaim.

geneva@Numbers:33:47 @ And they remooued from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountaines of Abarim before Nebo.

geneva@Numbers:33:48 @ And they departed from the mountaines of Abarim, and pitched in the plaine of Moab, by Iorden toward Iericho.

geneva@Numbers:33:49 @ And they pitched by Iorden, from Bethieshimoth vnto Abel-shittim in the playne of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:33:50 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the playne of Moab, by Iorden towarde Iericho, saying,

geneva@Numbers:33:51 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye are come ouer Iorden to enter into the land of Canaan,

geneva@Numbers:33:52 @ Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their (note:)Which were set up in their high places to worship.(:note) pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

geneva@Numbers:33:53 @ And ye shall possesse the lande and dwell therein: for I haue giue you ye land to possesse it.

geneva@Numbers:33:54 @ And ye shall inherite the land by lot according to your families: to the more yee shall giue more inheritance, and to the fewer the lesse inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherite.

geneva@Numbers:33:55 @ But if ye will not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which yee let ramaine of them, shalbe prickes in your eyes, and thornes in your sides, and shall vexe you in the land wherein ye dwell.

geneva@Numbers:34:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:34:2 @ Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the (note:)Meaning, the description of the land.(:note) land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

geneva@Numbers:34:3 @ And your Southquarter shalbe from the wildernesse of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your Southquarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastwarde:

geneva@Numbers:34:4 @ And the border shall compasse you from the South to Maaleh-akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and goe out from the South to Kadesh-barnea: thence it shal stretch to Hazar-addar, & go along to Azmon.

geneva@Numbers:34:5 @ And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the (note:)Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura.(:note) river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

geneva@Numbers:34:6 @ And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the (note:)Which is called the Mediterranean.(:note) great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

geneva@Numbers:34:7 @ And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount (note:)Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died.(:note) Hor:

geneva@Numbers:34:8 @ From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come vnto Hamath, and the end of the coast shal be at Zedad.

geneva@Numbers:34:9 @ And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron, & goe out at Hazar-enan. this shalbe your Northquarter.

geneva@Numbers:34:10 @ And ye shall marke out your Eastquarter from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

geneva@Numbers:34:11 @ And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of (note:)Which in the Gospel is called the lake of Gennesaret.(:note) Chinnereth eastward:

geneva@Numbers:34:12 @ Also that border shall goe downe to Iorden, & leaue at the salt Sea. this shalbe your land with the coastes thereof round about.

geneva@Numbers:34:13 @ Then Moses commaunded the children of Israel, saying, This is the lande which yee shall inherite by lot, which the Lord commaunded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe.

geneva@Numbers:34:14 @ For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers housholdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:34:15 @ Two tribes and an halfe tribe haue receiued their inheritance on this side of Iorden toward Iericho full East.

geneva@Numbers:34:17 @ These are the names of the men which shall deuide ye land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Numbers:34:18 @ And ye shall take one (note:)One of the heads or chief men of every tribe.(:note) prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:34:20 @ And of the tribe of the sonnes of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud.

geneva@Numbers:34:24 @ And of the tribe of the sonnes of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel, the sonne of Shiphtan.

geneva@Numbers:34:28 @ And of the tribe of the sonnes of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel, the sonne of Ammihud.

geneva@Numbers:34:29 @ These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to (note:)And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.(:note) divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:35:1 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying,

geneva@Numbers:35:2 @ Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the (note:)Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan.(:note) Levites of the inheritance of their possession God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law. cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

geneva@Numbers:35:3 @ So they shall haue the cities to dwell in, & their suburbes shall be for their cattell, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

geneva@Numbers:35:4 @ And the suburbes of the cities, which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites, from the wall of the citie outward, shalbe a thousand cubites round about.

geneva@Numbers:35:5 @ And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side (note:)So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow.(:note) two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

geneva@Numbers:35:6 @ And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shal appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo.

geneva@Numbers:35:7 @ All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes.

geneva@Numbers:35:8 @ And concerning the cities which yee shall giue, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take mo, and of few ye shall take lesse: euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which hee inheriteth.

geneva@Numbers:35:9 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

geneva@Numbers:35:10 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan,

geneva@Numbers:35:12 @ And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the (note:)Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause.(:note) avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

geneva@Numbers:35:13 @ And of the cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

geneva@Numbers:35:14 @ Ye shall give three cities (note:)Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, (Deu_4:41).(:note) on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge.

geneva@Numbers:35:15 @ These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth among you, that euery one which killeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

geneva@Numbers:35:16 @ And if he (note:)Wittingly, and willingly.(:note) smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:35:17 @ And if he smite him with throwing a (note:)That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand.(:note) stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:35:18 @ Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

geneva@Numbers:35:21 @ Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

geneva@Numbers:35:22 @ But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him any thing, without laying of waite,

geneva@Numbers:35:23 @ Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme,

geneva@Numbers:35:24 @ Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the (note:)That is, his next kinsman.(:note) revenger of blood according to these judgments:

geneva@Numbers:35:25 @ And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the (note:)Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ.(:note) high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

geneva@Numbers:35:27 @ And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the (note:)By the sentence of the judge.(:note) slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

geneva@Numbers:35:28 @ Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the hie Priest: and after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession.

geneva@Numbers:35:32 @ Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest.

geneva@Numbers:35:33 @ So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be (note:)So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it.(:note) cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

geneva@Numbers:35:34 @ Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite, For I dwell in the middes thereof: for I the Lord dwel among the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:36:1 @ And the (note:)It seems that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses.(:note) chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

geneva@Numbers:36:2 @ And they said, The LORD commanded (note:)Meaning Moses.(:note) my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

geneva@Numbers:36:3 @ If they bee married to any of the sonnes of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shalbe put vnto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shalbe: so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:36:4 @ And when the (note:)Signifying that at no time could it return, for in the Jubile all things returned to their own tribes.(:note) jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

geneva@Numbers:36:5 @ And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said (note:)For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which was the maintenance of it should have been alienated to others.(:note) well.

geneva@Numbers:36:8 @ And every daughter, that possesseth an (note:)When there is no male to inherit.(:note) inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

geneva@Numbers:36:10 @ As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.

geneva@Numbers:36:11 @ For Mahlah, Tirzah, & Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married vnto their fathers brothers sonnes,

geneva@Numbers:36:13 @ These [are] the (note:)Concerning the ceremonial and judicial laws.(:note) commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:1 @ These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on (note:)In the country of Moab.(:note) this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain So that the wilderness was between the sea and the plain of Moab. over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is actively set forth in this book. Even through their ingratitude and many rebellions against God, for the space forty years. (Deu_9:7) they deserved to have been cut off from the number of his people, and forever to have been deprived of the use of his holy word and ordinances: yet he ever preserved his Church even for his own mercy's sake, and would still have his name called upon among them. Wherefore he brings them into the land of Canaan, destroys their enemies, gives them their country, towns and goods, and exhorts them by the example of their fathers (whose infidelity, idolatry, adulteries, complaining and rebellions, he had most severely punished) to fear and obey the Lord, to embrace and keep his law without adding to it or diminishing from it. For by his word he would be known to be their God, and they his people, by his word he would govern his Church, and by the same they would learn to obey him: by his word he would discern the false prophet from the true, light form darkness, ignorance from knowledge, and his own people from all the other nations and infidels: teaching them by it to refuse and detest, destroy and abolish whatever is not agreeable to his holy will, seem it otherwise never so good or precious in the eyes of man. For this cause God promised to raise up kings and governors, for the setting forth of his word and preservation of his Church: giving to them a special charge for the executing of it: whom therefore he wills to exercise themselves diligently in the continual study and meditation of the same: that they might learn to fear the Lord, love their subjects, abhor covetousness and vices, and whatever offends the majesty of God. As he had before instructed their fathers in all things belonging both to his spiritual service and also for the maintenance of that society which is between men: so he prescribes here anew all such laws and ordinances, which either concern his divine service, or else are necessary for a common good: appointing to every estate and degree their charge and duty: as well, how to rule and live in the fear of God, as to nourish friendship toward their neighbours, and to preserve the order which God has established among men: threatening most horrible plagues to them that transgress his commandments, and promising blessings and happiness to those who observe and obey them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:2 @ ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from (note:)In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before the law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeats the same to the youth who either then were not born, or had not judgment.(:note) Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:3 @ And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:4 @ After he had slain (note:)By these examples of God's favour, their minds are prepared to receive the law.(:note) Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:5 @ On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, (note:)The second time.(:note) began Moses to declare this law, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:6 @ The LORD our God spake unto us in (note:)In the second year and second month, (Num_10:11).(:note) Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:7 @ Turne you and depart, and goe vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, and vnto all places neere thereunto in the plaine, in the mountaine, or in the valley: both Southwarde, and to the Sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon: euen vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:8 @ Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:9 @ And I spake (note:)By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, (Exo_18:19).(:note) unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:10 @ The LORD your God hath (note:)Not so much by the course of nature, as miraculously.(:note) multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:11 @ (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you)

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:12 @ How can I myself alone (note:)Signifying how great a burden it is, to govern the people.(:note) bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:13 @ Take you wise men, and understanding, and (note:)Whose godliness and uprightness is known.(:note) known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:14 @ Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:15 @ So I took the chief of your tribes, (note:)Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read (Exo_18:21).(:note) wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:16 @ And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:17 @ Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] (note:)You are his Lieutenants.(:note) God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:19 @ Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commaunded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:20 @ And (note:)So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised.(:note) I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:21 @ Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layde the land before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:23 @ So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:24 @ Who departed, and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcol, and searched out the land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:25 @ And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and (note:)That is, Caleb, and Joshua; Moses prefers the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten.(:note) said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:26 @ Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commaundement of the Lord your God,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:27 @ And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD (note:)Such was the Jews unthankfulness, that they counted God's special love, hatred.(:note) hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:28 @ Whither shall we go up? our (note:)The other ten, not Caleb and Joshua.(:note) brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:30 @ The LORD your God (note:)Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our calling, and depend on the Lord, is true boldness, and agreeable to God.(:note) which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:31 @ And in the wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:33 @ Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentes in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to goe, and in a cloude by day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:34 @ Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:35 @ Surely there shall not one of these men of this froward generation, see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:36 @ Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:38 @ [But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth (note:)Who minister to you.(:note) before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:39 @ Moreover your (note:)Who were under twenty years of age, (Num_14:31).(:note) little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:40 @ But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:41 @ Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, (note:)This declares man's nature, who will do that which God forbids, and will not do that which he commands.(:note) we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:42 @ And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] (note:)Signifying that man has no strength, but when God is at hand to help him.(:note) not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:43 @ And when I told you, ye would not heare, but rebelled against the commaundement of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went vp into the mountaine.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:44 @ Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine came out against you, and chased you (as bees vse to doe) and destroied you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:45 @ And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not (note:)Because you rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repentance; rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins.(:note) hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:1 @ Then (note:)They obeyed, after God had chastised them.(:note) we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir Eight and thirty years, as in (Deu_2:14). many days.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:2 @ And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:4 @ And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the (note:)This was the second time, before they had caused the Israelites to return, (Num_20:21).(:note) coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:5 @ Ye shall not prouoke them: for I wil not giue you of their land so much as a foot breadth, because I haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for a possession.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:6 @ Ye shall buy meate of them for money to eate, and ye shall also procure water of them for money to drinke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:7 @ For the LORD thy God hath (note:)And given you means, with which you may make recompence: also God will direct you by his providence, as he has done.(:note) blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:8 @ And when we were departed from our brethren the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plaine, from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and went by the way of the wildernes of Moab.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:9 @ And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children (note:)Which were the Moabites and Ammonites.(:note) of Lot [for] a possession.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:10 @ The (note:)Signifying that as these giants were driven out for their sins: so the wicked when their sins are ripe, cannot avoid God's plagues.(:note) Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:12 @ The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time, whome the children of Esau chased out and destroyed them before them, and dwelt in their steade: as Israel shall doe vnto the land of his possession, which the Lord hath giuen them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:13 @ Now rise vp, sayd I, and get you ouer the riuer Zered: and we went ouer the riuer Zered.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:14 @ And the (note:)He shows by this, that as God is true in his promise, so his threatenings are not in vain.(:note) space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, [was] thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:15 @ For indeed the (note:)His plague and punishment to destroy all that were twenty years old and above.(:note) hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:16 @ So when all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:19 @ And thou shalt come neere ouer against the children of Ammon: but shalt not lay siege vnto them, nor moue warre against them: for I will not giue thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession: for I haue giuen it vnto the children of Lot for a possession.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:20 @ (That also was accounted a land (note:)Who called themselves Rephaims: that is, preservers, or physicians to heal and reform vices: but were indeed Zamzummims, that is, wicked and abominable.(:note) of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:21 @ A people that was great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the Lord destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stead:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:22 @ As he did to the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims before them, and they possessed them, and dwelt in their stead vnto this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:23 @ And the Auims which dwelt in Hazarim euen vnto Azzah, the Caphtorims which came out of Caphtor destroyed them, and dwelt in their steade.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:24 @ Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the (note:)According to his promise made to Abraham, (Gen_15:16).(:note) Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess [it], and contend with him in battle.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:25 @ This day will I (note:)This declares that the hearts of men are in God's hands either to be made faint, or bold.(:note) begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations [that are] under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:27 @ Let me passe through thy land: I will go by the hie way: I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:28 @ Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my foote,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:29 @ (As the (note:)Because neither intreaty nor examples or others could move him, he could not complain of his just destruction.(:note) children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:30 @ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God (note:)God in his election and reprobation not only appoints the ends, but the means tending to the same.(:note) hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:31 @ And the Lorde sayd vnto me, Beholde, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse and inherite his land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:33 @ But the Lord our God deliuered him into our power, and we smote him, and his sonnes, and all his people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:34 @ And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the (note:)God had cursed Canaan, and therefore he did not want any of the wicked race to be preserved.(:note) women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:35 @ Onely the cattell we tooke to our selues, and the spoyle of the cities which we tooke,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:36 @ From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the citie that is vpon the riuer, euen vnto Gilead: there was not one citie that escaped vs: for the Lorde our God deliuered vp all before vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:37 @ Onely vnto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor vnto any place of the riuer Iabbok, nor vnto the cities in the mountaines, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbade vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:1 @ Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan (note:)Therefore aside from the commandment of the Lord, they had just cause to fight against him.(:note) came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:2 @ And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Feare him not, for I will deliuer him, and all his people, and his land into thine hand, and thou shalt doe vnto him as thou diddest vnto Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:3 @ So the Lorde our God deliuered also vnto our hand, Og the King of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him, vntill none was left him aliue,

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:4 @ And we tooke all his cities the same time, neither was there a citie which we tooke not from them, euen three score cities, and all ye countrey of Argob, the kingdome of Og in Bashan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:5 @ All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside (note:)As villages and small towns.(:note) unwalled towns a great many.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:6 @ And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, (note:)Because this was God's appointment, therefore it may not be judged cruel.(:note) women, and children, of every city.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:7 @ But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cities we tooke for our selues.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:8 @ Thus we tooke at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Iorden from the riuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon:

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:10 @ All the cities of the plaine, and all Gilead, and all Bashan vnto Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdome of Og in Bashan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:11 @ For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his (note:)The more terrible this giant was, the greater reason they had to glorify God for the victory.(:note) bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:12 @ And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the riuer of Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the Reubenites and Gadites.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:13 @ And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh: euen all the countrey of Argob with all Bashan, which is called, The land of gyants.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:14 @ Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto (note:)Meaning, when he wrote this history.(:note) this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:15 @ And I gaue part of Gilead vnto Machir.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:16 @ And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river (note:)Which separates the Ammonites from the Amorites.(:note) Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:17 @ The plaine also and Iorden, and the borders from Chinnereth euen vnto the Sea of the plaine, to wit, the salt Sea vnder the springs of Pisgah Eastwarde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:18 @ And I commanded (note:)That is, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh, as in (Num_32:32).(:note) you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all [that are] meet for the war.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:19 @ Your wiues onely, and your children, and your cattel (for I know that ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your cities, which I haue giuen you,

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:20 @ Vntill the Lorde haue giuen rest vnto your brethren as vnto you, and that they also possesse the lande, which the Lorde your God hath giuen them beyond Iorden: then shall ye returne euery man vnto his possession, which I haue giuen you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:21 @ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the (note:)So that the victories did not come by your own wisdom, strength or multitude.(:note) LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:23 @ And I besought the Lorde the same time, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:24 @ O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can (note:)He speaks according to the common and corrupt speech of those who attribute power to idols that only belongs to God.(:note) do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:25 @ I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly (note:)He means Zion, where the Temple should be built, and God honoured.(:note) mountain, and Lebanon.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:26 @ But the Lord was angrie with me for your sakes, and would not heare me: and the Lord said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:27 @ Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and (note:)As before he saw by the spirits of prophecy the good mountain which was Zion: so here his eyes were lifted up above the order of nature to behold all the plentiful land of Canaan.(:note) lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:28 @ But charge Ioshua, and incourage him, and bolden him: for hee shall goe before this people, and he shall deuide for inheritance vnto them, the land which thou shalt see.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:1 @ Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to (note:)For this doctrine stands not in bare knowledge, but in practice of life.(:note) do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:2 @ Ye shall (note:)Think not to be more wise than I am.(:note) not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye God will not be served by halves, but will have full obedience. diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:4 @ But ye that did (note:)And were not idolaters.(:note) cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:5 @ Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:6 @ Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your (note:)Because all men naturally desire wisdom, he shows how to attain it.(:note) wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:7 @ For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] (note:)Helping us, and delivering us out of all dangers, as in (2Sa_7:23).(:note) nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:8 @ And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:9 @ Only take heed to thyself, and (note:)He adds all these words, to show that we can never be careful enough to keep the law of God and to teach it to our posterity.(:note) keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:10 @ Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache their children:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:11 @ And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain (note:)The law was given with fearful miracles, to declare both that God was the author of it, and also that no flesh was able to abide the rigour of the same.(:note) burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:12 @ And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire, and ye heard the voyce of the wordes, but sawe no similitude, saue a voyce.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:13 @ And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to (note:)God joins this condition to his covenant.(:note) perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:14 @ And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances & lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:16 @ That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:19 @ And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath (note:)He has appointed them to serve man.(:note) divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:20 @ But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the (note:)He has delivered you out of most miserable slavery and freely chosen you for his.(:note) iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:21 @ And the Lord was angrie with me for your words, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iorden, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:22 @ But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but (note:)Moses good affection appears in that while he himself is deprived of such an excellent treasure, he does not envy those who must enjoy it.(:note) ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:23 @ Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lorde your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lorde thy God hath charged thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:24 @ For the LORD thy God [is] a (note:)To those that come not to him with love and reverence, but rebel against him.(:note) consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:25 @ When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall (note:)Meaning by this all superstition and corruption of the true service of God.(:note) corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:26 @ I (note:)Though men would abuse you, yet the insensible creatures will be witnesses of your disobedience.(:note) call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:27 @ And the LORD shall (note:)So that his curse will make his former blessings ineffectual.(:note) scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:28 @ And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:29 @ But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy (note:)Not with outward show or ceremony, but with a true confession of your faults.(:note) heart and with all thy soul.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:30 @ When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come vpon thee, at the length if thou returne to the Lorde thy God, and bee obedient vnto his voyce,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:32 @ For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and (note:)Man's negligence is partially the cause for his ignorance of God.(:note) [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:33 @ Did euer people heare the voyce of God speaking out of the middes of a fire, as thou hast heard, and liued?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:34 @ Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by (note:)By so manifest proofs that none could doubt of it.(:note) temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:36 @ Out of heauen hee made thee heare his voyce to instruct thee, and vpon earth he shewed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his voyce out of the middes of the fire.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:37 @ And because (note:)Freely, and not because they deserved it.(:note) he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:38 @ To thrust out nations greater and mightier then thou, before thee, to bring thee in, and to giue thee their land for inheritance: as appeareth this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:39 @ Vnderstande therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneath: there is none other.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:40 @ Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may (note:)God promises reward not for our merits, but to encourage us, and to assure us that our labour will not be lost.(:note) go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:42 @ That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:43 @ That is, Bezer in the wildernesse, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of Manasseh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:45 @ These [are] the (note:)The articles and points of the covenant.(:note) testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:46 @ On this side Iorden, in the valley ouer against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come out of Egypt:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:47 @ And they possessed his land, and the lande of Og King of Bashan, two Kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iorden towarde the sunne rising:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:49 @ And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto (note:)That is, the salt sea.(:note) the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:1 @ Then Moses called all Israiel, and saide vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the ordinances and the lawes which I propose to you this day, that yee may learne them, and take heede to obserue them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:3 @ The LORD (note:)Some read, God made not this covenant, that is, in such ample forth and with such signs and wonders.(:note) made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:5 @ (At that time I stoode betweene the Lorde and you, to declare vnto you ye word of the Lord: for ye were afraid at the sight of the fire, and went not vp into the mount, and he said,

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:6 @ I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:7 @ Thou shalt have none (note:)God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry.(:note) other gods before me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:9 @ Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a (note:)That is, of his honour, not permitting it to be given to others.(:note) jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:10 @ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that (note:)The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.(:note) love me and keep my commandments.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:12 @ Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:13 @ Six days (note:)Meaning, since God permits six days for our labours, we should willingly dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly.(:note) thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:14 @ But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not doe any worke therein, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruant, nor thy mayd, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, neither any of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant and thy mayde may rest aswell as thou.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:15 @ For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:22 @ These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he (note:)Teaching us by his example to be content with his word, and add nothing to it.(:note) added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:23 @ And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of the darkenes, (for the mountaine did burne with fire) then ye came to me, all the chiefe of your tribes, and your Elders:

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:24 @ And ye sayd, Beholde, the Lord our God hath shewed vs his glory and his greatnes, and we haue heard his voyce out of the middes of the fire: we haue seene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:26 @ For what flesh was there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuing God speaking out of the middes of the fire as we haue, and liued?

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:27 @ Go thou neere and heare all that the Lord our God saith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lorde our God saith vnto thee, and we will heare it, and doe it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:28 @ Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lorde sayd vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of ye wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayd, all that they haue spoken.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:29 @ O (note:)He requires nothing but obedience from us, showing also that we ourselves are the unveiling of it.(:note) that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:31 @ But stand thou here with me, and I wil tell thee all the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which thou shalt teach them: that they may doe them in the land which I giue them to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:32 @ Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not (note:)You shall neither add nor take away, (Deu_4:2).(:note) turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:33 @ Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may (note:)In the same way that God, by way of our obedience, gives us all happiness: so from disobeying God proceed all our miseries.(:note) live, and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong [your] days in the land which ye shall possess.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:1 @ These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:2 @ That thou mayest (note:)A reverent face and love for God is the first beginning to keeping God's commandments.(:note) fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:3 @ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, (note:)Which has an abundance of all things needed for man's life.(:note) in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:5 @ And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:6 @ And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:7 @ And thou shalt (note:)Some read, «You shall whet them upon your children»: that is, that they may imprint them more deeply in their memory.(:note) teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {(teach: Hebrews. whet, or, sharpen)}

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:8 @ And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:9 @ And thou shalt write them upon the (note:)That when you enter in you may remember them.(:note) posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:10 @ And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildedst not,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:11 @ And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards & oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:13 @ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt (note:)We must fear God, serve him only and confess his Name, which is done by swearing lawfully.(:note) swear by his name.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:15 @ (For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you:) least the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:16 @ Ye shall not (note:)By doubting his power, refusing lawful means, and abusing his graces.(:note) tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:17 @ But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:18 @ And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the (note:)Here he condemns all of man's good intentions.(:note) sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to thy fathers,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:20 @ [And] when (note:)God not only requires that we serve him all our lives, but also that we see that our posterity sets forth his glory.(:note) thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:21 @ Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:22 @ And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:23 @ And he (note:)Nothing should move us more to true obedience than the great benefits which we have received from God.(:note) brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:24 @ Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:25 @ And it shall be our (note:)Because no one can fully obey the law, we must turn to Christ to be justified by faith.(:note) righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:1 @ When the Lorde thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possesse it, and shall roote out many nations before thee: the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, seuen nations greater and mightier then thou,

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:2 @ And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them (note:)Into thy power.(:note) before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:4 @ For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:5 @ But thus shall ye deal with them; (note:)God would have his service pure without idolatrous ceremonies and superstitions. (Deu_12:3).(:note) ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:8 @ But because the LORD (note:)Freely, finding no cause in you more than in others so to do.(:note) loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:9 @ Know therefore (note:)And so put difference between him and idols.(:note) 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;

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:10 @ And repayeth (note:)Meaning revealed, or in this life.(:note) them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:11 @ Keepe thou therefore the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commaund thee this day to doe them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:12 @ 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 (note:)This covenant is grounded in his free grace: therefore in recompensing their obedience, he respects his mercy and not their merits.(:note) mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:13 @ And he wil loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he will also blesse the fruite of thy wombe, and the fruite of thy land, thy corne and thy wine, and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe in the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:15 @ Moreouer, the Lorde will take away from thee all infirmities, and will put none of the euill diseases of Egypt (which thou knowest) vpon thee, but wil send them vpon all that hate thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:16 @ And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; (note:)We should not be merciful when God commands severity.(:note) thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:18 @ Thou shalt not feare them, but remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh, and vnto all Egypt:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:19 @ The great tentations which thine eyes sawe, and the signes and wonders, and the mighty hand and stretched out arme, whereby the Lorde thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all ye people, whose face thou fearest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:20 @ Moreover the LORD thy God will send the (note:)There is not a creature so small, that I will not arm it to fight on your side against them.(:note) hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:22 @ And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the (note:)It is to your advantage that God does not accomplish his promise as soon as you would wish.(:note) beasts of the field increase upon thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:23 @ But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:24 @ And he shall deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, vntill thou hast destroyed them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:25 @ The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou (note:)And be enticed to idolatry.(:note) be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:26 @ Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:1 @ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe (note:)Showing that it is not enough to hear the word, unless we express it by the example of our lives.(:note) to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:2 @ And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to (note:)Which is declared in afflictions, either by patience, or by grudging against God's visitation.(:note) prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:3 @ And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by (note:)Man does not live by meat only, but by the power of God, who gives it strength to nourish us.(:note) bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:6 @ Therefore shalt thou keepe the commaundements of the Lorde thy God, that thou mayest walke in his wayes, and feare him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:7 @ For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are riuers of water and fountaines, and depthes that spring out of valleis and mountaines:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:8 @ A land of wheate and barley, and of vineyards, and figtrees, and pomegranates: a land of oyle oliue and hony:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:9 @ A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land (note:)Where there are mines of metal.(:note) whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:10 @ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt (note:)To receive God's benefits and not be thankful, is to despise God in them.(:note) bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:11 @ Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God, not keeping his commandements, and his lawes, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:12 @ Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses & dwelt therein,

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:13 @ And thy beastes, and thy sheepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is increased,

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:14 @ Then thine heart (note:)By attributing God's benefits to your own wisdom and labour, or to good fortune.(:note) be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:15 @ Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes (wherein were fierie serpents, & scorpions, and drought, where was no water, who brought forth water for thee out of ye rock of flint:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:16 @ Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:17 @ Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:18 @ But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that (note:)If things concerning this life proceed only from God's mercy, how much more do spiritual gifts and everlasting life.(:note) giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:19 @ And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I (note:)Or take to witness the heaven and the earth, as in (Deu_4:26).(:note) testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:1 @ Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan (note:)Meaning shortly.(:note) this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:2 @ A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast (note:)By the report of the spies. (Num_13:26).(:note) heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak!

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:3 @ Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which (note:)To guide you and govern you.(:note) goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:4 @ Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my (note:)Man by himself deserves nothing but God's anger, and if God spares anyone it comes from his great mercy.(:note) righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:5 @ For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:6 @ Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a (note:)Like stubborn oxen who will not endure their masters yoke.(:note) stiffnecked people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:7 @ Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: (note:)He proves by the length of time, that their rebellion was great and intolerable.(:note) from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:9 @ When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant, which the Lord made with you: and I abode in the mount fourtie daies & fourtie nights, and I neither ate bread nor yet dranke water:

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:10 @ And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the (note:)That is, miraculously, and not by the hand of men.(:note) finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:11 @ And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:12 @ And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have (note:)As soon as man declines from the obedience of God, his ways are corrupt.(:note) corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:13 @ Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:15 @ So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:16 @ And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the (note:)That is, from the Law: in which he declares what the cause of our punishment is.(:note) way which the LORD had commanded you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:17 @ Therefore I tooke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two handes, and brake them before your eyes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:18 @ And I fell downe before the Lorde, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lorde, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:19 @ (For I was afraide of the wrath and indignation, wherewith the Lord was mooued against you, euen to destroy you) yet the Lord heard me at that time also.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:20 @ And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have (note:)By which he shows the danger they are in who have authority and do not resist wickedness.(:note) destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:21 @ And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the (note:)Horeb, or Sinai.(:note) mount.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:22 @ Also in Taberah, & in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:23 @ Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye (note:)At the return of the spies.(:note) rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:25 @ Thus I fell down before the LORD (note:)By which is signified that God requires earnest continuance in prayer.(:note) forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:26 @ And I prayed vnto the Lorde, and saide, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnesse, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt by a mightie hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:28 @ Lest the countrey, whence thou broughtest them, say, Because ye Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated them, he caried them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:29 @ Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:1 @ In the same time the Lord said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mount, and make thee an Arke of wood,

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:2 @ And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:3 @ And I made an ark [of] (note:)Which is a wood of long endurance.(:note) shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:4 @ And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the (note:)When you were assembled to receive the Law.(:note) assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:5 @ And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lorde commanded me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:6 @ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to (note:)This mountain was also called Hor, (Num_20:28).(:note) Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:7 @ From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Iotbath a land of running waters.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:8 @ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to (note:)That is, to offer sacrifice, and to declare the Law to the people.(:note) minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:10 @ And I taried in the mount, as at ye first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and the Lorde heard me at that time also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:11 @ But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, goe forth in the iourney before the people, that they may goe in and possesse the land, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:12 @ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God (note:)For all our sins and transgressions God requires nothing but to turn to him and obey him.(:note) require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:13 @ That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:14 @ Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:17 @ For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward:

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:18 @ Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:19 @ Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:20 @ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and (note:)Read (Deu_6:13).(:note) swear by his name.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:21 @ He is thy praise, and hee is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:22 @ Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:1 @ Therefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt keepe that, which he commandeth to be kept: that is, his ordinances, and his lawes, and his commandements alway.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:2 @ And (note:)You who have seen God's graces with your eyes should be moved, rather than your children who have only heard of them.(:note) know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:3 @ And his signes, and his actes, which hee did in the middes of Egypt vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt and vnto all his land:

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:4 @ And what he did vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, vnto their horses, and to their charets, when he caused the waters of the red Sea to ouerflowe them, as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroied them vnto this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:5 @ And (note:)As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections.(:note) what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:6 @ And what he did vnto Dathan & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab ye sonne of Reuben, when the earth opened her mouth, & swallowed them with their housholds and their tents, and all their substance that they had in the middes of al Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:8 @ Therefore shall ye keep (note:)Because you have felt both his chastisement and his benefits.(:note) all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:9 @ Also that ye may prolong your daies in the land, which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:10 @ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy (note:)By making gutters for the water to come out of the Nile river to water the land.(:note) foot, as a garden of herbs:

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:11 @ But the land whither ye goe to possesse it, is a land of mountaines and valleis, and drinketh water of the raine of heauen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:12 @ This land doth the Lord thy God care for: the eies of the Lord thy God are alwaies vpon it, from the beginning of the yeere, euen vnto the ende of the yeere.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:13 @ If yee shall hearken therefore vnto my commaundements, which I commaund you this day, that yee loue the Lorde your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:14 @ That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, (note:)In the seed time, and toward harvest.(:note) the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:15 @ Also I will send grasse in thy fieldes, for thy cattel, that thou maist eate, and haue inough.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:16 @ Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not (note:)By devising foolish devotions according to your own fantasies.(:note) deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:17 @ And so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your lande yeelde not her fruit, and yee perish quickly from the good land, which the Lord giueth you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:18 @ Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:19 @ And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them, whe thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:20 @ And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:21 @ That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as (note:)As long as the heavens and earth endure, (2Pe_3:10, 2Pe_3:12).(:note) the days of heaven upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:22 @ For if ye keepe diligently all these commandements, which I command you to doe: that is, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:23 @ Then will the Lorde cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall possesse great nations and mightier then you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:24 @ Every place whereon the soles of (note:)This was accomplished in David and Solomon's time.(:note) your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost The Mediterranean. sea shall your coast be.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:25 @ No man shall stande against you: for the Lorde your God shall cast the feare and dread of you vpon all the land that ye shal treade vpon, as he hath said vnto you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:26 @ Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:27 @ The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lorde your God which I command you this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:28 @ And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not (note:)He reproves the malice of men who leave that which is certain to follow that which is uncertain.(:note) known.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:29 @ When the Lord thy God therefore hath brought thee into ye lande, whither thou goest to possesse it, then thou shalt put the blessing vpon mount Gerizim, and the curse vpon mount Ebal.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:30 @ [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way (note:)Meaning, in Samaria.(:note) where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:31 @ For yee shall passe ouer Iorden, to goe in to possesse the land, which ye Lorde your God giueth you, and ye shall possesse it, & dwell therein.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:32 @ Take heede therefore that ye doe all the commaundements and the lawes, which I set before you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:1 @ These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God (note:)By which they are admonished to seek no other God.(:note) of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:2 @ Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shal possesse, serued their gods vpon the hie mountaines and vpon the hilles, and vnder euery greene tree.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:3 @ And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their (note:)In which they sacrificed to their idols.(:note) groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:5 @ But ye shal seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come,

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:6 @ And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave (note:)Meaning, the first fruits.(:note) offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:7 @ And there ye shall eat (note:)Where his Ark shall be.(:note) before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:8 @ Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do (note:)Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies, but that God would be served more purely in the land of Canaan.(:note) here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:9 @ For ye are not yet come to rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:10 @ But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you (note:)It was not enough to conquer unless God maintained them in rest under his protection.(:note) rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:11 @ When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shall chose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall yee bring all that I commaund you: your burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and all your speciall vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lord:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:12 @ And ye shall reioyce before the Lord your God, yee, and your sonnes & your daughters, and your seruaunts, and your maidens, and the Leuite that is within your gates: for hee hath no part nor inheritance with you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:14 @ But in the place which the LORD shall (note:)As was declared ever by the placing of the ark in Shiloh 243 years, or as some write more that 300 years, and in other places till the temple was built.(:note) choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:15 @ Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the (note:)As God has given you power and ability.(:note) blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, Everyone may eat equally at home the beast appointed for sacrifice and the other. as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:17 @ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the (note:)Meaning, whatever was offered to the Lord, may not be eaten, except where he had appointed.(:note) tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:18 @ But thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse, thou, & thy sonne, & thy daughter, & thy seruat, and thy maid, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:20 @ When the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I wil eate flesh, (because thine heart longeth to eate flesh) thou maiest eate flesh, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:21 @ If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his Name there, be farre from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy bullockes, and of thy sheepe which the Lorde hath giuen thee, as I haue commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:22 @ Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:23 @ Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood (note:)Because the life of beasts is in their blood.(:note) [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:25 @ Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:26 @ Only thy (note:)That which you will offer in sacrifice.(:note) holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:27 @ And thou shalt make thy burnt offerings of the flesh, and of the blood vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God, and the blood of thine offerings shall bee powred vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God, and thou shalt eate the flesh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:28 @ Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go (note:)God by promise binds himself to do good to those who obey his word.(:note) well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:29 @ When the Lorde thy God shall destroy the nations before thee, whither thou goest to possesse them, and thou shalt possesse them and dwell in their lande,

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:30 @ Take heed to thyself that thou be not (note:)By following their superstitions and idolatries, and thinking to serve me by it.(:note) snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:31 @ Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have (note:)They held nothing too dear to offer to their idols.(:note) burnt in the fire to their gods.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:32 @ Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:1 @ If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of (note:)Who says that he has things revealed to him in dreams.(:note) dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:2 @ And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, (note:)He shows that to which the false prophets tend.(:note) Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:3 @ Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God (note:)God ordains all these things that his may be known.(:note) proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:4 @ Yee shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him, and shall keepe his commaundements, and hearken vnto his voyce, and yee shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:5 @ And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be (note:)Being convicted by testimonies, and condemned by the judge.(:note) put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:6 @ If (note:)All natural affection must give place to God's honour.(:note) thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own Whom you love as your life. soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:9 @ But thou shalt surely kill him; (note:)As the witness is charged.(:note) thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:10 @ And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he dye (because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of ye land of Egypt, from ye house of bondage)

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:11 @ That all Israel may heare and feare, and doe no more any such wickednesse as this among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:13 @ Wicked men are gone out from among you, & haue drawen away the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs go and serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen,

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:14 @ Then shalt (note:)Which are appointed to see faults punished.(:note) thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:15 @ Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:16 @ And (note:)Signifying that no idolatry is so detestable, nor more grievously to be punished, than of those who once professed God.(:note) thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:17 @ And there shall cleave nought of the (note:)Of the spoil of that idolatrous and cursed city, read (Deu_7:26; Jos_7:11).(:note) cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:18 @ When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and keepe all his commandements which I command thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:2 @ For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a (note:)Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles.(:note) peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:5 @ The hart, and the roe buck, and the bugle, and the wilde goate, and the vnicorne, & the wilde oxe, and the chamois.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:6 @ And euery beast that parteth ye hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and is of the beasts that cheweth the cudde, that shall ye eate.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:7 @ But these ye shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, and of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe onely: ye camell, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cudde, but deuide not ye hoofe: therefore they shall be vncleane vnto you:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:8 @ Also the swine, because he deuideth the hoofe, and cheweth not the cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you: ye shal not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeises.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:9 @ These ye shall eate, of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:10 @ And whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eate: it shall be vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:18 @ The storke also, and the heron in his kinde, nor the lapwing, nor the backe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:19 @ And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:23 @ And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God (in the place which he shall chose to cause his Name to dwell there) the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe, that thou maiest learne to feare the Lord thy God alway.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:24 @ And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, (note:)When he shall give thee abilities.(:note) when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:25 @ Then shalt thou make it in money, and take the money in thine hand, and goe vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chose.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:26 @ And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: (note:)After the Priest has received the Lord's part.(:note) and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:27 @ And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part nor inheritance with thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:28 @ At the end of three years thou shalt (note:)Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these were laid up in store for the poor.(:note) bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:29 @ Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:2 @ And this [is] the manner of the release: Every (note:)He shall only release his debtors, who are not able to pay for that year.(:note) creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:3 @ Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:5 @ So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements, which I commande thee this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:6 @ For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, as he hath promised thee: and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou thy selfe shalt not borow, and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations, & they shall not reigne ouer thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:7 @ If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:8 @ But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:9 @ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:10 @ Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:12 @ If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:13 @ And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:14 @ Thou shalt (note:)In token that you acknowledge the benefit which God has given you by his labours.(:note) furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:15 @ And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, & the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:16 @ And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee,

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:17 @ Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant (note:)To the year of Jubile, (Lev_25:40).(:note) for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:18 @ It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double (note:)For the hired servant served but three years, and he six.(:note) hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:19 @ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: (note:)For they are the Lords.(:note) thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:20 @ Thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God yeere by yeere, in the place which the Lord shall chose, both thou, and thine household.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:22 @ Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it] alike, (note:)You will eat them, as well as the roe buck and other wild beasts.(:note) as the roebuck, and as the hart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:1 @ Observe the month of (note:)Read (Exo_13:4).(:note) 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 night.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:2 @ Thou shalt therefore (note:)You shall eat the Easter lamb.(:note) sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:3 @ Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of (note:)Which signified the affliction which you had in Egypt.(:note) affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:4 @ And there shalbe no leauen seene with thee in all thy coastes seuen dayes long: neither shall there remaine the night any of the flesh vntil the morning which thou offeredst ye first day at euen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:6 @ But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the (note:)Which was instituted to remind them of their deliverance our of Egypt and to encourage them in the hope of Jesus Christ, of whom this lamb was a figure.(:note) passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:7 @ And thou shalt roste & eate it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and shalt returne on the morowe, and goe vnto thy tentes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:8 @ Six daies shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and ye seuenth day shall be a solemne assemblie to ye Lord thy God thou shalt do no worke therei n.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:10 @ And thou shalt keepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lord thy God, euen a free gift of thine hand, which thou shalt giue vnto the Lorde thy God, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:11 @ And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy maide, and the Leuite that is within thy gates, & the stranger, & the fatherles, and the widowe, that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse to place his Name there,

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:12 @ And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:13 @ Thou shalt (note:)That is, the 15th day of the seventh month, (Lev_23:34).(:note) observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:14 @ And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:15 @ Seuen daies shalt thou keepe a feast vnto the Lorde thy God in the place which the Lorde shall chuse: when the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all thine increase, and in all the workes of thine hands, thou shalt in any case be glad.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:16 @ Three times in the yeere shall all the males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall chuse: in the feast of the vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the weekes, and in the feast of the Tabernacles: and they shall not appeare before the Lord emptie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:20 @ That which (note:)The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice.(:note) is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:3 @ And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not (note:)By which he condemns all religion and serving of God which God has not commanded.(:note) commanded;

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:4 @ And it be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:7 @ The hands of the (note:)By which they declared that they testify the truth.(:note) witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the To signify a common consent to maintain God's honour and true religion. people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:8 @ If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgemet betweene blood & blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:9 @ And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the (note:)Who will sentence as the priests counsel him by the Law of God.(:note) judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:10 @ And thou shalt do according to that thing which they of that place (which the Lorde hath chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to doe according to all that they informe thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:11 @ According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, (note:)You shall obey their sentence that the controversy may have an end.(:note) thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:12 @ And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to (note:)So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounces according to his word.(:note) minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:13 @ So all the people shall heare and feare, and doe no more presumptuously.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:14 @ Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:15 @ Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a (note:)Who is not from your nation, lest he change true religion into idolatry, and bring you to slavery.(:note) stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:16 @ But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to (note:)To avenge their injuries and to take their best horses from them; (1Ki_10:28).(:note) Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:17 @ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart (note:)From the Law of God.(:note) turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:18 @ And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this (note:)Meaning, Deuteronomy.(:note) law in a book out of [that which is] before the He shall cause it to be written by them, or he shall write it by their example. priests the Levites:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:19 @ And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, & to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:20 @ That his heart be not lifted up above his (note:)By which is meant that kings should love their subjects as nature causes one brother to love another.(:note) brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:1 @ The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his (note:)That is, the Lord's part of his inheritance.(:note) inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:3 @ And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the (note:)The right shoulder, (Num_18:18).(:note) shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:4 @ The first fruites also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou giue him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:5 @ For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:6 @ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with (note:)Meaning, to serve God whole heartedly, and not to seek ease.(:note) all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:9 @ When thou shalt come into ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not learne to do after ye abominatios of those nations.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:12 @ For all that doe such things are abomination vnto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:14 @ For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto those that regarde the times, and vnto sorcerers: as for thee, the Lorde thy God hath not suffred thee so.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:17 @ And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:18 @ I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his (note:)A promise not only made to Christ, but to all that teach in his name, (Isa_59:21).(:note) mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:19 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will (note:)By executing punishment on him.(:note) require [it] of him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:20 @ But the prophet that shall presume to speake a worde in my name, which I haue not commanded him to speake, or that speaketh in the name of other gods, euen the same prophet shall die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:21 @ And if thou thinke in thine heart, Howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken?

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:1 @ When the Lorde thy God shall roote out the nations, whose lande the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and thou shalt possesse them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:2 @ Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the middes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:3 @ Thou shalt (note:)Make an open and ready way.(:note) prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every Who killed against his will, and bore no hatred in his heart. slayer may flee thither.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:4 @ This also is ye cause wherfore the manslaier shal flee thither, and liue: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:5 @ As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he (note:)That murder not be committed on murder.(:note) shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:6 @ Least the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake him, because the way is long, and slaie him, although he be not worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:7 @ Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt appoint out three cities for thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:8 @ And if the LORD thy God (note:)When you go over Jordan to possess the whole land of Canaan.(:note) enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:9 @ (If thou keepe all these commaundements to doe them, which I commaund thee this day: to wit, that thou loue the Lord thy God, and walke in his waies for euer) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee besides those three,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:10 @ That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and (note:)Lest you be punished for innocent blood.(:note) [so] blood be upon thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:11 @ But if a man hate his neighbour, and lay waite for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee vnto any of these cities,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:12 @ Then the (note:)The magistrates.(:note) elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:14 @ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:17 @ Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the (note:)God's presence where his true ministers are assembled.(:note) LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:18 @ And the Iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be found false, and hath giuen false witnes against his brother,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:20 @ And the rest shal heare this, and feare, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickednes among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:21 @ Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:1 @ When (note:)Meaning, upon just occasion: for God does not permit his people to fight every time it seems good to them.(:note) 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 up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:2 @ And when ye are come nere vnto the battel, then the Priest shal come forth to speake vnto the people,

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:3 @ And shal say vnto them, Heare, O Israel: ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amased, nor adread of them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:4 @ For the LORD your God [is] he that (note:)Is present to defend you with his grace and power.(:note) goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:5 @ And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not (note:)For when they first entered to dwell in a house, they gave thanks to God, acknowledging that they had that benefit by his grace.(:note) dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:6 @ And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] (note:)The Hebrew word signifies to make common or profane, (Lev_19:25)(:note) eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:7 @ And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:8 @ And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go & returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:9 @ And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:11 @ And it shall be, if it make thee answer of (note:)If it accept peace.(:note) 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.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:13 @ And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes, and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:14 @ Onely the women, & the children, & the cattel, & all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:15 @ Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these (note:)For God had appointed the Canaanites to be destroyed, and made the Israelites the executers of his will, (Deu_7:1).(:note) nations.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:17 @ But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, & the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:19 @ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the (note:)Some read: For man shall be instead of the tree of the field, to come out in the siege against you.(:note) tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege:

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:20 @ Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, & make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:1 @ If [one] be found (note:)This law declares how horrible murder is, seeing that because of one man a whole country will be punished, unless remedy is found.(:note) slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:2 @ Then thine Elders & thy Iudges shal come forth, and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:4 @ And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough (note:)That the blood shed of the innocent beasts in a solitary place, might make them abhor the fact.(:note) valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:6 @ And all the Elders of that citie that came neere to the slayne man, shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:7 @ And shal testifie, and say, Our handes haue not shed this blood, neither haue our eies seene it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:8 @ Be merciful, (note:)This was the prayer, which the priests made in the audience of the people.(:note) O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:10 @ Whe thou shalt go to warre against thine enemies, & the Lord thy God shal deliuer them into thine hands, & thou shalt take the captiues,

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:11 @ And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife,

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:12 @ Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; (note:)Signifying that her former life must be changed before she could be joined to the people of God.(:note) and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:13 @ And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, (note:)As having renounced parents and country.(:note) and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy This was only allowed in the wars, otherwise the Israelites could not marry strangers. wife.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:14 @ And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:15 @ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another (note:)This declares that the plurality of wives came from a corrupt affection.(:note) hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:18 @ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his (note:)For it is the mother's duty also to instruct her children.(:note) mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:19 @ Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth,

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:20 @ And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:21 @ And all the men of his city shall (note:)A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters: so that to disobey the parents is most horrible.(:note) stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:22 @ If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree,

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:23 @ His body shall not remain (note:)For God's law is satisfied by his death, and nature abhors cruelty.(:note) all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:1 @ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and (note:)As though your did not see it.(:note) hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:2 @ And if thy brother [be] not (note:)Showing that brotherly affection must be shown, not only to those who dwell near to us, but also to those who are far off.(:note) 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 shalt restore it to him again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:3 @ In like manner shalt thou do with his (note:)You are bound to do much more for your neighbour.(:note) ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:4 @ Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, but shalt lift them vp with him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:5 @ The (note:)For that alters the order of nature, and shows that you despise God.(:note) 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 [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:6 @ 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, (note:)If God detests cruelty done to little birds, how much more to man, made according to his image?(:note) thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:7 @ But shalt in any wise let the damme go, & take the yong to thee, that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy dayes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:9 @ Thou shalt not (note:)The tenor of this law is to walk in simplicity and not to be curious about new fads.(:note) sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:10 @ Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:11 @ Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:13 @ If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:14 @ And give (note:)That is, be an occasion that she is slandered.(:note) 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:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:15 @ Then shal the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:16 @ And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:17 @ 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 daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the (note:)Meaning, the sheet, in which the signs of her virginity were.(:note) cloth before the elders of the city.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:18 @ Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastise him,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:19 @ And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father (note:)For the fault of the child becomes the shame of the parents: therefore he was recompensed when she was faultless.(:note) 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 days.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:23 @ If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:24 @ Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, & the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:25 @ But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:26 @ 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 (note:)Meaning, that the innocent cannot be punished.(:note) [is] this matter:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:27 @ For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:28 @ If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:29 @ Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:3 @ The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord: euen to their tenth generation shal they not enter into the Congregation of the Lord for euer,

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:4 @ Because they (note:)By this he condemns all who do not aid the children of God in their calling.(:note) met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:7 @ Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a strager in his land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:8 @ The children that are begotten (note:)If the fathers have renounced their idolatry, and received circumcision.(:note) of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:10 @ If there be among you any that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night, he shall goe out of the hoste, and shall not enter into the hoste,

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:11 @ But at euen he shall wash him selfe with water, and when the sunne is downe, he shall enter into the hoste.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:13 @ And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and (note:)Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul.(:note) cover that which cometh from thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:14 @ For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee, and to giue thee thine enemies before thee: therefore thine hoste shalbe holy, that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:15 @ Thou shalt not (note:)This is meant of the heathen, who fled because of their masters' cruelty, and embrace the true religion.(:note) deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:20 @ Unto a (note:)This was permitted for a time because of the hardness of their hearts.(:note) stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may If you show charity to your brother, God will declare his love toward you. bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:21 @ When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to paye it: for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sinne vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:23 @ That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt (note:)If the vow is lawful and godly.(:note) keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:25 @ When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hand, but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:1 @ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: (note:)By this God does not approve light divorcement, but permits it to avoid further inconvenience; (Mat_19:7).(:note) then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:2 @ And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:3 @ And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:4 @ Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is (note:)Seeing that by divorcing her he judged her to be unclean and defiled.(:note) defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:5 @ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, (note:)That they might learn to know one another's conditions, and so afterward live in godly peace.(:note) neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:7 @ If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh marchandise of him, or selleth him, that thiefe shal die: so shalt thou put euil away from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:8 @ Take heede of the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and doe according to all that the Priestes of the Leuites shall teach you: take heede ye doe as I commanded them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:11 @ But thou shalt stand without, and the man that borowed it of thee, shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:13 @ In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee (note:)Though he would be unthankful, yet God will not forget it.(:note) before the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:14 @ Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:15 @ Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:18 @ But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt, and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence. Therefore I commaund thee to doe this thing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:19 @ When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy fielde, and hast forgotten a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not goe againe to fet it, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, & for the widowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:20 @ When thou beatest thine oliue tree, thou shalt not goe ouer the boughes againe, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widowe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:21 @ When thou gatherest thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee, but they shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widowe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:22 @ And thou shalt remember that thou wast (note:)God judged them not mindful of his beasts, unless they were beneficial to others.(:note) a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:1 @ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, (note:)Whether there is a plaintiff or not, the magistrates should try our faults, and punish according to the crime.(:note) that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:2 @ And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, (note:)When the crime does not deserve death.(:note) and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:5 @ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her (note:)Because the Hebrew word does not signify the natural brother, and the word that signifies a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seems that it does not mean that the natural brother should marry his brothers wife, but some other kindred that was in the degree that might marry.(:note) husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:6 @ And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:7 @ And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:8 @ Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:9 @ Then shall his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shooe from his foote, and spit in his face, and answere, and say, So shall it be done vnto that man, that will not buylde vp his brothers house.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:10 @ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shooe is put off.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:12 @ Then thou shalt cut off her hande: thine eye shall not spare her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:13 @ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:14 @ Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small:

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:15 @ But thou shalt haue a right & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:16 @ For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:19 @ Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the (note:)This was partly accomplished by Saul, about 450 years later.(:note) remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:1 @ Also when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee for inheritance, and shalt possesse it, & dwell therein,

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:3 @ And thou shalt come vnto the Priest, that shall be in those dayes, and say vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God, that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:4 @ Then the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, & set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:5 @ And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A (note:)Meaning, Jacob, who served 20 years in Syria.(:note) Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, Only by God's mercy, and not by their father's deserving. and populous:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:6 @ And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruell bondage.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:7 @ And when we (note:)Alleging the promises made to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(:note) cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:8 @ And the Lord brought vs out of Egypt in a mightie hande, and a stretched out arme, with great terriblenesse, both in signes and wonders.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:9 @ And he hath brought vs into this place, & hath giuen vs this land, euen a lande that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:10 @ And now, behold, I have (note:)In token of a thankful heart, and mindful of this benefit.(:note) brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:11 @ And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine (note:)Signifying that God does not give us goods for ourselves only, but to be used also by those who are committed to our charge.(:note) house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:12 @ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase, the thirde yeere, which is the yeere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherlesse, & to the widowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and be satisfied,

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:13 @ Then thou shalt (note:)Without hypocrisy.(:note) say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not Of malice and contempt. transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:14 @ I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done (note:)As far as my sinful nature would allow: or else as David and Paul say, there is not one just, (Psa_14:3; Rom_3:10).(:note) according to all that thou hast commanded me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:15 @ Looke downe from thine holy habitation, euen from heauen, and blesse thy people Israel, & the lande which thou hast giuen vs (as thou swarest vnto our fathers) the land that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:16 @ This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with (note:)With a good and simple conscience.(:note) all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:17 @ Thou hast set vp the Lorde this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:19 @ And to make thee high aboue al nations (which he hath made) in praise, & in name, and in glory, & that thou shouldest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hath said.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:1 @ And Moses with the elders of Israel (note:)As God's minister and charged with the same.(:note) commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:2 @ And when ye shal passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister,

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:4 @ Therefore when ye shal passe ouer Iorden, ye shal set vp these stones, which I command you this daye in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:5 @ And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] (note:)The altar should not be curiously wrought, because it would continue but for a time: for God would have only one altar in Judah.(:note) iron [tool] upon them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:6 @ Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and offer burnt offerings thereon vnto the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:7 @ And thou shalt offer peace offrings, & shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lord thy God:

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:8 @ And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law (note:)That everyone may well read it, and understand it.(:note) very plainly.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:9 @ And Moses & the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel, saying, Take heede & heare, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:10 @ Thou (note:)This condition has bound you to it, that if you will be his people, you must keep his laws.(:note) shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:11 @ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:12 @ These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and (note:)Meaning, Ephraim and Manasseh.(:note) Joseph, and Benjamin:

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:13 @ And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to (note:)Signifying, that if they would not obey God out of love, they would be made to obey out of fear.(:note) curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:14 @ And the Leuites shal answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce,

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:15 @ Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten (note:)Under this he contains all the corruptions of God's service, and the transgression of the first table.(:note) image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:16 @ Cursed [be] he that (note:)Or, condemns; and this applies to the second table.(:note) setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:17 @ Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's (note:)He condemns all injuries and extortions.(:note) landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:18 @ Cursed [be] he that maketh the (note:)Meaning, that does not help and counsel his neighbour.(:note) blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:19 @ Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:20 @ Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's (note:)In committing wickedness against him, (Lev_20:11; Deu_22:30; Eze_22:10)(:note) skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:21 @ Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:22 @ Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:23 @ Cursed [be] he that lieth with his (note:)Meaning, his wife's mother.(:note) mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:24 @ Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour (note:)For God that sees in secret, will avenge it.(:note) secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:25 @ Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:26 @ Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do them: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:1 @ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will (note:)He will make you the most excellent of all people.(:note) set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:2 @ And all these blessings shall come on thee, and (note:)When you think you are forsaken.(:note) overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:3 @ Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the (note:)You will live richly.(:note) city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:4 @ Blessed [shall be] the fruit (note:)Your children and succession.(:note) of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:5 @ Blessed shalbe thy basket and thy dough.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:6 @ Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou (note:)All your enterprises will have good success.(:note) comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:7 @ The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee (note:)Meaning many ways.(:note) seven ways.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:8 @ The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine (note:)God will bless us, if we do our duty and are not idle.(:note) hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:9 @ The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his wayes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:10 @ And all people of the earth shall see that thou art (note:)In that he is your God, and you are his people.(:note) called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:11 @ And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell, and in the fruite of thy grounde, in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, to giue thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:12 @ The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the (note:)For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sends his blessings from heaven.(:note) heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:13 @ And the Lord shal make thee the head, & not the tayle, & thou shalt be aboue onely, and shalt not bee beneath, if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to keepe and to do them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:14 @ But thou shalt not decline from any of the wordes, which I command you this day, either to the right hand or to the left, to goe after other gods to serue them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:15 @ But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe & to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:16 @ Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne, and cursed also in the fielde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:18 @ Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy kine, & the flockes of thy sheepe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:19 @ Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed also when thou goest out.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:20 @ The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing, trouble, & shame, in all that which thou settest thine hand to do, vntil thou be destroyed, and perish quickely, because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:21 @ The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he hath consumed thee from the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:22 @ The Lorde shall smite thee with a consumption, and with the feuer, and with a burning ague, and with feruent heate, & with the sworde, and with blasting, and with the mildew, & they shal pursue thee vntill thou perish.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:23 @ And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be (note:)It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass.(:note) brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:24 @ The Lorde shal giue thee for the rayne of thy land, dust & ashes: euen from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:25 @ The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be (note:)Some read, you shall be a terror and fear, when they hear how God has plagued you.(:note) removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:26 @ And thy (note:)You will be cursed both in your life and in your death: for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection a sign you will lack because of your wickedness.(:note) carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:27 @ The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt, & with the emeroids, & with the skab, and with the itche, that thou canst not be healed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:28 @ And ye Lorde shal smite thee with madnes, and with blindnes, and with astonying of heart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:29 @ And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the (note:)In things most evident and clear you will lack discretion and judgment.(:note) blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:30 @ Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:31 @ Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies, and no man shal rescue them for thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:32 @ Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes (note:)When they will return from their captivity.(:note) shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:33 @ The fruite of thy land and all thy labours shall a people, which thou knowest not, eate, and thou shalt neuer but suffer wrong, and violence always:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:35 @ The Lord shal smite thee in the knees, and in the thighes, with a sore botche, that thou canst not be healed: euen from the sole of thy foote vnto the top of thine head.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:36 @ The LORD shall bring thee, and thy (note:)As he did Manasseh, Joiakim, Zedekiah and others.(:note) king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:37 @ And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe and a common talke among all people, whither the Lord shall carie thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:38 @ Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:39 @ Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:41 @ Thou shalt beget sonnes, and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shall goe into captiuitie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:42 @ All thy trees and fruit of thy land (note:)Under one kind he contains all the vermin, which destroy the fruit of the land: and this is an evident token of God's curse.(:note) shall the locust consume.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:43 @ The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:44 @ He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not lend him: he shalbe the head, & thou shalt be ye tayle.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:45 @ Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to keepe his commaundements, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:46 @ And they shalbe vpon thee for signes & wonders, and vpon thy seede for euer,

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:47 @ Because thou seruedst not the Lorde thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:48 @ Therefore thou shalt serue thine enemies which the Lord shal send vpon thee, in hunger & in thirst, and in nakednesse, and in neede of all things? And he shall put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntill he haue destroyed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:49 @ The Lord shall bring a nation vpon thee from farre, euen from the ende of the world, flying swift as an Egle: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstand:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:51 @ The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed, and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate, wine, nor oyle, neither the increase of thy kyne, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntill he haue brought thee to nought.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:52 @ And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities, vntill thine hie and strong walles fall downe, wherein thou trustedst in all the lande: and hee shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy lande, which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:53 @ And thou shalt eate the fruite of thy bodie: euen the flesh of thy sonnes and thy daughters, which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee, during the siege & straitnesse wherein thine enemie shall inclose thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:54 @ So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you) shalbe grieued at his brother, and at his wife, that lieth in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, which hee hath yet left,

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:55 @ For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothing left him in that siege, and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:56 @ The tender and delicate (note:)As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel, (2Ki_6:28) and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem.(:note) woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:57 @ And toward her (note:)Hunger will so bite her, that she will be ready to eat her child before it is delivered.(:note) young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:58 @ If thou wilt not observe to do (note:)For he that offends in one, is guilty of all, (Jam_2:10)(:note) all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:59 @ The the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy seede, euen great plagues and of long continuance, and sore diseases, and of long durance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:60 @ Moreouer, he will bring vpon thee all the diseases of Egypt, whereof thou wast afraide, and they shall cleaue vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:61 @ Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not (note:)Declaring, that God has infinite means to plague the wicked, besides those that are ordinary or written.(:note) written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:62 @ And ye shall be left few in nomber, where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude, because thou wouldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:63 @ And as the Lord hath reioyced ouer you, to doe you good, and to multiply you, so he will reioyce ouer you, to destroy you, and bring you to nought, and ye shalbe rooted out of the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:64 @ And the LORD shall (note:)Signifying that it is a singular gift from God to be in a place where we may worship God purely and declare our faith and religion.(:note) scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:65 @ Also among these nations thou shalt finde no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest: for the Lord shal giue thee there a trembling heart, and looking to returne till thine eyes fall out, and a sorowfull minde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:66 @ And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt feare both night and day, and shalt haue none assurance of thy life.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:67 @ In the morning thou shalt say, Woulde God it were euening, and at the euening thou shalt say, Would God it were morning, for ye feare of thine heart, which thou shalt feare, and for the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:68 @ And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with (note:)Because they were unmindful of that miracle, when the sea made room for them to pass through.(:note) ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:1 @ These [are] the (note:)That is, the articles, or conditions.(:note) words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in At the first giving of the law, which was forty years earlier. Horeb.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:2 @ And Moses called all Israel, and said vnto them, Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharaoh and vnto all his seruantes, and vnto all his lande,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:3 @ The (note:)The proofs of my power.(:note) great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:4 @ Yet the LORD hath not (note:)He shows that it is not in man's power to understand the mysteries of God if it is not given to him from above.(:note) given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:5 @ And I haue led you fourty yere in the wildernesse: your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you, neyther is thy shooe waxed olde vpon thy foote.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:7 @ After, ye came vnto this place, and Sihon King of Heshbon, and Og King of Bashan came out against vs vnto battell, and we slewe them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:8 @ And tooke their lande, and gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:9 @ Keepe therefore the wordes of this couenant and doe them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:10 @ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your (note:)Who knows your hearts, and therefore you may not think to conceal from him.(:note) God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:11 @ Your children, your wiues, and thy stranger that is in thy campe from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:12 @ That thou shouldest (note:)Alluding to them, that when they made a sure covenant, divided a beast in two, and past between the parts divided, (Gen_15:10).(:note) enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:13 @ For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:15 @ But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] (note:)Meaning, their posterity.(:note) that [is] not here with us this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:16 @ For ye knowe, how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed thorowe the middes of the nations, which ye passed by.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:17 @ And ye haue seene their abominations and their idoles (wood, and stone, siluer and golde) which were among them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:18 @ Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you (note:)Such sin, as the bitter fruit of it might choke and destroy you.(:note) a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:19 @ And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add (note:)For as he that is thirsty desires to drink much so he that follows his appetites seeks by all means and yet cannot be satisfied.(:note) drunkenness to thirst:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:20 @ The Lord will not be mercifull vnto him, but then the wrath of the Lorde and his ielousie shall smoke against that man, and euery curse that is written in this booke, shall light vpon him, and the Lorde shall put out his name from vnder heauen,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:21 @ And the Lord shall separate him vnto euil out of all the tribes of Israel, according vnto all the curses of the couenant, that is written in the booke of this Lawe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:22 @ So that the (note:)God's plagues on those who rebel against him will be so strong, that all ages will be astonished.(:note) generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:23 @ (For all that land shall burne with brimstone and salt: it shall not be sowen, nor bring forth, nor any grasse shall growe therein, like as in the ouerthrowing of Sodom, and Gomorah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and in his anger)

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:24 @ Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath?

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:25 @ And they shall answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde God of their fathers, which he had made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:26 @ And went and serued other gods and worshipped them: euen gods which they knewe not, and which had giuen them nothing,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:27 @ Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against this land, to bring vpon it euery curse that is written in this booke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:28 @ And ye Lord hath rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and hath cast them into another land, as appeareth this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:29 @ The (note:)Moses by this proves their curiosity, who seek those things that are only known to God: and their negligence who do not regard that which God has revealed to them, as the law.(:note) secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:1 @ And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt (note:)By calling to mind both his mercies and his plagues.(:note) call [them] to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:2 @ And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine (note:)In true repentance there is no hypocrisy.(:note) heart, and with all thy soul;

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:3 @ Then the Lord thy God wil cause thy captiues to returne, and haue compassion vpon thee, and wil returne, to gather thee out of all the people, where the Lord thy God had scattered thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:4 @ If [any] of thine be driven out unto the outmost [parts] of (note:)Even to the worlds end.(:note) heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he And bring you into your country. fetch thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:5 @ And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, & thou shalt possesse it, and he will shewe thee fauour, and will multiplie thee aboue thy fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:6 @ And the LORD thy God will (note:)God will purge all your wicked affections, a thing that is not in your own power to do.(:note) circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:7 @ And the Lorde thy God will lay all these curses vpon thine enemies, and on them, that hate thee, and that persecute thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:9 @ And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again (note:)He does not mean that God is subject to these passions, to rejoice, or to be sad: but he uses this manner of speech to declare the love that he has for us.(:note) rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:10 @ Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart & with al thy soule.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:11 @ For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] (note:)The law is so evident that no one can pretend ignorance.(:note) not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:12 @ It is not in heauen, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go vp for vs to heauen, & bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may doe it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:13 @ Neither [is] it beyond the (note:)By heaven and the sea he means places most far distant.(:note) sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:14 @ But the (note:)Even the law and the gospel.(:note) word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest By faith in Christ. do it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:15 @ Beholde, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euill,

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:16 @ In that I command thee this day (note:)So that to love and obey God, is only life and happiness.(:note) to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest He adds these promises to signify that it is for our profit that we love him, and not for his. live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:17 @ But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serue them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:18 @ I pronounce vnto you this day, that ye shal surely perish, ye shall not prolong your dayes in the lande, whither thou passest ouer Iorden to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:19 @ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore (note:)That is, love and obey God; which is not in man's power, but only God's Spirit works it in his elect.(:note) choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:20 @ By louing the Lorde thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou mayest dwell in the lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:1 @ Then Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel,

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:2 @ And he said unto them, I [am] an hundred and twenty years old this day; I (note:)I can no longer execute my office.(:note) can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:3 @ The Lord thy God he will go ouer before thee: he will destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt possesse them. Ioshua, he shall goe before thee, as the Lorde hath said.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:4 @ And the Lord shall doe vnto them, as he did to Sihon and to Og Kings of the Amorites: and vnto their lande whome he destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:5 @ And the LORD shall give them up (note:)Into your hands.(:note) before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:6 @ Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lorde thy God him selfe doeth goe with thee: he will not faile thee, nor forsake thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:7 @ And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and (note:)For he that must govern the people, must be valiant to repress evil, and constant to maintain virtue.(:note) of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:8 @ And the LORD, he [it is] that doth (note:)Signifying that man can never be of good courage, unless he is persuaded of God's favour and assistance.(:note) go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:9 @ And Moses wrote this Lawe, and deliuered it vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Leui (which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) and vnto all the Elders of Israel,

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:10 @ And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles:

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:11 @ When all Israel is come to appear (note:)Before the Ark of the covenant, which was the sign of God's presence, and the figure of Christ.(:note) before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:12 @ Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lorde your God, and keepe and obserue all the wordes of this Lawe,

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:13 @ And [that] their children, which (note:)Who were not born when the law was given.(:note) have not known [any thing], may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:14 @ Then the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:15 @ And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a (note:)In a cloud that was fashioned like a pillar.(:note) cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:16 @ And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:17 @ Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will (note:)That is, I will take my favour from them; as turning his face toward us shows his favour.(:note) hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us?

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:19 @ Now therefore write ye this (note:)To preserve you and your children from idolatry, by remembering God's benefits.(:note) song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:20 @ For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; (note:)For this is the nature of flesh, no longer to obey God, than it is under the rod.(:note) then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:21 @ And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall (note:)That these evils are come upon them, because they have forsaken me.(:note) testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:22 @ Moses therefore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:23 @ And God gaue Ioshua the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the lande, which I sware vnto them, and I will be with thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:24 @ And when Moses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this Lawe in a booke vntill he had finished them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:26 @ Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a (note:)Of your infidelity, when you turn away from the doctrine contained in it.(:note) witness against thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:27 @ For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke: beholde, I being yet aliue with you this day, ye are rebellious against the Lorde: howe much more then after my death?

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:28 @ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your (note:)As governors, judges and magistrates.(:note) officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:29 @ For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the (note:)By idolatry, and worshipping images, which are the work of your hands.(:note) work of your hands.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:1 @ Give ear, O ye (note:)As witness of this people's ingratitude.(:note) heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:2 @ My (note:)He desires that he may speak to God's glory and that the people, as the green grass, may receive the dew of his doctrine.(:note) doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:4 @ [He is] the (note:)Or mighty God; noting that only God is mighty, faithful and constant in his promise.(:note) Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:5 @ They haue corrupted them selues towarde him by their vice, not being his children, but a frowarde and crooked generation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:6 @ Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not (note:)Not according to the common creation, but he has made you a new creature by his Spirit.(:note) made thee, and established thee?

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:7 @ Remember the dayes of olde: consider the yeeres of so many generations: aske thy father, and he will shewe thee: thine Elders, and they will tell thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:10 @ He found him in ye land of ye wildernes, in a waste, & roaring wildernes: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as ye apple of his eye.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:12 @ So the Lorde alone led him, and there was no strange god with him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:13 @ He made him ride on the high places of the (note:)Meaning, of the land of Canaan, which was high in respect to Egypt.(:note) earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck That is, abundance of all things even in the very rocks. honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:14 @ Butter of kine, and milke of sheepe with fat of the lambes, and rammes fed in Bashan, and goates, with the fat of the graines of wheat, and the red licour of the grape hast thou drunke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:18 @ Thou hast forgotten the mightie God that begate thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:19 @ And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his (note:)He calls them God's children, not to honour them, but to show them from what dignity they are fallen.(:note) sons, and of his daughters.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:20 @ And he said, I will hide my face from the: I will see what their ende shalbe: for they are a frowarde generation, children in who is no faith.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:21 @ They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a (note:)Which I have not favoured, nor given my law to them.(:note) people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:22 @ For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bottome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountaines.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:24 @ They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I will also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the venime of serpents creeping in the dust.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:25 @ The sword (note:)They shall be slain both in the field and at home.(:note) without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:27 @ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should (note:)Rejoicing to see the godly afflicted, and attributing to themselves that which is wrought by God's hand.(:note) behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:28 @ For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:30 @ How should one chase a thousand, & two put ten thousande to flight, except their strong God had sold the, & the Lord had shut them vp?

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:32 @ For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters be bitter.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:33 @ Their (note:)The fruit of the wicked are as poison, detestable to God, and dangerous for man.(:note) wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:34 @ Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures?

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:35 @ Vengeance and recompence are mine: their foote shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come vpon them, make haste.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:36 @ For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none (note:)When neither strong nor weak in a manner remain.(:note) shut up, or left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:39 @ Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: I kill, and giue life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliuer out of mine hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:40 @ For I (note:)That is, I swear, read (Gen_14:22).(:note) lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:41 @ If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:42 @ I will make mine arrowes drunke with blood, (& my sword shal eate flesh) for the blood of the slaine, and of the captiues, when I beginne to take vengeance of the enemie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:43 @ Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the (note:)Where the blood of God's people is shed for their sins or trial of their faith, he promises to avenge it.(:note) blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:44 @ Then Moses came and spake all ye words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:46 @ Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:47 @ For it [is] not a (note:)For I will perform my promise to you, (Isa_55:10).(:note) vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:48 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses the selfe same day, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:49 @ Goe vp into the mountaine of Abarim, vnto the mount Nebo, which is in the lande of Moab, that is ouer against Iericho: and beholde the lande of Canaan, which I giue vnto the children of Israel for a possession,

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:50 @ And die in the mount which thou goest vp vnto, and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people, as Aaro thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered vnto his people,

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:51 @ Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye (note:)You were not earnest and constant to maintain my honour.(:note) sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:52 @ Thou shalt therefore see the lande before thee, but shalt not go thither, I meane, into the land which I giue the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:1 @ And this [is] the (note:)This blessing contains not only a simple prayer, but an assurance of the effect of it.(:note) blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:2 @ And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten (note:)Meaning, infinite angels.(:note) thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:3 @ Yea, he loved the people; (note:)Hebrew, his saints, that is, the children of Israel.(:note) all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at As thy disciples. thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:4 @ Moses commanded us a law, [even] the (note:)To us and our successors.(:note) inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:5 @ Then he was among the righteous people, as King, when the heades of the people, and the tribes of Israel were assembled.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:6 @ Let (note:)Reuben will be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honour is diminished, and his family but small.(:note) Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:7 @ And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be (note:)Signifying, that he would barely obtain Jacob's promise, (Gen_49:8).(:note) sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:8 @ And of Leui he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine Holy one, whome thou diddest proue in Massah, and didst cause him to striue at the waters of Meribah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:9 @ Who said unto his father and to his mother, (note:)He preferred God's glory to all natural affection, (Exo_28:30).(:note) I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:10 @ They shall teach Iaakob thy iudgements, & Israel thy Lawe: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offring vpon thine altar.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:11 @ Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite (note:)He declares that the ministers of God have many enemies, and therefore need to be prayed for.(:note) through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:12 @ [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall (note:)Because the temple would be built in Zion, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, he shows that God would dwell with him there.(:note) dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:13 @ And of Ioseph hee sayde, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneath,

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:14 @ And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone,

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:15 @ And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles,

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:16 @ And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the (note:)Which was God appearing to Moses, (Exo_3:2).(:note) bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:17 @ His beautie shalbe like his first borne bullock, & his hornes as the hornes of an vnicorne: with them hee shall smite the people together, euen the endes of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:18 @ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy (note:)In thy prosperous voyages on the sea, (Gen_49:13).(:note) going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:19 @ They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for (note:)The tribe of Zebulun.(:note) they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:21 @ And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the (note:)So the portion of the Gadites, and others on this side of the Jordan was God's, though it was not so known.(:note) lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:22 @ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lions whelp: he shall leape from Bashan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:23 @ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou (note:)Meaning, near the sea.(:note) the west and the south.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:24 @ And of Asher he saide, Asher shalbe blessed with children: he shalbe acceptable vnto his brethren, and shall dippe his foote in oyle.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:25 @ Thy shoes [shall be] (note:)You will be strong or, your country full of metal. It seems that Simeon is left out, because he was under Judah, and his portion of his inheritance, (Jos_19:9).(:note) iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:26 @ There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth vpon the heauens for thine helpe, and on the cloudes in his glory.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:27 @ The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder his armes thou art for euer: hee shall cast out the enemie before thee, and will say, Destroy them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:28 @ Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (note:)Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain.(:note) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:29 @ Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and (note:)Your enemies for fear shall lie and pretend to be in subjection.(:note) thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:1 @ And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of (note:)Which was a part of mount Abarim, (Num_27:12).(:note) Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:2 @ And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost (note:)Called Mediterranean.(:note) sea,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:3 @ And the South, and the plaine of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palmetrees, vnto Zoar.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:4 @ And the Lord said vnto him, This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham, to Izhak and to Iaacob saying, I will giue it vnto thy seede: I haue caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not goe ouer thither.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:5 @ So Moses the seruant of the Lord dyed there in the land of Moab, according to the worde of the Lord.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:6 @ And (note:)That is, the angel of the Lord, (Jud_1:9).(:note) he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto That the Jews might not have opportunity to commit idolatry by it. this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:7 @ Moses was nowe an hundreth and twentie yeere olde when hee died, his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:8 @ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plaine of Moab thirtie dayes: so the dayes of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:9 @ And (note:)By this the favour of God is demonstrated, in that he does not leave his Church destitute of a governor.(:note) Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:10 @ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew (note:)To whom the Lord revealed himself so plainly as in (Exo_33:11).(:note) face to face,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:11 @ In all ye miracles & wonders which ye Lord sent him to do in ye land of Egypt before Pharaoh & before all his seruantes, and before al his land,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:12 @ And in all that mighty (note:)Meaning, the power of God working by Moses in the wilderness.(:note) hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

geneva@Joshua:1:1 @ Now after the (note:)The beginning of this book depends on the last chapter of Deuteronomy which was written by Joshua as a preparation to his history.(:note) death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, The Argument - In this book the Holy Spirit sets most lively before us the accomplishment of God's promise, who as he promised by the mouth of Moses, that a prophet would be raised up to the people like him, whom he wills to obey, (Deu_18:15): so he shows himself true to his promise, as at all other times, and after the death of Moses his faithful servant, he raises up Joshua to be ruler and governor over his people, that they should neither be discouraged for lack of a captain, nor have reason to distrust God's promises later. So that Joshua might be confirmed in his calling, and the people also might have no opportunity to grudge, as though he were not approved by God: he is adorned with most excellent gifts and graces from God, both to govern the people with counsel, and to defend them with strength, that he lacks nothing which either belongs to a valiant captain, or a faithful minister. So he overcomes all difficulties, and brings them into the land of Canaan: which according to God's ordinance he divides among the people and appoints their borders: he established laws and ordinances, and put them in remembrance of God's revealed benefits, assuring them of his grace and favour if they obey God, and of his plagues and vengeance if they disobey him. This history represents Jesus Christ the true Joshua, who leads us into eternal happiness, signified to us by this land of Canaan. From the beginning of Genesis to the end of this book is 2567 years. For from Adam to the flood are 1656, from the flood to the departure of Abraham out of Chaldea 423, and from then to the death of Joseph 290. So that Genesis contains 2369, Exodus 140, the other three books of Moses 40, Joshua 27. So the whole makes 2576 years.

geneva@Joshua:1:2 @ Moses my seruant is dead: nowe therefore arise, go ouer this Iorden, thou, and all this people, vnto the lande which I giue them, that is, to ye children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:1:4 @ From the (note:)Of Zin, called Kadesh and Paran.(:note) wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Meaning, the whole land of Canaan. Hittites, and unto the great Called Mediterranean. sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

geneva@Joshua:1:5 @ There shall not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leaue thee, nor forsake thee.

geneva@Joshua:1:6 @ Be strong and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide the lande for an inheritance, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them.

geneva@Joshua:1:7 @ Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest (note:)He shows where true prosperity consists, even to obey the word of God.(:note) prosper whithersoever thou goest.

geneva@Joshua:1:8 @ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and (note:)Showing that it is not possible to govern well, without the continual study of God's word.(:note) night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

geneva@Joshua:1:9 @ Haue not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong and of a good courage, feare not, nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God will be with thee, whithersoeuer thou goest.

geneva@Joshua:1:10 @ Then Ioshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

geneva@Joshua:1:11 @ Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for (note:)Meaning, from the day that this was proclaimed, (Jos_3:2).(:note) within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

geneva@Joshua:1:12 @ And vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh spake Ioshua, saying,

geneva@Joshua:1:13 @ Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this (note:)Which belonged to Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan.(:note) land.

geneva@Joshua:1:14 @ Your wiues, your children, and your cattell shall remaine in the land which Moses gaue you on this side Iorden: but ye shall goe ouer before your brethren armed, all that be men of warre, and shall helpe them,

geneva@Joshua:1:15 @ Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant (note:)By your request, but yet by God's secret appointment, (Deu_33:21).(:note) gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

geneva@Joshua:1:16 @ Then they answered Ioshua, saying, Al that thou hast commaunded vs, we will doe, and whithersoeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe.

geneva@Joshua:1:18 @ Whosoeuer shall rebell against thy commaundement, and will not obey thy wordes in all that thou commaundest him, let him bee put to death: onely be strong and of good courage.

geneva@Joshua:2:1 @ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of (note:)Which was in the plain of Moab near Jordan.(:note) Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

geneva@Joshua:2:3 @ And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, (note:)Though the wicked see the hand of God on them, they do not repent, but seek how they may by their power and policy resist his working.(:note) Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

geneva@Joshua:2:4 @ (But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.

geneva@Joshua:2:5 @ And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

geneva@Joshua:2:6 @ But she had brought them up to the (note:)Meaning, on the house: for then their houses were flat above, so that they might do their business on it.(:note) roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

geneva@Joshua:2:7 @ And certaine men pursued after them, the way to Iorden, vnto the foordes, and as soone as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate.

geneva@Joshua:2:8 @ And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,

geneva@Joshua:2:9 @ And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your (note:)For so God promised, (Deu_28:7; Jos_5:1).(:note) terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

geneva@Joshua:2:10 @ For we haue heard, howe the Lord dried vp the water of the redde Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iorden, vnto Sihon and to Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed:

geneva@Joshua:2:11 @ And as soon as we had heard [these things], our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for (note:)In this the great mercy of God appears, that in this common destruction he would draw a most miserable sinner to repent, and confess his Name.(:note) the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

geneva@Joshua:2:12 @ Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,

geneva@Joshua:2:13 @ And that yee will saue aliue my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they haue: and that yee will deliuer our soules from death.

geneva@Joshua:2:14 @ And the men answered her, (note:)We warrant you on pain of our lives.(:note) Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

geneva@Joshua:2:15 @ Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

geneva@Joshua:2:16 @ And she said unto them, Get you to the (note:)which was near to the city.(:note) mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

geneva@Joshua:2:17 @ And the men said unto her, (note:)We will be released from our oath if you perform this condition that follows for so shall you and yours be delivered.(:note) We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

geneva@Joshua:2:18 @ Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this cord of red threde in the window, whereby thou lettest vs downe, and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, & all thy fathers houshold home to thee.

geneva@Joshua:2:19 @ And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, (note:)He shall be guilty of his own death.(:note) his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if [any] hand be upon him.

geneva@Joshua:2:20 @ And if thou utter this our (note:)So that others should think to escape by the same means.(:note) business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

geneva@Joshua:2:21 @ And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, & they departed, & she bound the red cord in ye window.

geneva@Joshua:2:22 @ And they departed, and came into the mountaine, and there abode three dayes, vntil the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but founde them not.

geneva@Joshua:2:23 @ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, and passed ouer, and came to Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and tolde him all things that came vnto them.

geneva@Joshua:2:24 @ Also they saide vnto Ioshua, Surely the Lorde hath deliuered into our handes all the lande: for euen all the inhabitants of the countrey faint because of vs.

geneva@Joshua:3:1 @ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to (note:)Which according to the Hebrews was in March, about 40 days after Moses' death.(:note) Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

geneva@Joshua:3:2 @ And it came to pass after (note:)Which was given to prepare food (Jos_1:11).(:note) three days, that the officers went through the host;

geneva@Joshua:3:3 @ And commanded the people, saying, When ye see the Arke of the couenat of the Lord your God, and the Priestes of the Leuites bearing it, ye shall depart from your place, and goe after it.

geneva@Joshua:3:4 @ Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousande cubites by measure: ye shall not come neere vnto it, that ye may knowe the way, by the which ye shall goe: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.

geneva@Joshua:3:6 @ Also Ioshua spake vnto the Priestes, saying, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and goe ouer before the people: so they tooke vp the Arke of the couenant, & went before the people.

geneva@Joshua:3:8 @ 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 (note:)Even in the channel where the stream had run, (Jos_3:17)(:note) in Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:3:9 @ Then Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Come hither, and heare the wordes of the Lord your God.

geneva@Joshua:3:10 @ And Joshua said, (note:)By this miracle in dividing the water.(:note) Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without 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.

geneva@Joshua:3:13 @ And assoone as the soles of the feete of the Priestes (that beare the Arke of the Lorde God the Lorde of all the worlde) shall stay in the waters of Iorden, the waters of Iorden shall be cut off: for the waters that come from aboue, shall stande still vpon an heape.

geneva@Joshua:3:15 @ And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his (note:)Because the river was accustomed at this time to be full, the miracle is so much greater.(:note) banks all the time of harvest,)

geneva@Joshua:3:16 @ Then the waters that came downe from aboue, stayed and rose vpon an heape and departed farre from the citie of Adam, that was beside Zaretan: but the waters that came downe towarde the Sea of the wildernes, euen the salt Sea, failed, and were cut off: so the people went right ouer against Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:3:17 @ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood (note:)Either tarrying till the people were past, or as some read, sure, as though they had been on dry land.(:note) firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:4:1 @ And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,

geneva@Joshua:4:3 @ And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood (note:)As in (Jos_3:17).(:note) firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the Meaning, the place where they would camp. lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

geneva@Joshua:4:5 @ And Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lorde your God, euen through the middes of Iorden, and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder acccording vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel,

geneva@Joshua:4:6 @ That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your (note:)God commands that not only we ourselves profit by this wonderful work, but that our posterity may know the cause of it, and glorify his Name.(:note) children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?

geneva@Joshua:4:8 @ Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, & tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel, & caried them away with them vnto the lodging, & layd them down there.

geneva@Joshua:4:9 @ And Joshua set up (note:)Besides the twelve stones that were carried by the tribes and set up in Gilgal.(:note) twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:4:10 @ So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lorde had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted & went ouer.

geneva@Joshua:4:11 @ And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, (note:)Meaning, in the presence or sight of the people.(:note) in the presence of the people.

geneva@Joshua:4:12 @ And the sonnes of Reuben, & the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them.

geneva@Joshua:4:13 @ About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the (note:)That is, before the Ark.(:note) LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

geneva@Joshua:4:14 @ That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.

geneva@Joshua:4:15 @ And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

geneva@Joshua:4:16 @ Command the priests that bear the (note:)Because the ark testified God's presence, and the tables of the Law contained in it signified God's will toward his people.(:note) ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:4:17 @ Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

geneva@Joshua:4:18 @ And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lorde were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, & flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, as they did before.

geneva@Joshua:4:19 @ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the (note:)Called Abib or Nisan, containing part of March and part of April.(:note) first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

geneva@Joshua:4:21 @ And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones?

geneva@Joshua:4:22 @ Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

geneva@Joshua:4:24 @ That all the people of the (note:)God's benefits serve as a further condemnation to the wicked, and stir up his own to reverence and obey him.(:note) earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

geneva@Joshua:5:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings of the (note:)The Amorites were on both sides of Jordan, of which two kings were slain already on the side toward Moab.(:note) Amorites, which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:5:2 @ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, (note:)For now they had left it off, about 40 years.(:note) and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

geneva@Joshua:5:3 @ And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at (note:)Gilgal was so called, because they were there circumcised.(:note) the hill of the foreskins.

geneva@Joshua:5:4 @ And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse by the way after they came out of Egypt.

geneva@Joshua:5:5 @ Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people [that were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, [them] they had (note:)For they looked daily to move at the Lord's command, which they who were newly circumcised could not do without great danger.(:note) not circumcised.

geneva@Joshua:5:6 @ For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Joshua:5:8 @ And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they (note:)For their sore was so grievous, that they were not able to move.(:note) were whole.

geneva@Joshua:5:9 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the (note:)By bringing you into this promised land, contrary to the wicked opinion of the Egyptians or the foreskin by which you were like the Egyptians.(:note) reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:5:10 @ So the children of Israel abode in Gilgal, and kept ye feast of the Passeouer the fourteenth day of the moneth at euen in ye plaine of Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:5:11 @ And they did eat of the corne of the land, on the morow after the Passeouer, vnleauened breade, and parched corne in the same day.

geneva@Joshua:5:12 @ And the MAN ceased on the morowe after they had eaten of the corne of the land, neither had the children of Israel MAN any more, but did eate of the fruite of the land of Canaan that yeere.

geneva@Joshua:5:13 @ And when Ioshua was by Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and looked: and behold, there stood a man against him, hauing a sword drawen in his hand: and Ioshua went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou on our side, or on our aduersaries?

geneva@Joshua:5:14 @ And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and (note:)In that Joshua worships him, he acknowledges him to be God: and in that he calls himself the Lord's captain he declares himself to be Christ.(:note) did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

geneva@Joshua:5:15 @ And the captaine of ye Lords host said vnto Ioshua, Loose thy shoe of thy foote: for ye place wheron thou standest, is holy: and Ioshua did so.

geneva@Joshua:6:1 @ Now Jericho was straitly (note:)That none could go out.(:note)That none could go in. shut up for fear of the Israelites. because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

geneva@Joshua:6:2 @ And the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, Behold, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho and the King thereof, and the strong men of warre.

geneva@Joshua:6:3 @ And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city (note:)Every day one.(:note) once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

geneva@Joshua:6:4 @ And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of (note:)That the conquest might not be assigned to man's power, but to the mercy of God, which with most weak things can overcome that which seems most strong.(:note) rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

geneva@Joshua:6:5 @ And when they make a long blast with the rams horne, and ye heare the sound of the trumpet, al the people shal shoute with a great shoute: then shall the wall of the citie fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp, euery man streight before him.

geneva@Joshua:6:6 @ Then, Ioshua the sonne of Nun called the Priests & said vnto them, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and let seuen Priests beare seuen trumpets of rams hornes before the Arke of the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:6:7 @ And he said unto the people, (note:)This is chiefly meant by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.(:note) Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:6:8 @ And when Ioshua had spoken vnto the people, the seuen Priestes bare the seuen trumpets of rams hornes, and went foorth before the Arke of the Lorde, and blew with the trumpets, & the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord followed them.

geneva@Joshua:6:9 @ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the (note:)Meaning, the gathering host, in which was the standard of the tribe of Dan, (Num_10:25).(:note) rereward came after the ark, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

geneva@Joshua:6:11 @ So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] (note:)For that day.(:note) once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

geneva@Joshua:6:12 @ And Ioshua rose early in the morning, and the Priestes bare the Arke of the Lord:

geneva@Joshua:6:13 @ And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the (note:)The tribe of Dan was so called, because it marched last and gathered up whatever was left of others.(:note) rereward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

geneva@Joshua:6:14 @ And the second day they compassed the citie once, and returned into the host: thus they did sixe dayes.

geneva@Joshua:6:15 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner (note:)Beside every day once for the space of six days.(:note) seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

geneva@Joshua:6:16 @ And when the Priests had blowen ye trumpets the seuenth time, Ioshua said vnto ye people, Shoute: for the Lord hath giuen you the citie.

geneva@Joshua:6:17 @ And the city shall be (note:)That is appointed wholly to be destroyed.(:note) accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

geneva@Joshua:6:18 @ Notwithstanding, be ye ware of the execrable thing, lest ye make your selues execrable, and in taking of the execrable thing, make also the hoste of Israel execrable, and trouble it.

geneva@Joshua:6:19 @ But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, [are] (note:)And therefore cannot be put to any private use, but must be first molten, and then serve for the Tabernacle.(:note) consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:6:20 @ So the people shouted, whe they had blowen trumpets: for when the people had heard the sound of the trumpet, they shouted with a great shoute: and the wall fel downe flat: so the people went vp into the citie, euery man streight before him: and they tooke the citie.

geneva@Joshua:6:21 @ And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Joshua:6:22 @ But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her.

geneva@Joshua:6:23 @ And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them (note:)For it was not lawful for strangers to dwell among the Israelites, till they were purged.(:note) without the camp of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:6:24 @ And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the (note:)Meaning, the tabernacle.(:note) house of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:6:25 @ And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she (note:)For she was married to Salmon prince of the tribe of Judah, (Mat_1:5).(:note) dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

geneva@Joshua:6:26 @ And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: (note:)He will build it to the destruction of all his stock, which was fulfilled in Hiel of Beth-el, (1Ki_16:34).(:note) he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.

geneva@Joshua:6:27 @ So the Lord was with Ioshua, and he was famous through all the world.

geneva@Joshua:7:1 @ But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the (note:)In taking that which was commanded to be destroyed.(:note) accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:7:2 @ And Joshua sent men from Jericho to (note:)This was a city of the Amorites: for there was another so called among the Amorites, (Jer_49:3). The first Ai is called Aiah, (Isa_10:28).(:note) Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

geneva@Joshua:7:3 @ And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe.

geneva@Joshua:7:4 @ So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:7:5 @ And the (note:)God would by this overthrow make them more earnest to search out and punish the sin committed.(:note) men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

geneva@Joshua:7:6 @ Then Ioshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face before the Arke of the Lord, vntill the euentide, he, and the Elders of Israel, and put dust vpon their heads.

geneva@Joshua:7:7 @ And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the (note:)This infirmity of his faith shows how we are inclined by nature to distrust.(:note) other side Jordan!

geneva@Joshua:7:9 @ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great (note:)When your enemies will blaspheme you and say that you were not able to defend us from them.(:note) name?

geneva@Joshua:7:10 @ And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?

geneva@Joshua:7:11 @ Israel hath sinned, and they haue transgressed my couenant, which I commanded them: for they haue euen taken of the excomunicate thing, and haue also stollen, and dissembled also, and haue put it euen with their owne stuffe.

geneva@Joshua:7:12 @ 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 (note:)Then to allow wickedness unpunished, is to refuse God willingly.(:note) destroy the accursed from among you.

geneva@Joshua:7:13 @ 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 (note:)Meaning, the man that took of the thing forbidden.(:note) accursed thing from among you.

geneva@Joshua:7:14 @ In the morning therefore ye shall come according to your tribes, and the tribe which the Lord taketh, shal come according to the families: and the familie which the Lorde shall take, shall come by the housholds: and the houshold which the Lord shall take, shall come man by man.

geneva@Joshua:7:15 @ And it shall be, [that] he that is (note:)That is found guilty, either by lots, or by the judgment of Urim. (Num_27:21).(:note) 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 hath wrought folly in Israel.

geneva@Joshua:7:16 @ So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Iudah was taken.

geneva@Joshua:7:17 @ And he brought the families of Iudah, and tooke the familie of the Zarhites, and he brought the familie of the Zarhites, man by man, and Zabdi was taken.

geneva@Joshua:7:18 @ And he brought his houshold, man by man, and Achan ye sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah of the tribe of Iudah was take.

geneva@Joshua:7:19 @ And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and (note:)By declaring truth: for God is glorified when the truth is confessed.(:note) make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.

geneva@Joshua:7:20 @ And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done.

geneva@Joshua:7:21 @ When I saw among the spoils a goodly (note:)Such a rich garment as the states of Babylon wore.(:note) 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 of my tent, and the silver under it.

geneva@Joshua:7:22 @ Then Ioshua sent messengers, which ran vnto the tent, and beholde, it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vnder it.

geneva@Joshua:7:23 @ Therefore they tooke them out of the tent, and brought them vnto Ioshua, and vnto all the children of Israel, and layd them before the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:7:24 @ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the (note:)Some read a plate: others, a rod, and some a tongue.(:note) wedge of gold, and his This judgment belonged only to God, and to whom he will reveal it. He had commanded man not to punish the child for the father's sins, (Deu_24:16). 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 unto the valley of Achor.

geneva@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said, (note:)He declares that this is God's judgment because he had offended, and caused others to be slain.(:note) Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

geneva@Joshua:7:26 @ And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day: and so the Lord turned from his fierce wrath: therefore hee called the name of that place, The valley of Achor, vnto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:1 @ After, the Lord saide vnto Ioshua, Feare not, neither bee thou faint hearted: take all the men of warre with thee and arise, go vp to Ai: beholde, I haue giuen into thine hand the King of Ai, and his people, and his citie, and his land.

geneva@Joshua:8:2 @ And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city (note:)Meaning on the west side, as in (Jos_8:9).(:note) behind it.

geneva@Joshua:8:3 @ Then Ioshua arose, and all the men of warre to goe vp against Ai: and Ioshua chose out thirtie thousand strong men, and valiant, and sent them away by night.

geneva@Joshua:8:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye (note:)God would not destroy Ai by a miracle, as Jericho, so that other nations would fear the power and policy of his people.(:note) shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

geneva@Joshua:8:5 @ And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.

geneva@Joshua:8:7 @ Then you shall rise vp from lying in waite and destroy the citie: for the Lord your God wil deliuer it into your hand.

geneva@Joshua:8:8 @ And when ye haue taken the citie, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandement of the Lord shall ye do: behold, I haue charged you.

geneva@Joshua:8:9 @ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night (note:)With the rest of the army.(:note) among the people.

geneva@Joshua:8:10 @ And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and (note:)That is, viewed or mustered them and set them in array.(:note) numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:11 @ Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drewe neere, and came against the citie, and pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley betweene them and Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:12 @ And he took about five thousand men, (note:)He sent these few, that the others who lay in ambush might not be discovered.(:note) and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

geneva@Joshua:8:13 @ And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the (note:)To the intent that they in the city more easily discover his army.(:note) midst of the valley.

geneva@Joshua:8:14 @ And when the King of Ai sawe it, then the men of the citie hasted and rose vp earely, and went out against Israel to battell, hee and all his people at the time appointed, before the plaine: for he knew not that any lay in waite against him on the backeside of the citie.

geneva@Joshua:8:15 @ And Joshua and all Israel (note:)As they who pretended to flee for fear.(:note) made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

geneva@Joshua:8:16 @ And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, & were drawen away out of the city,

geneva@Joshua:8:17 @ So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.

geneva@Joshua:8:18 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Or, lift up the banner to signify when they should invade the city.(:note) Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city.

geneva@Joshua:8:19 @ And they that lay in wait, arose quickly out of their place, and ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand, and they entred into the citie, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.

geneva@Joshua:8:20 @ And the men of Ai looked behinde them, and sawe it: for loe, the smoke of the citie ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: for the people that fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vpon the pursuers.

geneva@Joshua:8:21 @ When Ioshua and all Israel sawe that they that lay in waite, had taken the citie, and that the smoke of the citie mounted vp, then they turned againe and slewe the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:22 @ And the (note:)Who came out of the ambush.(:note) other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

geneva@Joshua:8:23 @ And the King of Ai they tooke aliue, and brought him to Ioshua.

geneva@Joshua:8:24 @ And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and (note:)For the fire, which they had before set in the city, was not to consume it, but to signify to Joshua that they had entered.(:note) smote it with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Joshua:8:25 @ And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:26 @ For Ioshua drewe not his hande backe againe which he had stretched out with the speare, vntill hee had vtterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:27 @ Onely the cattell and the spoyle of this citie, Israel tooke for a praye vnto themselues, according vnto the worde of the Lorde, which hee commaunded Ioshua.

geneva@Joshua:8:28 @ And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for (note:)That it could never be built again.(:note) ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:29 @ And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded (note:)According as it was commanded, (Deu_21:23).(:note) that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:31 @ As Moses the seruant of the Lord had commaunded the children of Israel, as it is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, an altar of whole stone, ouer which no man had lift an yron: and they offered thereon burnt offrings vnto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

geneva@Joshua:8:32 @ And he wrote there upon the stones a (note:)Meaning, the ten commandments, which are the sum of the whole Law.(:note) copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel (and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stoode on this side of the Arke, and on that side, before the Priestes of the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) as well the stranger, as he that is borne in the countrey: halfe of them were ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal, as Moses the seruant of the Lorde had commaunded before, that they should blesse the people of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:8:34 @ Then afterwarde hee read all the wordes of the Lawe, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the booke of the Lawe.

geneva@Joshua:8:35 @ There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the (note:)So neither young nor old, man nor woman, were exempted from hearing the word of the Lord.(:note) women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

geneva@Joshua:9:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings which (note:)In respect to the plain of Moab.(:note) [were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the The main sea called the Mediterranean. great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [thereof];

geneva@Joshua:9:3 @ But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Ioshua had done vnto Iericho, and to Ai.

geneva@Joshua:9:4 @ They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and (note:)Because they were all worn.(:note) bound up;

geneva@Joshua:9:5 @ And olde shoes and clouted vpon their feete: also the raiment vpon them was old, and all their prouision of bread was dried, and mouled.

geneva@Joshua:9:6 @ So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: nowe therefore make a league with vs.

geneva@Joshua:9:7 @ And the men of Israel said unto the (note:)For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people.(:note) Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

geneva@Joshua:9:8 @ And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? And whence come ye?

geneva@Joshua:9:9 @ And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of (note:)Even the idolaters for fear of death will pretend to honour the true God, and receive his religion.(:note) the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

geneva@Joshua:9:10 @ And all that he hath done to the two Kings of the Amorites that were beyonde Iorden, to Sihon King of Heshbon, & to Og King of Bashan, which were at Ashtaroth.

geneva@Joshua:9:11 @ Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

geneva@Joshua:9:12 @ This our (note:)The wicked lack no art, nor spare no lies to set forth their policy, when they will deceive the servants of God.(:note) bread we took hot [for] our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

geneva@Joshua:9:13 @ Also these bottels of wine which we filled, were newe, and lo, they be rent, and these our garments and our shooes are olde, by reason of the exceeding great iourney.

geneva@Joshua:9:14 @ And the (note:)Some think that the Israelites are of their victuals, and so made a league with them.(:note) men took of their victuals, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:9:16 @ But at the end of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

geneva@Joshua:9:17 @ And the children of Israel (note:)From Gilgal.(:note) journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

geneva@Joshua:9:18 @ And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation (note:)Fearing lest for their sin the plague of God would have come on them all.(:note) murmured against the princes.

geneva@Joshua:9:21 @ And the Princes sayd vnto them againe, Let them liue, but they shall hewe wood, and drawe water vnto all the Congregation, as the Princes appoint them.

geneva@Joshua:9:22 @ Ioshua then called them, and talked with them, and sayd, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are very farre from you, when ye dwel among vs?

geneva@Joshua:9:23 @ Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for (note:)For the use of the tabernacle and the temple when it will be built.(:note) the house of my God.

geneva@Joshua:9:24 @ And they answered Ioshua, and sayd, Because it was tolde thy seruants, that the Lord thy God had commanded his seruant Moses to giue you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land out of your sight, therefore we were exceeding sore afraid for our liues at the presence of you, and haue done this thing:

geneva@Joshua:9:25 @ And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto vs.

geneva@Joshua:9:26 @ And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the (note:)Who were minded to put them to death for fear of God's wrath.(:note) hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

geneva@Joshua:9:27 @ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the (note:)That is, for the service of the temple, as in (Jos_9:23).(:note) altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

geneva@Joshua:10:1 @ Now when Adoni-zedek King of Ierusalem had heard how Ioshua had taken Ai and had destroyed it, ( for as he had done to Iericho and to the King thereof, so he had done to Ai and to the King thereof) and howe the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them,

geneva@Joshua:10:2 @ Then they feared exceedingly: for Gibeon was a great citie, as one of the royall cities: for it was greater then Ai, and all the men thereof were mightie.

geneva@Joshua:10:3 @ Wherefore (note:)That is, «Lord of justice», so tyrants take for themselves glorious names, when indeed they are the very enemies of God and all justice.(:note) Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

geneva@Joshua:10:4 @ Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we may smite Gibeon: for they haue made peace with Ioshua and with the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:5 @ Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made (note:)So envious the wicked are, when any depart from their hand.(:note) war against it.

geneva@Joshua:10:6 @ And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Ioshua, euen to the hoste to Gilgal, saying, Withdrawe not thine hand from thy seruants: come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, & helpe vs: for all the Kings of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs.

geneva@Joshua:10:7 @ So Ioshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of warre with him, and all the men of might.

geneva@Joshua:10:8 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Lest Joshua should have thought that God had sent this great power against him for his unlawful league with the Gibeonites, the Lord here strengthens him.(:note) Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

geneva@Joshua:10:10 @ And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth vp to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah and to Makkedah.

geneva@Joshua:10:11 @ And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: [they were] more which died with (note:)So we see that all things serve to execute God's vengeance against the wicked.(:note) hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

geneva@Joshua:10:12 @ Then spake Ioshua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord gaue the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he sayd in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stay thou in Gibeon, and thou moone, in the valley of Aialon.

geneva@Joshua:10:13 @ And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not this written in the book of (note:)Some read, the book of the righteous, meaning Moses: the Chaldea text reads, in the book of the Law, but it is likely that it was a book thus named, which is now lost.(:note) Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

geneva@Joshua:10:14 @ And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD (note:)By taking away the enemies hearts and destroying them with the hail stones.(:note) fought for Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:15 @ After, Ioshua returned, and all Israel with him vnto the campe to Gilgal:

geneva@Joshua:10:16 @ But the fiue Kings fled and were hid in a caue at Makkedah.

geneva@Joshua:10:17 @ And it was tolde Ioshua, saying, The fiue Kings are found hid in a caue at Makkedah.

geneva@Joshua:10:18 @ Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.

geneva@Joshua:10:19 @ But stand ye not still: followe after your enemies, and smite all the hindmost, suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lorde your God hath giuen them into your hand.

geneva@Joshua:10:20 @ And when Ioshua and the children of Israel had made an ende of slaying them with an exceeding great slaughter till they were consumed, and the rest that remained of them were entred into walled cities,

geneva@Joshua:10:21 @ And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in (note:)Or in safety, so that none gave them as much as an evil word.(:note) peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:22 @ After, Ioshua sayd, Open the mouth of the caue, and bring out these fiue Kings vnto me forth of the caue.

geneva@Joshua:10:23 @ And they did so, & brought out those fiue Kings vnto him forth of the caue, euen the King of Ierusalem, the King of Hebron, ye King of Iarmuth, the King of Lachish, and the King of Eglon.

geneva@Joshua:10:24 @ And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the (note:)Signifying what would become of the rest of God's enemies, seeing that kings themselves were not spared.(:note) necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

geneva@Joshua:10:25 @ And Ioshua sayd vnto them, Feare not, nor be faint hearted, but be strong and of a good courage: for thus will the Lord doe to all your enemies, against whome ye fight.

geneva@Joshua:10:26 @ So then Ioshua smote them, and slewe them, and hanged them on fiue trees, and they hanged still vpon the trees vntill the euening.

geneva@Joshua:10:27 @ And at the going downe of the sunne, Ioshua gaue commaundement, that they should take them downe off the trees, and cast them into the caue (wherein they had bene hid) and they layde great stones vpon the caues mouth, which remaine vntill this day.

geneva@Joshua:10:28 @ And that same day Ioshua tooke Makkedah & smote it with the edge of the sword, and the King thereof destroyed he with them, and all the soules that were therein, he let none remaine: for hee did to the King of Makkedah as he had done vnto the King of Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:10:29 @ Then Ioshua went from Makkedah, and all Israel with him vnto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.

geneva@Joshua:10:30 @ And the Lorde gaue it also and the King thereof into the hand of Israel: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein: he let none remaine in it: for he did vnto the King thereof, as he had done vnto the King of Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:10:31 @ And Ioshua departed from Libnah, and all Israel with him vnto Lachish, and besieged it, and assaulted it.

geneva@Joshua:10:32 @ And the Lord gaue Lachish into the hand of Israel, which tooke it the second day, & smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein, according to all as he had done to Libnah.

geneva@Joshua:10:33 @ Then Horam King of Gezer came vp to helpe Lachish: but Ioshua smote him and his people, vntill none of his remained.

geneva@Joshua:10:34 @ And from Lachish Ioshua departed vnto Eglon, and all Israel with him, & they besieged it, and assaulted it,

geneva@Joshua:10:35 @ And they tooke it the same day, & smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein he vtterly destroyed the same day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

geneva@Joshua:10:36 @ Then Ioshua went vp from Eglon, and all Israel with him vnto Hebron, and they fought against it.

geneva@Joshua:10:37 @ And when they had taken it, they smote it with the edge of the sword, & the King thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the soules that were therein: he left none remaining, according to all as he had done to Eglon: for he destroyed it vtterly, and all the soules that were therein.

geneva@Joshua:10:38 @ So Ioshua returned, and all Israel with him to Debir, and fought against it.

geneva@Joshua:10:39 @ And when he had taken it, and the King thereof, and all the citie thereof, they smote them with the edge of the sword, and vtterly destroyed all the soules that were therein, he let none remaine: as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the King thereof, as he had also done to Libnah, and to the King thereof.

geneva@Joshua:10:40 @ So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the (note:)Some read, Ashedoth, which signifies the descents of the hills.(:note) vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

geneva@Joshua:10:41 @ And Ioshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea euen vnto Azzah, and all the countrey of Goshen, euen vnto Gibeon.

geneva@Joshua:10:42 @ And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at (note:)In one battle.(:note) one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:43 @ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to (note:)Where the ark was, there to give thanks for their victories.(:note) Gilgal.

geneva@Joshua:11:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard [those things], that he (note:)The more God's power appears, the more the wicked rage against it.(:note) sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

geneva@Joshua:11:2 @ And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of (note:)Which the evangelists call the lake of Gennesaret, or Tiberias.(:note) Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

geneva@Joshua:11:3 @ [And to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under (note:)Which was mount Sion, as in (Deu_4:48).(:note) Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

geneva@Joshua:11:4 @ And they came out & all their hostes with them, many people as the sande that is on the sea shore for multitude, with horses and charets exceeding many.

geneva@Joshua:11:5 @ So all these Kings met together, and came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.

geneva@Joshua:11:6 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt (note:)That neither they should serve to the use of war, nor the Israelites should put their trust in them.(:note) hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:7 @ Then came Ioshua and al the men of warre with him against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell vpon them.

geneva@Joshua:11:8 @ And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto (note:)Which signifies hot waters, or according to some, brine pits.(:note) Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

geneva@Joshua:11:9 @ And Ioshua did vnto them as the Lorde bade him: he houghed their horses, & burnt their charets with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:10 @ At that time also Ioshua turned backe, and tooke Hazor, & smote the King thereof with the sword: for Hazor before time was the head of all those kingdomes.

geneva@Joshua:11:11 @ And they smote all the (note:)Both men, women and children.(:note) souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:12 @ So all ye cities of those Kings, & all the kings of them did Ioshua take, & smote them with the edge of the sword, and vtterly destroyed them, as Moses the seruant of the Lord had commaunded.

geneva@Joshua:11:13 @ But [as for] the cities that stood still in their (note:)Which were strong by situation and not hurt by war.(:note) strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn.

geneva@Joshua:11:14 @ And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every (note:)All mankind.(:note) man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

geneva@Joshua:11:15 @ As the Lorde had commaunded Moses his seruant, so did Moses commande Ioshua, and so did Ioshua: he left nothing vndone of all that the Lord had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Joshua:11:16 @ So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the (note:)That is, Samaria.(:note) mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

geneva@Joshua:11:17 @ [Even] from the mount (note:)So called, because it was bare and without trees.(:note) Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

geneva@Joshua:11:20 @ For it was of the LORD to (note:)That is, to give them over to themselves: and therefore they could not but rebel against God and seek their own destruction.(:note) harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Joshua:11:21 @ And that same season came Ioshua, and destroyed the Anakims out of the mountaines: as out of Hebron, out of Debir, out of Anab, and out of all the mountaines of Iudah, and out of all the mountaines of Israel: Ioshua destroyed them vtterly with their cities.

geneva@Joshua:11:22 @ There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, (note:)Out of which came Goliath, (1Sa_17:4).(:note) in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

geneva@Joshua:11:23 @ So Ioshua tooke the whole land, according to all that the Lorde had saide vnto Moses: and Ioshua gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israel according to their portion through their tribes: then the land was at rest without warre.

geneva@Joshua:12:1 @ Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the (note:)From Gilgal where Joshua camped.(:note) other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

geneva@Joshua:12:2 @ Sihon King of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbon, hauing dominion from Aroer, which is beside the riuer of Arnon, and from the middle of the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto the riuer Iabbok, in the border of the children of Ammon.

geneva@Joshua:12:3 @ And from the plaine vnto the sea of Cinneroth Eastward, and vnto the Sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea Eastward, the way to Beth-ieshimoth, and from the South vnder the springs of Pisgah.

geneva@Joshua:12:4 @ They conquered also the coast of Og King of Bashan of the remnant of the gyants, which dwelt at Ashtaroth, and at Edrei,

geneva@Joshua:12:5 @ And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, vnto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and halfe Gilead, euen the border of Sihon King of Heshbon.

geneva@Joshua:12:6 @ Moses the seruant of the Lord, and the children of Israel smote them: Moses also the seruant of the Lorde gaue their land for a possession vnto the Reubenites, and vnto the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh.

geneva@Joshua:12:7 @ And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount (note:)Read (Jos_11:17).(:note) Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;

geneva@Joshua:12:8 @ In the mountaines, and in the valleys, and in the plaines, and in the hill sides, and in the wildernes, and in the South, where were the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.

geneva@Joshua:12:24 @ The King of Tirzah, one. all the Kings were thirtie and one.

geneva@Joshua:13:1 @ Now Joshua was old [and] (note:)Being almost a hundred and ten years old.(:note) stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be After the enemies are overcome. possessed.

geneva@Joshua:13:2 @ This is the land that remaineth, all the regions of the Philistims, and all Geshuri,

geneva@Joshua:13:3 @ From Nilus which is in Egypt, euen vnto the borders of Ekron Northward: this is counted of the Canaanites, euen fiue Lordships of the Philistims, the Azzithites, and the Ashdodites, the Eshkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, and the Auites:

geneva@Joshua:13:4 @ From the South, all the land of the Canaanites, and the caue that is beside the Sidonians, vnto Aphek, and to the borders of the Amorites:

geneva@Joshua:13:5 @ And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunne rising from Bahal-gad vnder mount Hermon, vntil one come to Hamath.

geneva@Joshua:13:6 @ All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto (note:)Read (Jos_11:8).(:note) Misrephothmaim, [and] all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

geneva@Joshua:13:7 @ Nowe therefore deuide this lande to inherite, vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh.

geneva@Joshua:13:10 @ And all the cities of Sihon King of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, vnto the borders of the children of Ammon,

geneva@Joshua:13:11 @ And Gilead, and the borders of the Geshurites and of the Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, with all Bashan vnto Salcah:

geneva@Joshua:13:12 @ All the kingdome of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: (who remained of the rest of the gyants) for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

geneva@Joshua:13:13 @ Nevertheless the children of Israel (note:)Because they had not destroyed all as God had commanded they that remainder were snares and pricks to hurt them, (Num_33:35; Jos_23:13; Jdg_2:3).(:note) expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

geneva@Joshua:13:16 @ And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine which is by Medeba:

geneva@Joshua:13:17 @ Heshbon with all the cities thereof, that are in the plaine: Dibon and Bamoth-baal, & Bethbaal-meon:

geneva@Joshua:13:18 @ And Iahazah, and Kedemoth & Mephaath:

geneva@Joshua:13:19 @ Kiriathaim also, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar in the mount of Emek:

geneva@Joshua:13:20 @ And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-ieshimoth:

geneva@Joshua:13:21 @ And all the cities of the plaine: and all the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whome Moses smote with the Princes of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey.

geneva@Joshua:13:23 @ And the border of the children of Reuben was Iorden with the coastes. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, with the cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:13:25 @ And their coastes were Iazer, and all the cities of Gilead and halfe the lande of the children of Ammon vnto Aroer, which is before Rabbah:

geneva@Joshua:13:26 @ And from Heshbon vnto Ramoth, Mizpeh, and Betonim: and from Mahanaim vnto the borders of Debir:

geneva@Joshua:13:27 @ And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the (note:)That is, in the land of Moab.(:note) other side Jordan eastward.

geneva@Joshua:13:28 @ This is the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families, with the cities, and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:13:29 @ Also Moses gaue inheritance vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh: and this belonged to the halfe tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:13:30 @ And their border was from Mahanaim, euen all Bashan, to wit, all the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, and all the townes of Iair which are in Bashan, threescore cities,

geneva@Joshua:13:31 @ And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the (note:)Meaning, his nephews and posterity.(:note) children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

geneva@Joshua:14:1 @ These also are the places which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun and the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,

geneva@Joshua:14:2 @ By the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord had commaunded by the hande of Moses, to giue to the nine tribes, and the halfe tribe.

geneva@Joshua:14:3 @ For Moses had given the inheritance of (note:)As Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, (Num_32:33).(:note) two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

geneva@Joshua:14:4 @ For the children of Joseph were (note:)So though Levi lacked, yet were there still twelve tribes by this means.(:note) two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

geneva@Joshua:14:5 @ As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did when they deuided the land.

geneva@Joshua:14:6 @ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and (note:)Which was that only those two should enter into the land, (Num_14:24).(:note) thee in Kadeshbarnea.

geneva@Joshua:14:7 @ Fourtie yeere olde was I, when Moses the seruant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espie the land, and I brought him word againe, as I thought in mine heart.

geneva@Joshua:14:9 @ Wherefore Moses sware the same day, saying, Certainely the land whereon thy feete haue troden, shalbe thine inheritance, & thy childrens for euer, because thou hast followed constantly the Lord my God.

geneva@Joshua:14:10 @ Therefore beholde nowe, the Lorde hath kept me aliue, as he promised: this is the fourtie and fift yeere since the Lord spake this thing vnto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wildernes: and nowe loe, I am this day foure score and fiue yeere olde:

geneva@Joshua:14:11 @ And yet am as strong at this time, as I was when Moses sent me: as strong as I was then, so strong am I nowe, either for warre, or for gouernment.

geneva@Joshua:14:12 @ Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims [were] there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fenced: (note:)This he spoke out of modesty, and not from doubting.(:note) if so be the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

geneva@Joshua:14:13 @ Then Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.

geneva@Joshua:14:15 @ And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a (note:)Either for his power or person.(:note) great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

geneva@Joshua:15:1 @ This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Iudah by their families: euen to the border of Edom and the wildernesse of Zin, Southward on the Southcoast.

geneva@Joshua:15:2 @ And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the (note:)The Hebrew word signifies tongue, by which it means either the arm of the sea that comes into the land, or a rock, or cape that goes into the sea.(:note) bay that looketh southward:

geneva@Joshua:15:3 @ And it went out on the Southside towarde Maaleth-akrabbim, and went along to Zin, and ascended vp on the Southside vnto Kadesh-barnea, and went along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar, and fet a compasse to Karkaa.

geneva@Joshua:15:4 @ From thence went it along to Azmon, and reached vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the end of that coast was on the Westside: this shall be your South coast.

geneva@Joshua:15:5 @ And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the (note:)Meaning the mouth of the river where it runs into the Salt sea.(:note) end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

geneva@Joshua:15:6 @ And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the (note:)Which was a mark to part their countries.(:note) stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

geneva@Joshua:15:7 @ Againe this border goeth vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and Northwarde, turning toward Gilgal, that lyeth before the going vp to Adummim, which is on the Southside of the riuer: also this border goeth vp to the waters of En-shemesh, and endeth at En-rogel.

geneva@Joshua:15:9 @ So this border compasseth from the top of the mountaine vnto the fountaine of the water of Nephtoah, & goeth out to the cities of mount Ephron: and this border draweth to Baalah, which is Kiriath-iearim.

geneva@Joshua:15:10 @ Then this border compasseth from Baalah Westward vnto mount Seir, and goeth along vnto the side of mount Iearim, which is Chesalon on the Northside: so it commeth downe to Bethshemesh, and goeth to Timnah.

geneva@Joshua:15:11 @ And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the (note:)Meaning, toward Syria.(:note) sea.

geneva@Joshua:15:12 @ And the Westborder is to the great Sea: so this border shalbe the bounds of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:15:13 @ And vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh did Ioshua giue a part among the children of Iudah, as the Lord commanded him, euen Kiriath-arba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

geneva@Joshua:15:14 @ And Caleb (note:)This was done after the death of Joshua, (Jdg_1:10, Jdg_1:20).(:note) drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

geneva@Joshua:15:15 @ And he went vp thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before time was Kiriath-sepher.

geneva@Joshua:15:16 @ Then Caleb sayd, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.

geneva@Joshua:15:17 @ And Othniel, the sonne of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb tooke it: and he gaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.

geneva@Joshua:15:18 @ And it came to pass, as she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: (note:)Because her husband tarried too long.(:note) and she lighted off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

geneva@Joshua:15:19 @ Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; (note:)Because her country was barren, she wanted a field that had springs from her father. (Jdg_1:14-15).(:note) give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

geneva@Joshua:15:21 @ And the vtmost cities of the tribe of the children of Iudah, toward the coastes of Edom Southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Iagur,

geneva@Joshua:15:22 @ And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

geneva@Joshua:15:23 @ And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

geneva@Joshua:15:24 @ Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

geneva@Joshua:15:25 @ And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, Hesron (which is Hazor)

geneva@Joshua:15:26 @ Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

geneva@Joshua:15:27 @ And Hazar, Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,

geneva@Joshua:15:28 @ And Hasar-shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,

geneva@Joshua:15:29 @ Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

geneva@Joshua:15:30 @ And Eltolad, and Chesil, and (note:)Which before was called Zephath, (Jdg_1:17).(:note) Hormah,

geneva@Joshua:15:31 @ And Ziklag, & Madmanna, & Sansannah,

geneva@Joshua:15:32 @ And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all these cities are twentie and nine with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:33 @ In the lowe countrey were Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

geneva@Joshua:15:34 @ And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

geneva@Joshua:15:35 @ Iarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, & Azekah,

geneva@Joshua:15:36 @ And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:37 @ Zenam, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

geneva@Joshua:15:38 @ And Dileam, and Mizpeh, and Ioktheel,

geneva@Joshua:15:39 @ Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

geneva@Joshua:15:40 @ And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

geneva@Joshua:15:41 @ And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:42 @ Lebnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

geneva@Joshua:15:43 @ And Iipthtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

geneva@Joshua:15:44 @ And Keilah, and Aczib, & Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:45 @ Ekron with her townes and her villages,

geneva@Joshua:15:47 @ Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the (note:)Meaning, the Nile (Jos_13:3).(:note) river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:

geneva@Joshua:15:48 @ And in the mountaines were Shamir, and Iattir, and Socoh,

geneva@Joshua:15:49 @ And Dannah, and (note:)Which is also called Kirjath-sepher, (Jos_15:15).(:note) Kirjathsannah, which [is] Debir,

geneva@Joshua:15:50 @ And Anab, and Ashtemoth, and Anim,

geneva@Joshua:15:51 @ And Goshen, and Holon, & Giloh: eleuen cities with their villages,

geneva@Joshua:15:52 @ Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

geneva@Joshua:15:53 @ And Ianum, & Beth-tappuah, & Aphekah,

geneva@Joshua:15:54 @ And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, (which is Hebron) and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:55 @ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Iuttah,

geneva@Joshua:15:56 @ And Izreel, and Iokdeam, and Zanoah,

geneva@Joshua:15:57 @ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:58 @ Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

geneva@Joshua:15:59 @ And Maarah, and Beth-anoth, & Eltekon: sixe cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:60 @ Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-iearim, and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:61 @ In the wildernes were Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

geneva@Joshua:15:62 @ And Nibshan, and the (note:)Of this city the salt sea has it's name.(:note) city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:15:63 @ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them (note:)That is, utterly, though they slew the most part, and burnt their city, (Jdg_1:8).(:note) out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:16:1 @ And the lot of the (note:)That is, to Ephraim and his children: for Manasseh's portion follows.(:note) children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

geneva@Joshua:16:2 @ And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth,

geneva@Joshua:16:3 @ And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out (note:)Of their inheritance.(:note) thereof are at the sea.

geneva@Joshua:16:4 @ So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, (note:)Severally, first Ephraim, and then Manasseh.(:note) took their inheritance.

geneva@Joshua:16:6 @ And this border goeth out to the Sea vnto Michmethah on the Northside, and this border returneth Eastward vnto Taanathshiloh, and passeth it on the Eastside vnto Ianohah,

geneva@Joshua:16:7 @ And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, (note:)For so far the coasts reach.(:note) and went out at Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:16:8 @ And this border goeth fro Tappuah Westward vnto the riuer Kanah, and the endes thereof are at the Sea: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

geneva@Joshua:16:9 @ And the (note:)Because Ephraim's tribe was far greater than Manasseh, therefore he had more cities.(:note) separate cities for the children of Ephraim [were] among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:16:10 @ And they cast not out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanite dwelt among the Ephraimites vnto this day, and serued vnder tribute.

geneva@Joshua:17:1 @ This was also the lot of the tribe of Manasseh: for he was the first borne of Ioseph, to wit, of Machir the first borne of Manasseh, and the father of Gilead: nowe because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Bashan.

geneva@Joshua:17:2 @ There was also [a lot] for the (note:)For the other half tribe had their portion beyond Jordan.(:note) rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

geneva@Joshua:17:3 @ But Zelophehad the sonne of Hephir, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, ye sonne of Manasseh, had no sonnes, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah:

geneva@Joshua:17:4 @ And 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 (note:)Among them of our tribe.(:note) brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

geneva@Joshua:17:5 @ And there fell ten portions to (note:)In the land of canaan: five to the males: and other five to the daughters of Zelophehad.(:note) Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [were] on the other side Jordan;

geneva@Joshua:17:6 @ Because the daughters of Manasseh did inherite among his sonnes: and Manassehs other sonnes had the land of Gilead.

geneva@Joshua:17:7 @ So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem, and this border goeth on the right hand, euen vnto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

geneva@Joshua:17:8 @ [Now] Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but (note:)Meaning, the city itself.(:note) Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the children of Ephraim;

geneva@Joshua:17:9 @ 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 (note:)That is, toward the main sea.(:note) sea:

geneva@Joshua:17:10 @ Southward [it was] Ephraim's, and northward [it was] Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in (note:)In the tribe of Asher, and tribe of Issachar.(:note) Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

geneva@Joshua:17:11 @ And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-shean, and her townes, and Ibleam, and her townes, and the inhabitants of Dor with ye townes thereof, and the inhabitants of En-dor with the townes thereof, and the inhabitants of Thaanach with her townes, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with the townes of the same, euen three countreis.

geneva@Joshua:17:12 @ Yet the children of Manasseh (note:)For at first they lacked courage, and later agreed with them on condition, contrary to God's commandment.(:note) could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

geneva@Joshua:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath (note:)According to my father Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_48:19).(:note) blessed me hitherto?

geneva@Joshua:17:15 @ And Joshua answered 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, (note:)If this mount is not large enough, why do you not get more by destroying God's enemies, as he has commanded.(:note) if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

geneva@Joshua:17:16 @ Then the children of Ioseph saide, The mountaine will not be ynough for vs: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the lowe countrey haue charets of yron, aswell they in Beth-shean, and in the townes of the same, as they in the valley of Izreel.

geneva@Joshua:17:17 @ And Ioshua spake vnto the house of Ioseph, to Ephraim, and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power, and shalt not haue one lot.

geneva@Joshua:17:18 @ But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: (note:)So that you shall enlarge your portion by it.(:note) for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.

geneva@Joshua:18:1 @ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the (note:)For they had now removed it from Gilgal, and set it up in Shiloh.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

geneva@Joshua:18:2 @ And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, (note:)As Eleazar, Joshua, and the heads of the tribes had done to Judah, Ephraim, and half of Manasseh.(:note) which had not yet received their inheritance.

geneva@Joshua:18:3 @ Therefore Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Howe long are ye so slacke to enter and possesse the land which the Lord God of your fathers hath giuen you?

geneva@Joshua:18:4 @ Give out from among you three men for [each] tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to (note:)That is, into seven portions, one to every tribe.(:note) the inheritance of them; and they shall come [again] to me.

geneva@Joshua:18:5 @ And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall (note:)For these had their inheritance already appointed.(:note) abide in their coasts on the north.

geneva@Joshua:18:6 @ Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] seven parts, and bring [the description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the (note:)Before the ark of the Lord.(:note) LORD our God.

geneva@Joshua:18:7 @ But the Levites have no part among you; for the (note:)That is, the sacrifices and offerings, (Jos_13:14).(:note) priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

geneva@Joshua:18:8 @ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to (note:)By writing the names of every country and city.(:note) describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

geneva@Joshua:18:9 @ So the men departed, and passed through the lande, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke, and returned to Ioshua into the campe at Shiloh.

geneva@Joshua:18:10 @ And Joshua (note:)That everyone should be content with God's appointment.(:note) cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

geneva@Joshua:18:11 @ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth (note:)Their inheritance bordered on Judah and Joseph.(:note) between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

geneva@Joshua:18:12 @ And their coast on the Northside was from Iorden, and the border went vp to the side of Iericho on the Northpart, and went vp through the mountaines Westward, and the endes thereof are in the wildernesse of Beth-auen:

geneva@Joshua:18:13 @ And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] (note:)Which was in the tribe of Ephraim: another Bethel was in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

geneva@Joshua:18:14 @ So the border turneth, and compasseth the corner of the Sea Southward, from the mount that lyeth before Beth-horon Southward: and the endes thereof are at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-iearim) a citie of the children of Iudah: this is the Westquarter.

geneva@Joshua:18:15 @ And the Southquarter is from the ende of Kiriath-iearim, and this border goeth out Westward, and commeth to the fountaine of waters of Nephtoah.

geneva@Joshua:18:16 @ And this border descendeth at the ende of the mountaine, that lyeth before the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of the gyants Northward, and descendeth into the valley of Hinnom by the side of Iebusi Southwarde, and goeth downe to En-rogel,

geneva@Joshua:18:17 @ And was drawn from the north, and went forth to (note:)Which is in the tribe of Ephraim.(:note) Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which [is] over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

geneva@Joshua:18:18 @ So it goeth along to the side ouer against the plaine Northward, and goeth downe into the plaine.

geneva@Joshua:18:19 @ And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south (note:)To the very straight, where the river runs into the Salt sea.(:note) end of Jordan: this [was] the south coast.

geneva@Joshua:18:21 @ Nowe the cities of the tribe of the children of Beniamin according to their families, are Iericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

geneva@Joshua:18:22 @ And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

geneva@Joshua:18:23 @ And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

geneva@Joshua:18:24 @ And Chephar, Ammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba: twelue cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:18:25 @ Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

geneva@Joshua:18:26 @ And Mizpeh, & Chephirah, and Mozah,

geneva@Joshua:18:27 @ And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

geneva@Joshua:18:28 @ And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] (note:)Which was not completely in the tribe of Benjamin, but part of it was also in the tribe of Judah.(:note) Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:1 @ And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even] for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was (note:)According to Jacob's prophecy that he would be scattered among the other tribes.(:note) within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

geneva@Joshua:19:2 @ Nowe they had in their inheritance, Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

geneva@Joshua:19:3 @ And Hazur-shual, and Balah, and Azem,

geneva@Joshua:19:4 @ And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

geneva@Joshua:19:5 @ And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

geneva@Joshua:19:6 @ And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:7 @ Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan: foure cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:8 @ And all the villages that were round about these cities, vnto Baalathbeer, & Ramath Southward: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:10 @ Also the third lot arose for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the coastes of their inheritance came to Sarid,

geneva@Joshua:19:11 @ And their border went up (note:)Or, westward, toward the great sea.(:note) toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that [is] before Jokneam;

geneva@Joshua:19:12 @ And turneth from Sarid Eastward towarde the sunne rising vnto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and goeth out to Daberath, and ascendeth to Iaphia,

geneva@Joshua:19:13 @ And from thence goeth along Eastwarde towarde the sunne rising to Gittah-hepher to Ittah-kazin, and goeth foorth to Rimmon, and turneth to Neah.

geneva@Joshua:19:14 @ And this border compasseth it on ye North side to Hannathon, and the endes thereof are in the valley of Iiphtah-el,

geneva@Joshua:19:15 @ And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and (note:)There was another Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah.(:note) Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:16 @ This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:18 @ And their coast was Izreelah, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

geneva@Joshua:19:19 @ And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,

geneva@Joshua:19:20 @ And Harabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

geneva@Joshua:19:21 @ And Remeth, and (note:)There was another city of this name in the tribe of Judah: for in various tribes certain cities had the same name, and were distinguished by the tribe only.(:note) Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

geneva@Joshua:19:22 @ And this coast reacheth to Tabor, & Shahazimath, and Beth-shemesh, and the endes of their coast reach to Iorden: sixteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:23 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families: that is, the cities, and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:25 @ And their coast was Helcath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

geneva@Joshua:19:26 @ And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal, and came to Carmel Westward, and to Shihor Libnath,

geneva@Joshua:19:27 @ And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to (note:)Joins to the tribe of Zebulun, which lay more to the east.(:note) Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

geneva@Joshua:19:28 @ And to Ebron, and Rehob, & Hammon, and Kanah, vnto great Zidon.

geneva@Joshua:19:29 @ And [then] the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city (note:)Which was Zoar, a strong city at the sea.(:note) Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

geneva@Joshua:19:30 @ Vmmah also and Aphek, and Rehob: two and twentie cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:31 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:33 @ And their coast was from (note:)These cities were in the country of Zaanannim.(:note) Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:

geneva@Joshua:19:34 @ So this coast turneth Westwarde to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the Southside, and goeth to Asher on the Westside, and to Iudah by Iorden toward the sunne rising.

geneva@Joshua:19:35 @ And the fenced cities [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and (note:)Of which the lake of Gennesaret had its name.(:note) Chinnereth,

geneva@Joshua:19:36 @ And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

geneva@Joshua:19:37 @ And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,

geneva@Joshua:19:38 @ And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, & Beth-anah, and Beth-shemesh: nineteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:39 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families: that is, the cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:41 @ And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

geneva@Joshua:19:42 @ And Shaalabbin, and Aiialon, and Ithlah,

geneva@Joshua:19:43 @ And Elon, and Temnathah, and Ekron,

geneva@Joshua:19:44 @ And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalah,

geneva@Joshua:19:45 @ And Iehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,

geneva@Joshua:19:46 @ And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before (note:)Called Joppa.(:note) Japho.

geneva@Joshua:19:47 @ And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to (note:)According as Jacob had prophesied in (Gen_49:17).(:note) fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

geneva@Joshua:19:48 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the childre of Dan according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:49 @ When they had made an ende of deuiding the lande by the coastes thereof, then the children of Israel gaue an inheritance vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun among them.

geneva@Joshua:19:50 @ According to the worde of the Lord they gaue him the citie which hee asked, euen Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and hee built the citie and dwelt therein.

geneva@Joshua:19:51 @ These are ye heritages which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun, & the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel deuided by lot in Shiloh before the Lorde at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: so they made an ende of deuiding the countrey.

geneva@Joshua:20:2 @ Speake to the children of Israel, and say, Appoint you cities of refuge, whereof I spake vnto you by the hand of Moses,

geneva@Joshua:20:3 @ That the slayer that killeth [any] person (note:)At unawares and bearing him no grudge.(:note) unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

geneva@Joshua:20:4 @ And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them.

geneva@Joshua:20:5 @ And if the (note:)That is, the nearest kinsman of him that is slain.(:note) avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

geneva@Joshua:20:6 @ And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for (note:)Till his cause was proved.(:note) judgment, [and] until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

geneva@Joshua:20:7 @ Then they appointed Kedesh in Galil in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba, (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah.

geneva@Joshua:20:8 @ And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the (note:)Out of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan.(:note) tribe of Manasseh.

geneva@Joshua:20:9 @ These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the (note:)Before the Judges.(:note) congregation.

geneva@Joshua:21:1 @ Then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

geneva@Joshua:21:2 @ And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded (note:)By Moses, by whose ministry God showed his power.(:note) by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

geneva@Joshua:21:4 @ And the lot came out for the families of the (note:)He means those that were priests: for some were but Levites.(:note) Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, [which were] of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Every tribe gave more or fewer cities according to the size of their inheritance, (Num_35:8). thirteen cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:5 @ And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, tenne cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:6 @ Also the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, & out of the tribe of Asher, and out of ye tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:7 @ The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:8 @ So the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Joshua:21:9 @ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, & out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.

geneva@Joshua:21:10 @ Which the children of (note:)For Aaron came from Kohath, and therefore the priests office remained in that family.(:note) Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

geneva@Joshua:21:12 @ (But the lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his possession)

geneva@Joshua:21:13 @ Thus they gave to the (note:)That is, the priest of the family of the Kohathites, of whom Aaron was chief.(:note) children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:14 @ And Iattir with her suburbes, and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:15 @ And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:16 @ And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.

geneva@Joshua:21:17 @ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her (note:)The suburbs were a thousand cubits from the wall of the cities round about, (Num_35:4).(:note) suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:18 @ Anathoth with her suburbes, and Almon with her suburbes: foure cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:20 @ And the families of the children of Kohath, (note:)That were not priests.(:note) the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

geneva@Joshua:21:21 @ For they gave them (note:)Hebron and Shechem were the two cities of refuge under the Kohathites.(:note) Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:22 @ And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbes: foure cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:23 @ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbes, Gibethon with her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:25 @ And out of the (note:)Who dwelt in Canaan.(:note) half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:27 @ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] (note:)Golan and Kedesh were the cities of refuge under the Gershonites.(:note) Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:28 @ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbes, Dabereh with her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:30 @ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbes, Abdon with her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:31 @ Helkah with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbes: foure cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:32 @ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the citie of refuge for the slaier, Kedesh in Galil with her suburbes, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbes, and Kartan with her suburbes: three cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:34 @ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the (note:)They are here called the rest, because they are last numbered, and Merari was the younger brother, (Gen_46:11).(:note) rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:36 @ And out of the tribe of Reuben, (note:)Bezer and Ramoch were the cities of refuge under the Merarites and beyond Jordan, (Jos_20:8).(:note) Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:37 @ Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes: foure cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:38 @ And out of the tribe of Gad they gaue for a citie of refuge for the slaier, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

geneva@Joshua:21:39 @ Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbes: foure cities in all.

geneva@Joshua:21:41 @ All the cities of the Levites (note:)Thus according to Jacob's prophecy they were scattered throughout the country, which God used so that his people might be instructed in the true religion by them.(:note) within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

geneva@Joshua:21:43 @ So the Lord gaue vnto Israel all ye land, which hee had sworne to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

geneva@Joshua:21:44 @ Also the Lorde gaue them rest rounde about according to all that hee had sworne vnto their fathers: and there stoode not a ma of all their enemies before them: for the Lorde deliuered all their enemies into their hand.

geneva@Joshua:22:1 @ Then (note:)After that the Israelites enjoyed the land of Canaan.(:note) Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

geneva@Joshua:22:2 @ And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD (note:)Which was to go armed before their brethren, (Num_32:29).(:note) commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

geneva@Joshua:22:3 @ You haue not forsaken your brethren this long season vnto this day, but haue diligently kept the commandement of the Lord your God.

geneva@Joshua:22:4 @ And nowe the Lorde hath giuen rest vnto your brethren as he promised them: therefore nowe returne ye and goe to your tentes, to the land of your possession, which Moses the seruant of the Lord hath giuen you beyond Iorden.

geneva@Joshua:22:5 @ But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to (note:)He shows where fulfilling the Law consists.(:note) love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

geneva@Joshua:22:6 @ So Joshua (note:)He commended them to God, and prayed for them.(:note) blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

geneva@Joshua:22:7 @ Nowe vnto one halfe of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had giuen a possession in Bashan: and vnto the other halfe thereof gaue Ioshua among their brethren on this side Iorden Westwarde: therefore when Ioshua sent them away vnto their tents, and blessed them,

geneva@Joshua:22:8 @ And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your (note:)Who remained at home and did not go to the war, (Num_31:27; 1Sa_30:24).(:note) brethren.

geneva@Joshua:22:9 @ So the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel from Shiloh (which is in the land of Canaan) to goe vnto the countrey of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had obteyned, according to ye word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Joshua:22:10 @ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built (note:)That is, beyond Jordan: for sometime the whole country on both sides of Jordan is referred to as Canaan.(:note) there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

geneva@Joshua:22:11 @ When the children of Israel heard say, Beholde, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh haue built an altar in the forefront of the lande of Canaan vpon the borders of Iorden at the passage of the children of Israel:

geneva@Joshua:22:12 @ And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up (note:)Such was their zeal, that they would rather lose their lives, that allow the true religion to be changed or corrupted.(:note) to war against them.

geneva@Joshua:22:13 @ Then the children of Israel sent vnto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to ye halfe tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest,

geneva@Joshua:22:14 @ And with him ten princes, of euery chiefe house a prince, according to all the tribes of Israel: for euery one was chiefe of their fathers housholde among the thousands of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:22:15 @ So they went vnto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh, vnto the land of Gilead, and spake with them, saying,

geneva@Joshua:22:17 @ [Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not (note:)Meaning, God is not fully pacified, in that no punishment can be sufficient for such wickedness and idolatry.(:note) cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

geneva@Joshua:22:18 @ Ye also are turned away this day from the Lord: and seeing ye rebell to day against ye Lord, euen to morowe he will be wroth with all the Congregation of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:22:19 @ Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] (note:)In your judgment.(:note) unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but To use any other service than God has appointed is to rebel against God, (1Sa_15:23). rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

geneva@Joshua:22:20 @ 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 (note:)Signifying, that if many suffered for one man's sin, for the fault of many, all should suffer.(:note) perished not alone in his iniquity.

geneva@Joshua:22:21 @ Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh answered, and saide vnto the heads ouer the thousands of Israel,

geneva@Joshua:22:22 @ The Lorde God of gods, the Lorde God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel himselfe shal know: if by rebellion, or by transgression against ye Lord we haue done it, saue thou vs not this day.

geneva@Joshua:22:24 @ And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?

geneva@Joshua:22:25 @ 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 (note:)Or, to turn back from the true God.(:note) cease from fearing the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:22:27 @ But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:22:28 @ Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our (note:)They signify a wonderful care that they bore toward their posterity, that they might live in the true service of God.(:note) 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 between us and you.

geneva@Joshua:22:29 @ God forbid, that we should rebell against the Lord, and turne this day away from the Lorde to builde an altar for burnt offering, or for meate offering, or for sacrifice, saue the altar of the Lord our God, that is before his Tabernacle.

geneva@Joshua:22:30 @ And when Phinehas the Priest, and the princes of the Congregation and heads ouer the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the wordes, that the children of Reuben, and children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content.

geneva@Joshua:22:31 @ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] (note:)By preserving and governing us.(:note) among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have Whom if ye had offended; he would have punished with you. delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:22:32 @ Then Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest with the princes returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, vnto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them answere.

geneva@Joshua:22:33 @ And the saying pleased the children of Israel: and the children of Israel blessed God, and minded not to goe against them in battell, for to destroy the land, wherein the children of Reuben, and Gad dwelt.

geneva@Joshua:22:34 @ Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witnesse betweene vs, that the Lord is God.

geneva@Joshua:23:1 @ And a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and stricken in age,

geneva@Joshua:23:2 @ Then Ioshua called all Israel, and their Elders, and their heads, and their iudges, and their officers, and said vnto them, I am old, and stricken in age.

geneva@Joshua:23:3 @ And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations (note:)Your eyes bearing witness.(:note) because of you; for the LORD your God [is] he that hath fought for you.

geneva@Joshua:23:5 @ And the LORD your God, he shall expel (note:)Which yet remain and are not overcome, as in (Jos_13:2).(:note) them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

geneva@Joshua:23:6 @ Be ye therefore of a valiant courage, to obserue and doe all that is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, that ye turne not therefrom to the right hand nor to the left,

geneva@Joshua:23:7 @ That ye come not among these nations, these that (note:)And not yet subdued.(:note) remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, Let not the judges admit an oath which any shall swear by their idols. nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

geneva@Joshua:23:9 @ For ye Lorde hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.

geneva@Joshua:23:10 @ One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

geneva@Joshua:23:12 @ Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you,

geneva@Joshua:23:13 @ Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your (note:)Meaning, they will be a continual grief to you, and so the cause of your destruction.(:note) eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

geneva@Joshua:23:14 @ And, behold, this day I [am] (note:)I die according to the course of nature.(:note) going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your Most certainly. hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.

geneva@Joshua:23:15 @ Therefore as all good things are come vpon you, which the Lorde your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring vpon you euery euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you.

geneva@Joshua:23:16 @ When ye have (note:)He shows that no evil can come to man, except he offend God by disobedience.(:note) transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

geneva@Joshua:24:1 @ And Joshua gathered all the (note:)That is, the nine tribes and the half.(:note) tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before Before the ark which was brought to Shechem, when they went to bury Joseph's bones. God.

geneva@Joshua:24:2 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the (note:)Euphrates in Mesopotamia, (Gen_11:26).(:note) flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

geneva@Joshua:24:3 @ And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

geneva@Joshua:24:4 @ And I gaue vnto Izhak, Iaakob and Esau: and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: but Iaakob and his children went downe into Egypt.

geneva@Joshua:24:5 @ I sent Moses also & Aaron, and I plagued Egypt: and when I had so done among them, I brought you out.

geneva@Joshua:24:6 @ So I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came vnto the Sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with charets and horsemen vnto the red sea.

geneva@Joshua:24:7 @ And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a (note:)Even forty years.(:note) long season.

geneva@Joshua:24:8 @ After, I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Iorden, and they fought with you: but I gaue them into your hand, and ye possessed their countrey, and I destroyed them out of your sight.

geneva@Joshua:24:9 @ Also Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent to call Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you,

geneva@Joshua:24:10 @ But I would not heare Balaam: therefore he blessed you, and I deliuered you out of his hand.

geneva@Joshua:24:11 @ And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the (note:)Because it was the chief city, under it he contains all the country: else they of the city fought not.(:note) men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

geneva@Joshua:24:12 @ And I sent hornets before you, which cast them out before you, euen the two kings of the Amorites, and not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

geneva@Joshua:24:13 @ And I haue giuen you a land, wherein ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and yee dwell in them, and eate of the vineyards and oliue trees, which yee planted not.

geneva@Joshua:24:14 @ Now therefore (note:)This is the true use of God's benefits, to learn by it to fear and serve him with an upright conscience.(:note) fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:24:15 @ And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: (note:)This teaches us that if all the world would go from God, yet every one of us particularly is bound to cleave to him.(:note) but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:24:16 @ Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

geneva@Joshua:24:17 @ For the Lorde our God, he brought vs and our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and he did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in all the way that we went, and among all the people through whome we came.

geneva@Joshua:24:18 @ And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; (note:)How much more are we bound to serve God in Christ, by whom we have received the redemption of our souls.(:note) for he [is] our God.

geneva@Joshua:24:19 @ And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lorde: for he is an holie God: he is a ielous God: hee will not pardon your iniquitie nor your sinnes.

geneva@Joshua:24:20 @ If yee forsake the Lorde and serue strange gods, then he will returne and bring euill vpon you, and consume you, after that hee hath done you good.

geneva@Joshua:24:21 @ And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:24:22 @ And Joshua said unto the people, Ye [are] witnesses (note:)If you do the contrary, your own mouths will condemn you.(:note) against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

geneva@Joshua:24:23 @ Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange (note:)Out of your hearts and otherwise.(:note) gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:24:24 @ And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, & his voyce wil we obey.

geneva@Joshua:24:25 @ So Joshua (note:)By joining God and the people together: also he repeated the promises and threatenings out of the Law.(:note) made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

geneva@Joshua:24:26 @ And Ioshua wrote these woordes in the booke of the Lawe of God, and tooke a great stone, and pitched it there vnder an oke that was in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:24:27 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it (note:)So that man's deception should not go unpunished, the dumb creatures will cry for vengeance.(:note) hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

geneva@Joshua:24:29 @ And after these things Ioshua the sonne of Nun, the seruaunt of the Lord died, being an hundreth and ten yeeres olde.

geneva@Joshua:24:30 @ And they buried him in ye border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the Northside of mount Gaash.

geneva@Joshua:24:31 @ And Israel (note:)Such are the people commonly as their rulers are.(:note) served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

geneva@Joshua:24:32 @ And the bones of Ioseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in a parcell of ground which Iaakob bought of the sonnes of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundreth pieces of siluer, and the children of Ioseph had them in their inheritance.

geneva@Judges:1:2 @ And the Lord said, Iudah shall goe vp: behold, I haue giuen the land into his hande.

geneva@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said unto Simeon his (note:)For the tribe of Simeon had their inheritance within the tribe of Judah, (Jos_19:1).(:note) brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

geneva@Judges:1:4 @ Then Iudah went vp, and the Lorde deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

geneva@Judges:1:5 @ And they founde Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and slewe the Canaanites, and the Perizzites.

geneva@Judges:1:6 @ But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and (note:)This was God's just judgment, as the tyrant himself confesses, that as he had done, so did he receive, (Lev_24:19-20).(:note) cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

geneva@Judges:1:7 @ And Adoni-bezek said, Seuentie Kings hauing the thumbes of their hands & of their feete cut off, gathered bread vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath rewarded me. so they brought him to Ierusalem, and there he died.

geneva@Judges:1:8 @ Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the (note:)Which was later built again, and possessed by the Jebusites, (2Sa_5:6).(:note) city on fire.

geneva@Judges:1:9 @ Afterwarde also the children of Iudah went downe to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountaine, and towarde the South, and in the lowe countrey.

geneva@Judges:1:10 @ And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba:) and they slew (note:)These three were giants, and the children of Anak.(:note) Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

geneva@Judges:1:11 @ And from thence hee went to the inhabitantes of Debir, and the name of Debir in olde time was Kiriath-sepher.

geneva@Judges:1:12 @ And Caleb saide, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.

geneva@Judges:1:13 @ And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it, to whome hee gaue Achsah his daughter to wife.

geneva@Judges:1:14 @ And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: (note:)Read (Jos_15:18).(:note) and she lighted from off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

geneva@Judges:1:15 @ And shee answered him, Giue mee a blessing: for thou hast giuen me a South countrey, giue me also springs of water: and Caleb gaue her the springs aboue and the springs beneath.

geneva@Judges:1:16 @ And the children of the (note:)This was one of the names of Moses father in law, read (Num_10:29).(:note) Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

geneva@Judges:1:17 @ But Iudah went with Simeon his brother, and they slewe the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and vtterly destroied it, and called the name of the citie Hormah.

geneva@Judges:1:18 @ Also Judah took (note:)These cities and others were later possessed by the Philistines, (1Sa_6:17).(:note) Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

geneva@Judges:1:19 @ And the Lord was with Iudah, and he possessed the mountaines: for he could not driue out the inhabitantes of the valleis, because they had charrets of yron.

geneva@Judges:1:20 @ And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, as Moses had saide, and hee expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak.

geneva@Judges:1:21 @ And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that (note:)For after the tribe of Judah had burnt it, they built it again.(:note) inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

geneva@Judges:1:22 @ They also that were of the house of Ioseph, went vp to Beth-el, and the Lord was with them,

geneva@Judges:1:23 @ And the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and the name of the citie beforetime was Luz)

geneva@Judges:1:24 @ And the spies sawe a man come out of the citie, and they saide vnto him, Shewe vs, we praie thee, the way into the citie, and we will shewe thee mercie.

geneva@Judges:1:25 @ And when hee had shewed them the waie into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sworde, but they let the man and all his housholde depart.

geneva@Judges:1:26 @ Then the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this daie.

geneva@Judges:1:27 @ Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: (note:)Wherefore God permitted the Canaanites to still dwell in the land, read (Jdg_3:5).(:note) but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

geneva@Judges:1:28 @ Neuerthelesse when Israel was strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly.

geneva@Judges:1:30 @ Neither did (note:)That is, the tribe of Zebulun as is also to be understood of the rest.(:note) Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

geneva@Judges:1:32 @ But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them (note:)But made them pay tribute as the others did.(:note) out.

geneva@Judges:1:33 @ Neither did Naphtali driue out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande: neuerthelesse the inhabitantes of Beth-shemesh, and of Beth-anath became tributaries vnto them.

geneva@Judges:1:34 @ And the Amorites droue the children of Dan into the mountaine: so that they suffered them not to come downe to the valley.

geneva@Judges:1:35 @ But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the (note:)Meaning, when he was stronger than they.(:note) hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

geneva@Judges:1:36 @ And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the (note:)Or Selah, which was a city in Arabia.(:note) rock, and upward.

geneva@Judges:2:1 @ And an (note:)That is, messenger, or prophet, as some think, Phinehas.(:note) angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

geneva@Judges:2:2 @ Ye also shall make no couenant with the inhabitants of this land, but shall breake downe their altars: but ye haue not obeyed my voyce. Why haue ye done this?

geneva@Judges:2:4 @ And when the Angel of the Lorde spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel, the people lift vp their voyce, and wept.

geneva@Judges:2:5 @ Therefore they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifices there vnto the Lord.

geneva@Judges:2:6 @ And when Joshua had (note:)After that he had divided to every man his portion by lot, (Jos_24:28).(:note) let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

geneva@Judges:2:7 @ And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great (note:)Meaning, the wonders and miracles.(:note) works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

geneva@Judges:2:8 @ But Ioshua the sonne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed, when he was an hundreth and ten yeeres olde:

geneva@Judges:2:9 @ And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in (note:)Heres, by turning the letters backward is Sereh, as in (Jos_24:30).(:note) Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

geneva@Judges:2:10 @ And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, & another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.

geneva@Judges:2:11 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served (note:)That is, all manner of idols.(:note) Baalim:

geneva@Judges:2:12 @ And forsooke ye Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, & followed other gods, euen the gods of the people that were round about them, & bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to anger.

geneva@Judges:2:13 @ And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and (note:)These were idols, which had the form of a ewe or sheep among the Sidonians.(:note) Ashtaroth.

geneva@Judges:2:14 @ And the wrath of the Lorde was hote against Israel, & he deliuered them into the hands of spoylers, that spoyled them, and he sold them into the handes of their enemies rounde about them, so that they could no longer stande before their enemies.

geneva@Judges:2:16 @ Notwithstanding, the Lorde raysed vp Iudges, which deliuered them out of the hands of their oppressours.

geneva@Judges:2:17 @ And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the (note:)Meaning, from the true religion.(:note) way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

geneva@Judges:2:18 @ And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings (note:)Seeing their cruelty.(:note) by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

geneva@Judges:2:19 @ Yet when the Iudge was dead, they returned, and did worse then their fathers, in following other gods to serue them and worshippe them: they ceased not from their owne inuentions, nor from their rebellious way.

geneva@Judges:2:20 @ Wherfore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sayd, Because this people hath transgressed my couenant, which I commaded their fathers, & hath not obeyed my voyce,

geneva@Judges:2:22 @ That through them I may (note:)So that both outward enemies and false prophets are but a trial to prove our faith, (Deu_13:3; Jdg_3:1).(:note) prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.

geneva@Judges:2:23 @ So the Lorde left those nations, and droue them not out immediately, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua.

geneva@Judges:3:1 @ Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the (note:)Which were achieved by the hand of God, and not by the power of man.(:note) wars of Canaan;

geneva@Judges:3:2 @ Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew (note:)For they trusted in God and he fought for them.(:note) nothing thereof;

geneva@Judges:3:3 @ Fiue princes of the Philistims, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, & the Hiuites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon vntill one come to Hamath.

geneva@Judges:3:4 @ And these remayned to proue Israel by them, to wit, whether they would obey the commandements of the Lorde, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Judges:3:5 @ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, & the Amorites, and the Perizzites, & the Hiuites, and the Iebusites,

geneva@Judges:3:6 @ And they took (note:)Contrary to God's commandment, (Deu_7:3).(:note) their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

geneva@Judges:3:7 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the (note:)Or Ashteroth, trees or woods erected for idolatry.(:note) groves.

geneva@Judges:3:8 @ Therefore the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against Israel, and he solde them into the hand of Chushan rishathaim King of Aram-naharaim, and the children of Israel serued Chushan rishathaim eyght yeeres.

geneva@Judges:3:9 @ And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lorde, the Lord stirred vp a sauiour to ye children of Israel, & he saued them, euen Othniel the sonne of Kenaz, Calebs yonger brother.

geneva@Judges:3:10 @ And the (note:)He was stirred up by the Spirit of the Lord.(:note) Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

geneva@Judges:3:11 @ And the land had rest (note:)That is, 32 under Joshua and 8 under Othniel.(:note) forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

geneva@Judges:3:12 @ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD (note:)So that the enemies of God's people have no power over them, but by God's appointment.(:note) strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@Judges:3:13 @ And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, & went and smote Israel, and they possessed the citie of palme trees.

geneva@Judges:3:15 @ But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lorde, the Lorde stirred them vp a sauiour, Ehud the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini, a man lame of his right hande: and the children of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon King of Moab.

geneva@Judges:3:16 @ And Ehud made him a dagger with two edges of a cubite length, and he did gird it vnder his rayment vpon his right thigh,

geneva@Judges:3:17 @ And he presented ye gift vnto Eglon King of Moab (and Eglon was a very fat man)

geneva@Judges:3:18 @ And when he had now presented the present, he sent away the people that bare ye present,

geneva@Judges:3:19 @ But he himself turned again from the (note:)Or, as some read from the places of idols.(:note) quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep Till all be departed. silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

geneva@Judges:3:20 @ Then Ehud came vnto him. (and he sate alone in a sommer parler, which he had) and Ehud said, I haue a message vnto thee from God. Then he arose out of his throne,

geneva@Judges:3:21 @ And Ehud put forth his left hand, & tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his bellie,

geneva@Judges:3:22 @ So that the hafte went in after the blade, and the fatte closed about the blade, so that he could not drawe the dagger out of his bellie, but the dirt came out.

geneva@Judges:3:23 @ Then Ehud gate him out into the porch, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.

geneva@Judges:3:24 @ And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.

geneva@Judges:3:25 @ And they taryed till they were ashamed: & seeing he opened not the doores of the parler, they tooke the key, and opened them, & behold, their lord was fallen dead on the earth.

geneva@Judges:3:26 @ So Ehud escaped (while they taried) & was passed the quarris, and escaped vnto Seirah.

geneva@Judges:3:27 @ And when he came home, he blew a trumpet in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel went downe with him from the mountaine, and he went before them.

geneva@Judges:3:28 @ Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.

geneva@Judges:3:29 @ And they slewe of the Moabites the same time about ten thousand men, all fed men, & all were warriours, and there escaped not a man.

geneva@Judges:3:30 @ So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the (note:)Meaning, the Israelites.(:note) land had rest fourscore years.

geneva@Judges:3:31 @ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox (note:)So that it is not the number, nor the means that God regards, when he will get the victory.(:note) goad: and he also delivered Israel.

geneva@Judges:4:1 @ And the children of Israel began againe to do wickedly in the sight of the Lorde when Ehud was dead.

geneva@Judges:4:2 @ And the LORD sold them into the hand of (note:)There was another Jabin, whom Joshua killed and burnt his city Hazor, (Jos_11:13).(:note) Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in That is in a wood, or strong place, Harosheth of the Gentiles.

geneva@Judges:4:3 @ Then the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord: (for he had nine hundreth charets of yron, and twentie yeeres he had vexed the children of Israel very sore)

geneva@Judges:4:4 @ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she (note:)By the spirit of prophesy resolving controversies and declaring the will of God.(:note) judged Israel at that time.

geneva@Judges:4:5 @ And this Deborah dwelt vnder a palme tree, betweene Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgement.

geneva@Judges:4:6 @ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel (note:)And revealed to me by the spirit of prophecy.(:note) commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

geneva@Judges:4:7 @ And I wil drawe vnto thee to the riuer Kishon Sisera, the captaine of Iabins armie with his charets, and his multitude, and wil deliuer him into thine hand.

geneva@Judges:4:8 @ And Barak said unto her, (note:)Fearing his own weakness and his enemies power, he desires the prophetess to go with him to assure him of God's will from time to time.(:note) If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.

geneva@Judges:4:9 @ Then shee answered, I will surely goe with thee, but this iourney that thou takest, shall not be for thine honour: for the Lord shal sell Sisera into the hand of a woman; Deborah arose & went with Barak to Kedesh.

geneva@Judges:4:10 @ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went vp on his feete with ten thousand men, and Deborah went vp with him.

geneva@Judges:4:11 @ Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent (note:)Meaning, that he possessed a great part of that country.(:note) unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

geneva@Judges:4:13 @ And Sisera called for all his charets, euen nine hundreth charets of yron, and all the people that were with him from Harosheth of the Gentiles, vnto the riuer Kishon.

geneva@Judges:4:14 @ And Deborah said unto Barak, (note:)She still encourages him to this enterprise by assuring him of God's favour and aid.(:note) Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

geneva@Judges:4:15 @ And the Lorde destroyed Sisera and all his charets, & al his hoste with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted downe off his charet, and fled away on his feete.

geneva@Judges:4:16 @ But Barak pursued after the charets, and after the hoste vnto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the hoste of Sisera fel vpon the edge of the sworde: there was not a man left.

geneva@Judges:4:17 @ Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of (note:)Whose ancestors were strangers, but worshipped the true God, and therefore were joined with Israel.(:note) Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

geneva@Judges:4:18 @ And Iael went out to meete Sisera, & sayd vnto him, Turne in, my lord, turne in to me: feare not; when he had turned in vnto her into her tent, she couered him with a mantell.

geneva@Judges:4:19 @ And he said vnto her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water to drinke: for I am thirstie; shee opened a bottel of milke, and gaue him drinke, and couered him.

geneva@Judges:4:20 @ Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, (note:)That is, Sisera.(:note) Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

geneva@Judges:4:21 @ Then Jael Heber's wife took a (note:)That is, the pin or stake, by which it was fastened to the ground.(:note) nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

geneva@Judges:4:22 @ And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay (note:)So he saw that a woman had the honour, as Deborah prophesied.(:note) dead, and the nail [was] in his temples.

geneva@Judges:4:24 @ And the hande of the children of Israel prospered, and preuailed against Iabin the King of Canaan, vntill they had destroyed Iabin King of Canaan.

geneva@Judges:5:1 @ Then sang Deborah, and Barak the sonne of Abinoam the same day, saying,

geneva@Judges:5:2 @ Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the (note:)That is, the two tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali.(:note) people willingly offered themselves.

geneva@Judges:5:4 @ Lorde, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou departedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heauens rained, the cloudes also dropped water.

geneva@Judges:5:6 @ In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were (note:)For fear of the enemies.(:note) unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

geneva@Judges:5:7 @ [The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a (note:)Miraculously stirred up by God to pity them and deliver them.(:note) mother in Israel.

geneva@Judges:5:8 @ They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a (note:)They had no heart to resist their enemies.(:note) shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

geneva@Judges:5:9 @ Mine heart is set on the gouernours of Israel, and on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.

geneva@Judges:5:10 @ Speak, ye that ride on (note:)You governors.(:note) white asses, ye that sit Or by Middin, as in danger of your enemies. in judgment, and walk by the way.

geneva@Judges:5:12 @ Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead (note:)That is, they who kept your people in captivity.(:note) thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

geneva@Judges:5:14 @ Out of Ephraim (note:)Joshua first fought against Amalek, and Saul destroyed him.(:note) [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

geneva@Judges:5:15 @ And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even (note:)Even the whole tribe.(:note) Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great They marvelled that they did not cross the Jordan to help them. thoughts of heart.

geneva@Judges:5:18 @ But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali haue ieopard their liues vnto the death in the hie places of the field.

geneva@Judges:5:19 @ The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of (note:)They won nothing, but lost all.(:note) money.

geneva@Judges:5:25 @ He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth (note:)Some read churned milk in a great cup.(:note) butter in a lordly dish.

geneva@Judges:5:26 @ She put her hand to the naile, & her right hand to the workemans hammer: with the hammer smote she Sisera: she smote off his head, after she had wounded, and pearsed his temples.

geneva@Judges:5:27 @ He bowed him downe at her feete, he fell downe, and lay still: at her feete hee bowed him downe, and fell: and when he had sunke downe, he lay there dead.

geneva@Judges:5:28 @ The mother of Sisera looked out at a windowe, and cryed thorowe the lattesse, Why is his charet so long a comming? why tary the wheeles of his charets?

geneva@Judges:5:31 @ So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the (note:)Shall grow daily more and more in God's favour.(:note) sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

geneva@Judges:6:1 @ Afterwarde the children of Israel committed wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde, and the Lorde gaue them into the handes of Midian seuen yeres.

geneva@Judges:6:2 @ And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: (note:)For fear of the Midianites, they fled into the dens of the mountains.(:note) [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

geneva@Judges:6:3 @ When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, & they of the East, and came vpon them,

geneva@Judges:6:4 @ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto (note:)Even almost the whole country.(:note) Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

geneva@Judges:6:5 @ For they went vp, and their cattel, & came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they & their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

geneva@Judges:6:6 @ And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the (note:)This is the purpose of God's punishments, to call his to repentance, that they may seek help from him.(:note) children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

geneva@Judges:6:7 @ And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,

geneva@Judges:6:8 @ The Lord sent vnto the children of Israel a Prophet, who sayd vuto them, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I haue brought you vp from Egypt, and haue brought you out of the house of bondage,

geneva@Judges:6:9 @ And I haue deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and haue cast them out before you, and giuen you their land.

geneva@Judges:6:10 @ And I sayde vnto you, I am the Lord your God: feare not the gods of the Amorites in whose lande you dwell: but ye haue not obeyed my voyce.

geneva@Judges:6:11 @ And the Angell of the Lord came, and sate vnder the oke which was in Ophrah, that perteined vnto Ioash the father of the Ezrites, and his sonne Gideon threshed wheate by the winepresse, to hide it from the Midianites.

geneva@Judges:6:12 @ Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.

geneva@Judges:6:13 @ And Gideon said unto him, (note:)This came not from distrust, but from weakness of faith, which is in the most perfect: for no man in this life can have a perfect faith: yet the children of God have a true faith, by which they are justified.(:note) Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

geneva@Judges:6:14 @ And the (note:)That is, Christ appearing in visible form.(:note) LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy Which I have given to you. might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

geneva@Judges:6:15 @ And he answered him, Ah my Lord, whereby shal I saue Israel? beholde, my father is poore in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house.

geneva@Judges:6:16 @ Then the Lord sayd vnto him, I wil therefore be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.

geneva@Judges:6:17 @ And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me (note:)So that we see how the flesh is the enemy of God's calling, which cannot be persuaded without signs.(:note) a sign that thou talkest with me.

geneva@Judges:6:18 @ Depart not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, and bring mine offring, and lay it before thee; he sayde, I will tary vntill thou come againe.

geneva@Judges:6:19 @ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an (note:)Of Ephah, read (Exo_16:36).(:note) ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it].

geneva@Judges:6:20 @ And the Angell of God saide vnto him, Take the flesh and the vnleauened bread, and lay them vpon this stone, and powre out the broth: and he did so.

geneva@Judges:6:21 @ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire (note:)By the power of God only, as in the sacrifice of Elijah, (1Ki_18:38).(:note) out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

geneva@Judges:6:22 @ And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon then sayde, Alas, my Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angell of the Lord face to face, I shall die.

geneva@Judges:6:23 @ And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee: feare not, thou shalt not die.

geneva@Judges:6:24 @ Then Gideon made an altar there vnto the Lord, and called it, Iehouah shalom: vnto this day it is in Ophrah, of the father of the Ezrites.

geneva@Judges:6:25 @ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock (note:)That is, as the Chaldea text writes, fed seven years.(:note) of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:

geneva@Judges:6:26 @ And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the (note:)Which grew about Baal's altar.(:note) grove which thou shalt cut down.

geneva@Judges:6:27 @ Then Gideon tooke tenne men of his seruants, and did as ye Lord bade him: but because he feared to doe it by day for his fathers housholde, and the men of the citie, he did it by night.

geneva@Judges:6:28 @ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the (note:)Meaning, the fat bull, which was kept to be offered to Baal.(:note) second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.

geneva@Judges:6:29 @ Therefore they saide one to another, Who hath done this thing? and when they inquired & asked, they saide, Gideon the sonne of Ioash hath done this thing.

geneva@Judges:6:30 @ Then the men of the citie said vnto Ioash, Bring out thy sonne, that hee may dye: for he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath also cut downe the groue that was by it.

geneva@Judges:6:31 @ And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? (note:)Thus we ought to justify those who are zealous of God's cause, though all the multitude are against us.(:note) he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] a god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar.

geneva@Judges:6:32 @ And in that day was Gideon called Ierubbaal, that is, Let Baal pleade for himselfe because he hath broken downe his altar.

geneva@Judges:6:33 @ Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and they of ye East, were gathered together, aud went and pitched in the valley of Izreel.

geneva@Judges:6:34 @ But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and (note:)The family of Abiezer, of which he was.(:note) Abiezer was gathered after him.

geneva@Judges:6:35 @ And he sent messengers thorowout al Manasseh, which also was ioyned with him, and he sent messengers vnto Asher, and to Zebulun and to Naphtali, and they came vp to meete them.

geneva@Judges:6:36 @ And Gideon said unto God, (note:)This request proceeds not from infidelity, but that he might be confirmed in his calling.(:note) If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

geneva@Judges:6:37 @ Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wooll in the threshing place: if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drie vpon all the earth, then shall I be sure, that thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

geneva@Judges:6:38 @ And so it was: for he rose vp earely on the morow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, and filled a bowle of water.

geneva@Judges:6:39 @ Againe, Gideon sayde vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more: let me prooue once againe, I pray thee, with the fleece: let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the ground.

geneva@Judges:6:40 @ And God did so that night: for it was (note:)By which he was assured that it was a miracle of God.(:note) dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

geneva@Judges:7:1 @ Then Ierubbaal (who is Gideon) rose vp early, and all the people that were with him, and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the hoste of the Midianites was on the Northside of them in the valley by the hill of Moreh.

geneva@Judges:7:2 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel (note:)God will not that any creature deprive him of his glory.(:note) vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

geneva@Judges:7:3 @ Now therefore proclaime in the audience of the people, and say, Who so is timerous or fearefull, let him returne, and depart earely from mount Gilead; there returned of the people which were at mount Gilead, two and twentie thousand: so ten thousand remayned.

geneva@Judges:7:4 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will (note:)I will give you a proof to know those who will go with you.(:note) try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

geneva@Judges:7:5 @ So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; (note:)Let them depart as unfit for this enterprise.(:note) likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

geneva@Judges:7:6 @ And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpo their knees to drinke water.

geneva@Judges:7:7 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] (note:)That is, the 31,000 and 700. See (Jdg_7:3,6).(:note) people go every man unto his place.

geneva@Judges:7:8 @ So the people tooke vitailes with them, & their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel, euery man vnto his tent, and reteined the three hundreth men: and the hoste of Midian was beneath him in a valley.

geneva@Judges:7:9 @ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, (note:)Thus the Lord by various means strengthens him, that he faint not in so great an enterprise.(:note) get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

geneva@Judges:7:10 @ But if thou feare to go downe, then go thou, and Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste,

geneva@Judges:7:11 @ And thou shalt hearken what they say, and so shal thine handes be strong to go downe vnto the hoste. Then went he downe and Phurah his seruant vnto the outside of the souldiers that were in the hoste.

geneva@Judges:7:12 @ And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.

geneva@Judges:7:13 @ And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a (note:)Some read, a trembling noise of barley bread: meaning, that one of no reputation would make their great army tremble.(:note) cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

geneva@Judges:7:14 @ And his fellow answered, and sayde, This is nothing els saue the sworde of Gideon the sonne of Ioash a man of Israel: for into his hande hath God deliuered Midian and all the hoste.

geneva@Judges:7:15 @ And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he (note:)Or, gave God thanks, as it is in the Chaldea text.(:note) worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

geneva@Judges:7:16 @ And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps (note:)These weak means God used to signify that the whole victory came from him.(:note) within the pitchers.

geneva@Judges:7:17 @ And he sayd vnto them, Looke on me, and do likewise, when I come to the side of the hoste: euen as I do, so do you.

geneva@Judges:7:18 @ When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, (note:)That is, the victory shall be the Lord's and Gideon's his servant.(:note) [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.

geneva@Judges:7:19 @ So Gideon and the hundreth men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the hoste, in the beginning of the middle watche, and they raised vp the watchmen, and they blew with their trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their handes.

geneva@Judges:7:20 @ And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The (note:)Shall destroy the enemies.(:note) sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

geneva@Judges:7:21 @ And they stoode, euery man in his place round about the hoste: and all the hoste ranne, and cryed, and fled.

geneva@Judges:7:22 @ And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his (note:)The Lord caused the Midianites to kill one another.(:note) fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

geneva@Judges:7:23 @ Then the men of Israel being gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, pursued after the Midianites.

geneva@Judges:7:24 @ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the (note:)Meaning, the passages or the fords so they could not escape.(:note) waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

geneva@Judges:7:25 @ And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at (note:)These places got their names from the acts that were done there.(:note) the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

geneva@Judges:8:1 @ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, (note:)They began to object, because he had the glory of the victory.(:note) Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

geneva@Judges:8:2 @ And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of (note:)Who have slain two princes, Oreb and Zeeb.(:note) you? [Is] not the This last act of the whole tribe is more famous, than the whole enterprise of one man of one family. gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

geneva@Judges:8:3 @ God hath deliuered into your handes the princes of Midian, Oreb & Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? & when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.

geneva@Judges:8:4 @ And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.

geneva@Judges:8:5 @ And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, (note:)Or, some small portion.(:note) loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

geneva@Judges:8:6 @ And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the (note:)Because you have overcome a handful, do you think to have overcome the whole?(:note) hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

geneva@Judges:8:7 @ Gideon then sayde, Therefore when the Lorde hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will teare your flesh with thornes of the wildernes and with breers.

geneva@Judges:8:8 @ And he went vp thence to Penuel, and spake vnto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, as the men of Succoth answered.

geneva@Judges:8:9 @ And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again (note:)Having gotten the victory.(:note) in peace, I will break down this tower.

geneva@Judges:8:10 @ Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] (note:)A city east of Jordan.(:note) in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

geneva@Judges:8:11 @ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in (note:)He went by the wilderness where the Arabians dwelt in tents.(:note) tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

geneva@Judges:8:12 @ And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, hee followed after them, and tooke the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the hoste.

geneva@Judges:8:13 @ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle (note:)Some read, the sun being yet high.(:note) before the sun [was up],

geneva@Judges:8:14 @ And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, euen seuentie and seuen men.

geneva@Judges:8:15 @ And he came vnto the men of Succoth, & sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah & Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?

geneva@Judges:8:16 @ Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes & breers, & did teare the men of Succoth with them.

geneva@Judges:8:17 @ Also he brake downe the towre of Penuel, and slew the men of the citie.

geneva@Judges:8:18 @ Then saide he vnto Zebah & Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: euery one was like the children of a King.

geneva@Judges:8:19 @ And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the (note:)We all came from the same womb: therefore I will be revenged.(:note) sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

geneva@Judges:8:21 @ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for (note:)Meaning, that they would be freed from their pain at once, or else have a valiant man put them to death.(:note) as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels' necks.

geneva@Judges:8:22 @ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy (note:)That is, thy posterity.(:note) son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

geneva@Judges:8:23 @ And Gideon sayde vnto them, I will not reigne ouer you, neither shal my childe reigne ouer you, but the Lord shal reigne ouer you.

geneva@Judges:8:24 @ And Gideon said unto them, (note:)His intent was to show himself thankful for this victory by restoring religion, which because it was not according to God's command, turned to their destruction.(:note) I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)

geneva@Judges:8:25 @ And they answered, Wee will giue them; they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray.

geneva@Judges:8:26 @ And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.

geneva@Judges:8:27 @ And Gideon made an (note:)That is, such things as pertained to the use of the tabernacle. See ephod, (Exo_28:4, Exo_28:6; Jdg_17:5; 1Sa_2:18; 2Sa_6:14).(:note) ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

geneva@Judges:8:28 @ Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.

geneva@Judges:8:29 @ Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house.

geneva@Judges:8:30 @ And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.

geneva@Judges:8:31 @ And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:8:32 @ And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in (note:)A city belonging to the family of the Ezrites.(:note) Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

geneva@Judges:8:33 @ And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made (note:)That is, Baal, to whom they had bound themselves by covenant.(:note) Baalberith their god.

geneva@Judges:8:34 @ And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God, which had deliuered the out of the hands of all their enemies on euery side.

geneva@Judges:8:35 @ Neither (note:)They were unmindful of God and unkind to him, by whom they had received so great a benefit.(:note) shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely], Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

geneva@Judges:9:1 @ And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his (note:)To practice with his kinsfolk for attaining the kingdom.(:note) mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

geneva@Judges:9:2 @ Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your (note:)Of your kindred by my mother's side.(:note) bone and your flesh.

geneva@Judges:9:3 @ Then his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Shechem, all these wordes: and their hearts were moued to followe Abimelech: for sayd they, He is our brother.

geneva@Judges:9:4 @ And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vayne and light fellowes which followed him.

geneva@Judges:9:5 @ And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and (note:)Thus tyrants to establish their usurped power, spare not the innocent blood, (2Ki_10:7; 2Ch_21:4).(:note) slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

geneva@Judges:9:6 @ And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of (note:)Which was as the town house, or common hall, which he calls the tower of Shechem in (Jdg_9:49).(:note) Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.

geneva@Judges:9:7 @ And when they told it to Iotham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Gerizim, & lift vp his voyce, and cryed, & sayd vnto them, Hearken vnto mee, you men of Shechem, that God may hearken vnto you.

geneva@Judges:9:10 @ Then the trees sayde to the fig tree, Come thou, and be King ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:11 @ But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruite, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

geneva@Judges:9:12 @ Then sayd the trees vnto the Vine, Come thou, and be king ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:13 @ But the Vine sayde vnto them, Should I leaue my wine, whereby I cheare God and man, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

geneva@Judges:9:14 @ Then said all the trees vnto the bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:15 @ And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let (note:)Abimelech will destroy the nobles of Shechem.(:note) fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

geneva@Judges:9:16 @ Now therefore, if ye doe truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech King, and if ye haue delt well with Ierubbaal and with his house, and haue done vnto him according to the deseruing of his handes,

geneva@Judges:9:17 @ (For my father fought for you, and aduentured his life, and deliuered you out of the handes of Midian.

geneva@Judges:9:18 @ And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slayne his children, about seuentie persons vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruant, King ouer the men of Shechem, because hee is your brother)

geneva@Judges:9:19 @ If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, [then] (note:)That he is your king, and you his subjects.(:note) rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

geneva@Judges:9:20 @ But if not, let a fire come out from Abimelech, and consume the men of Shechem and the house of Millo: also let a fire come foorth from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and consume Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:21 @ And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother.

geneva@Judges:9:23 @ Then God (note:)Because the people consented with the king in shedding innocent blood, therefore God destroys both one and the other.(:note) sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

geneva@Judges:9:24 @ That the crueltie toward the seuentie sonnes of Ierubbaal and their blood might come & be laide vpon Abimelech their brother, which had slayne them, and vpon the men of Shechem, which had ayded him to kill his brethren.

geneva@Judges:9:25 @ So the men of Shechem set men in wayte for him in the toppes of the mountaines: who robbed all that passed that way by them: and it was tolde Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:26 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed came with his brethren, and they went to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

geneva@Judges:9:27 @ And they (note:)Before they were afraid of Abimelech's power, and did not dare go out of the city.(:note) went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:28 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed sayde, Who is Abimelech? and who is Shechem, that wee should serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierubbaal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue rather the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serue him?

geneva@Judges:9:29 @ And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to (note:)Braggingly, as though he had been present, or to his captain Zebul.(:note) Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

geneva@Judges:9:30 @ And when Zebul the ruler of the citie heard the wordes of Gaal the sonne of Ebed, his wrath was kindled.

geneva@Judges:9:31 @ Therefore he sent messengers vnto Abimelech priuily, saying, Beholde, Gaal the sonne of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem, and beholde, they fortifie the citie against thee.

geneva@Judges:9:32 @ Now therefore arise by night, thou & the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

geneva@Judges:9:33 @ And rise early in the morning as soone as the sunne is vp, and assault the citie: and when he and the people that is with him, shall come out against thee, doe to him what thou canst.

geneva@Judges:9:34 @ So Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him by night: and they lay in wayte against Shechem in foure bandes.

geneva@Judges:9:35 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed went out & stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and the folke that were with him, from lying in waite.

geneva@Judges:9:36 @ And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the (note:)You are afraid of a shadow.(:note) shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.

geneva@Judges:9:37 @ And Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come folke downe by the middle of the land, and another bande commeth by the way of the plaine of Meonenim.

geneva@Judges:9:38 @ Then sayd Zebul vnto him, Where is now thy mouth, that said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Go out now, I pray thee, and fight with them.

geneva@Judges:9:39 @ And Gaal (note:)As their captain.(:note) went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:40 @ But Abimelech pursued him, and he fledde before him, and many were ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto the entring of the gate.

geneva@Judges:9:41 @ And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: & Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren that they should not dwell in Shechem.

geneva@Judges:9:42 @ And on the morowe, the people went out into the fielde: which was tolde Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:43 @ And he took the (note:)Which were in his company.(:note) 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 smote them.

geneva@Judges:9:44 @ And Abimelech, and the bandes that were with him, russhed forwarde, and stoode in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other bandes ran vpon all the people that were in the fielde and slewe them.

geneva@Judges:9:45 @ 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 (note:)That it should be unfruitful and never serve to any use.(:note) salt.

geneva@Judges:9:46 @ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god (note:)That is, of Baniberith, as (Jdg_8:33).(:note) Berith.

geneva@Judges:9:47 @ And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.

geneva@Judges:9:48 @ And Abimelech gate him vp to mounte Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him: and Abimelech tooke axes with him, and cut downe boughes of trees, and tooke them, and bare them on his shoulder, and sayde vnto the folke that were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make haste, and doe like me.

geneva@Judges:9:49 @ 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 (note:)Meaning, that all were destroyed as well as those in the tower.(:note) died also, about a thousand men and women.

geneva@Judges:9:50 @ Then went Abimelech to Tebez, and besieged Tebez, and tooke it.

geneva@Judges:9:51 @ But there was a strong towre within the citie, and thither fledde all the men and women, and all the chiefe of the citie, and shut it to them, and went vp to the toppe of the towre.

geneva@Judges:9:52 @ And Abimelech came vnto the towre and fought against it, and went hard vnto the doore of the towre to set it on fire.

geneva@Judges:9:53 @ But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.

geneva@Judges:9:54 @ 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 (note:)Thus God by such miserable death takes vengeance on tyrants even in this life.(:note) thrust him through, and he died.

geneva@Judges:9:55 @ And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his owne place.

geneva@Judges:9:57 @ And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the (note:)For making a tyrant their king.(:note) curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

geneva@Judges:10:2 @ And he iudged Israel three and twentie yeere and dyed, and was buried in Shamir.

geneva@Judges:10:3 @ And after him arose Iair a Gileadite, and iudged Israel two and twenty yeere.

geneva@Judges:10:4 @ And he had thirty sons that (note:)Signifying, they were men of authority.(:note) rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:10:5 @ And Iair dyed, and was buried in Kamon.

geneva@Judges:10:6 @ And the children of Israel wrought wickednesse againe in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistims, and forsooke the Lord and serued not him.

geneva@Judges:10:7 @ Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he solde them into the hands of the Philistims, and into the handes of the children of Ammon:

geneva@Judges:10:8 @ And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, (note:)As the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.(:note) all the children of Israel that [were] on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in Gilead.

geneva@Judges:10:9 @ Moreouer, the children of Ammon went ouer Iorden to fight against Iudah, and against Beniamin, and against the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was sore tormented.

geneva@Judges:10:10 @ And the children of Israel (note:)They prayed to the Lord, and confessed their sins.(:note) cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

geneva@Judges:10:11 @ And the LORD (note:)By stirring them up some prophets, as in (Jdg_6:8).(:note) said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

geneva@Judges:10:12 @ The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites did oppresse you, and ye cryed to me and I saued you out of their hands.

geneva@Judges:10:13 @ Yet ye haue forsaken me, and serued other gods: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.

geneva@Judges:10:14 @ Goe, and cry vnto the gods which ye haue chosen: let them saue you in the time of your tribulation.

geneva@Judges:10:15 @ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, (note:)That is, from this present danger.(:note) this day.

geneva@Judges:10:16 @ And they put away the strange gods from among them, and (note:)This is true repentance, to put away evil, and serve God aright.(:note) served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

geneva@Judges:10:17 @ Then the children of Ammon gathered themselues together, and pitched in Gilead: and the children of Israel assembled themselues, and pitched in Mizpeh.

geneva@Judges:10:18 @ And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, Whosoeuer will beginne the battell against the children of Ammon, the same shal be head ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:11:1 @ Then Gilead begate Iphtah, and Iphtah the Gileadite was a valiant man, but the sonne of an harlot.

geneva@Judges:11:2 @ And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of a (note:)That is, of a harlot as in (Jdg_11:1).(:note) strange woman.

geneva@Judges:11:3 @ Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of (note:)Where the governor of the country was called Tob.(:note) Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and Joined with him, as some think, against his brethren. went out with him.

geneva@Judges:11:4 @ And in processe of time the children of Ammon made warre with Israel.

geneva@Judges:11:5 @ And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the (note:)Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.(:note) elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

geneva@Judges:11:6 @ And they said unto Jephthah, (note:)Men are often forced to ask for help from them, whom before they refused.(:note) Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:7 @ And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and (note:)Often those things which men reject, God chooses to do great enterprises by.(:note) expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

geneva@Judges:11:8 @ Then the Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iphtah, Therefore we turne againe to thee now, that thou mayest goe with vs, and fight against the children of Ammon, and bee our head ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:11:9 @ And Iphtah said vnto the Elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home againe to fight against the children of Ammon, if the Lord giue them before me, shall I be your head?

geneva@Judges:11:10 @ And the Elders of Gilead saide to Iphtah, The Lorde be witnesse betweene vs, if we doe not according to thy wordes.

geneva@Judges:11:11 @ Then Iphtah went with the Elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captaine ouer them: and Iphtah rehearsed all his wordes before the Lorde in Mizpeh.

geneva@Judges:11:12 @ Then Iphtah sent messengers vnto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to doe with me, that thou art come against me, to fight in my lande?

geneva@Judges:11:13 @ And the King of the children of Ammon answered vnto the messengers of Iphtah, Because Israel tooke my lande, when they came vp from Egypt, fro Arnon vnto Iabbok, & vnto Iorden: now therefore restore those lands quietly.

geneva@Judges:11:15 @ And said vnto him, Thus saith Iphtah, Israel tooke not the lande of Moab, nor the lande of the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:16 @ But when Israel came vp from Egypt, and walked through the wildernesse vnto the redde Sea, then they came to Kadesh.

geneva@Judges:11:17 @ And Israel sent messengers vnto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, goe thorowe thy lande: but the King of Edom woulde not consent: and also they sent vnto the King of Moab, but he would not: therefore Israel abode in Kadesh.

geneva@Judges:11:18 @ Then they went through the wildernesse, and compassed the lande of Edom, and the lande of Moab, and came by the Eastside of the lande of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, and came not within the coast of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

geneva@Judges:11:19 @ Also Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, the King of Heshbon, and Israel said vnto him, Let vs passe, we pray thee, by thy lande vnto our place.

geneva@Judges:11:20 @ But Sihon (note:)He trusted them not to go through his country.(:note) trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

geneva@Judges:11:21 @ And the Lorde God of Israel gaue Sihon and all his folke into the handes of Israel, & they smote them: so Israel possessed all the lande of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that countrey:

geneva@Judges:11:22 @ And they possessed all the coast of the Amorites, from Arnon vnto Iabbok, and from the wildernesse euen vnto Iorden.

geneva@Judges:11:23 @ Nowe therefore the Lorde God of Israel hath cast out the Amorites before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possesse it?

geneva@Judges:11:24 @ Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the (note:)For we should believe and obey God more than you your idols.(:note) LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

geneva@Judges:11:25 @ And art thou nowe farre better then Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab? did he not striue with Israel and fight against them,

geneva@Judges:11:26 @ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover (note:)Meaning their towns.(:note) [them] within that time?

geneva@Judges:11:27 @ Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge (note:)To punish the offender.(:note) be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:29 @ Then the (note:)That is, the spirit of strength and zeal.(:note) Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:30 @ And Jephthah (note:)As the apostle commends Jephthah for his worthy enterprise in delivering the people, (Heb_11:32) so by his rash vow and wicked performance of the same, his victory was defaced: and here we see that the sins of the godly do not utterly extinguish their faith.(:note) vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

geneva@Judges:11:31 @ Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of mine house to meete me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the Lordes, and I will offer it for a burnt offering.

geneva@Judges:11:32 @ And so Iphtah went vnto the children of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord deliuered them into his handes.

geneva@Judges:11:33 @ And he smote them from Aroer euen till thou come to Minnith, twentie cities, and so foorth to Abel of the vineyardes, with an exceeding great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were humbled before the children of Israel.

geneva@Judges:11:34 @ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with (note:)According to the manner after the victory.(:note) timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

geneva@Judges:11:35 @ And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he (note:)Being overcome with blind zeal, and not considering whether the vow was lawful or not.(:note) rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

geneva@Judges:11:36 @ And she said vnto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde, doe with me as thou hast promised, seeing that the Lorde hath auenged thee of thine enemies the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:37 @ And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and (note:)For it was counted as a shame in Israel, to die without children, and therefore they rejoiced to be married.(:note) bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

geneva@Judges:11:38 @ And he sayde, Goe: and he sent her away two moneths: so she went with her companions, and lamented her virginitie vpon the moutaines.

geneva@Judges:11:39 @ And after the ende of two moneths, she turned againe vnto her father, who did with her according to his vowe which he had vowed, and she had knowen no man; it was a custome in Israel:

geneva@Judges:12:1 @ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went (note:)After they had passed Jordan.(:note) northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call Thus ambition envies God's work in others as they did against Gideon, (Jdg_8:1). us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

geneva@Judges:12:2 @ And Iphtah said vnto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon, and when I called you, ye deliuered me not out of their handes.

geneva@Judges:12:3 @ And when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, (note:)That is, I ventured my life, and when man's help failed, I put my trust only in God.(:note) I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

geneva@Judges:12:4 @ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim (note:)You ran from us, and chose Gilead, and now in respect to us you are nothing.(:note) among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.

geneva@Judges:12:5 @ Also the Gileadites tooke the passages of Iorden before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, saide, Let me passe, then the men of Gilead said vnto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,

geneva@Judges:12:6 @ Then said they unto him, Say now (note:)Which signifies the fall of waters, or an ear of corn.(:note) Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

geneva@Judges:12:7 @ And Iphtah iudged Israel sixe yeere: then dyed Iphtah the Gileadite, and was buryed in one of the cities of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:12:8 @ And after him (note:)Some think that this was Boaz the husband of Ruth.(:note) Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

geneva@Judges:12:9 @ Who had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, which he sent out, & tooke in thirtie daughters from abroade for his sonnes; he iudged Israel seuen yeere.

geneva@Judges:12:10 @ Then Ibzan died, and was buryed at Bethlehem.

geneva@Judges:12:11 @ And after him iudged Israel Elon, a Zebulonite, and he iudged Israel tenne yeere.

geneva@Judges:12:12 @ Then Elon the Zebulonite dyed, and was buryed in Aijalon in the countrey of Zebulun.

geneva@Judges:12:13 @ And after him Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite iudged Israel.

geneva@Judges:12:14 @ And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres.

geneva@Judges:12:15 @ Then dyed Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite, & was buryed in Pirathon, in ye lande of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites.

geneva@Judges:13:1 @ Bvt the children of Israel continued to commit wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde, and the Lorde deliuerd them into the handes of the Philistims fourtie yeere.

geneva@Judges:13:2 @ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] (note:)Signifying that their deliverance came only from God, and not by man's power.(:note) barren, and bare not.

geneva@Judges:13:3 @ And the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto the woman, and said vnto her, Beholde nowe, thou art baren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne.

geneva@Judges:13:4 @ And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.

geneva@Judges:13:5 @ For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a (note:)Meaning he should be separate from the world, and dedicated to God.(:note) Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@Judges:13:6 @ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very (note:)If flesh is not able to endure the sight of an angel, how much less the presence of God?(:note) terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:

geneva@Judges:13:7 @ But he saide vnto me, Beholde, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and nowe thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: for the childe shalbe a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

geneva@Judges:13:8 @ Then Manoah (note:)He shows himself ready to obey God's will, and therefore desires to know more.(:note) intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

geneva@Judges:13:9 @ And God heard the voyce of Manoah, and the Angel of God came againe vnto the wife, as she sate in the fielde, but Manoah her husbande was not with her.

geneva@Judges:13:10 @ And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the (note:)It seems that the angel appeared to her twice in one day.(:note) [other] day.

geneva@Judges:13:11 @ And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the (note:)He calls him man, because he so seemed, but he was Christ the eternal word, which at his appointed time became man.(:note) man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].

geneva@Judges:13:12 @ Then Manoah sayde, Nowe let thy saying come to passe: but howe shall we order the childe and doe vnto him?

geneva@Judges:13:13 @ And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto Manoah, The woman must beware of all that I said vnto her.

geneva@Judges:13:14 @ She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any (note:)Anything forbidden by the Law.(:note) unclean [thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.

geneva@Judges:13:16 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the (note:)Showing that he did not seek his own honour but God's, whose messenger he was.(:note) LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.

geneva@Judges:13:18 @ And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?

geneva@Judges:13:19 @ So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did (note:)God sent fire from heaven to consume their sacrifice, to consume their faith in his promise.(:note) wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

geneva@Judges:13:20 @ For when the flame came vp toward heauen from the altar, the Angel of the Lorde ascended vp in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife behelde it, and fell on their faces vnto the grounde.

geneva@Judges:13:21 @ (So the Angel of the Lorde did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wife.) Then Manoah knewe that it was an Angel of the Lord.

geneva@Judges:13:22 @ And Manoah said vnto his wife, We shal surely dye, because we haue seene God.

geneva@Judges:13:23 @ But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a (note:)These graces that we have received from God, and his accepting of our obedience, are sure tokens of his love for us, so that nothing can hurt us.(:note) burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these.

geneva@Judges:13:24 @ And the wife bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: and the childe grewe, and the Lorde blessed him.

geneva@Judges:13:25 @ And the Spirite of the Lorde beganne to strengthen him in the host of Dan, betweene Zorah, and Eshtaol.

geneva@Judges:14:1 @ Nowe Samson went downe to Timnath, and saw a woma in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims,

geneva@Judges:14:2 @ And he came vp and told his father and his mother and saide, I haue seene a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims: now therfore giue me her to wife.

geneva@Judges:14:3 @ Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] (note:)Though his parents justly reprove him, yet it appears that this was the secret work of the Lord, (Jdg_14:4).(:note) never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

geneva@Judges:14:4 @ But his father and his mother knew not that it [was] of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the (note:)To fight against them for the deliverance of Israel.(:note) Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

geneva@Judges:14:5 @ Then went Samson and his father and his mother downe to Timnath, and came to ye vineyardes at Timnath: and beholde, a young Lyon roared vpon him.

geneva@Judges:14:6 @ And the Spirit of the LORD (note:)By which he had strength and boldness.(:note) 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 his mother what he had done.

geneva@Judges:14:7 @ And he went down, & talked with the woman which was beautifull in the eyes of Samson.

geneva@Judges:14:8 @ And within a fewe dayes, when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to see the karkeis of the Lion: and behold, there was a swarme of bees, and hony in the body of the Lyon.

geneva@Judges:14:9 @ And he tooke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and to his mother, and gaue vnto them, and they did eate: but hee told not them, that he had taken the hony out of the body of the lyon.

geneva@Judges:14:10 @ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a (note:)Meaning when he was married.(:note) feast; for so used the young men to do.

geneva@Judges:14:11 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)That is, her parents or friends.(:note) they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

geneva@Judges:14:12 @ 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 I will give you thirty sheets and thirty (note:)To wear at feasts, or solemn days.(:note) change of garments:

geneva@Judges:14:13 @ But if you cannot declare it mee, then shall yee giue mee thirty sheetes and thirtie change of garments; they answered him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may heare it.

geneva@Judges:14:14 @ And he sayd vnto them, Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetenesse: and they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.

geneva@Judges:14:15 @ And it came to pass (note:)Or as the seventh day drew near, for it was the fourth day.(:note) on 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 take that we have? [is it] not [so]?

geneva@Judges:14:16 @ 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 (note:)To those who are of my nation.(:note) 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] thee?

geneva@Judges:14:17 @ And she wept before him the (note:)Or, to the seventh day beginning at the fourth.(:note) seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

geneva@Judges:14:18 @ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, (note:)If you had not used the help of my wife.(:note) If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

geneva@Judges:14:19 @ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down (note:)Which was one of the five chief cities of the Philistines.(:note) to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

geneva@Judges:15:1 @ But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will (note:)That is, I will use her as my wife.(:note) go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

geneva@Judges:15:2 @ And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.

geneva@Judges:15:3 @ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more (note:)For through his father-in-law's actions, he was moved again to take vengeance on the Philistines.(:note) blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

geneva@Judges:15:4 @ And Samson went out, and tooke three hundreth foxes, and tooke firebrands, and turned them taile to taile, and put a firebrand in ye middes betweene two tailes.

geneva@Judges:15:5 @ And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the (note:)Or, that which was reaped and gathered.(:note) shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.

geneva@Judges:15:6 @ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the (note:)Or, the citizen of Timnath.(:note) Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and So the wicked do not punish vice for love of justice, but for fear of danger, which also might come to them. burnt her and her father with fire.

geneva@Judges:15:7 @ And Samson saide vnto them, Though yee haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil cease.

geneva@Judges:15:8 @ So hee smote them hippe and thigh with a mightie plague: then hee went and dwelt in the top of the rocke Etam.

geneva@Judges:15:9 @ Then the Philistims came vp, and pitched in Iudah, and were spred abroad in Lehi.

geneva@Judges:15:10 @ And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To (note:)And so being our prisoner to punish him.(:note) bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

geneva@Judges:15:11 @ Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? (note:)Such was their gross ignorance, that they judged God's great benefits to be a plague to them.(:note) what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

geneva@Judges:15:12 @ Againe they sayd vnto him, Wee are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hande of the Philistims; Samson sayde vnto them, Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall vpon me your selues.

geneva@Judges:15:13 @ And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and (note:)Thus they would rather betray their brother than use the means that God had given for their deliverance.(:note) deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

geneva@Judges:15:14 @ When hee came to Lehi, the Philistims shouted against him, and the Spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire: for the bandes loosed from his handes.

geneva@Judges:15:15 @ And he found a (note:)That is, of an ass recently slain.(:note) new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

geneva@Judges:15:16 @ Then Samson sayd, With the iaw of an asse are heapes vpon heapes: with the iawe of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.

geneva@Judges:15:17 @ And when he had left speaking, hee cast away the iawebone out of his hande, and called that place, Ramath-Lehi.

geneva@Judges:15:18 @ And he was sore athirst, and (note:)By which it appears that he did these things in faith, and so with a true zeal to glorify God, and deliver his country.(:note) called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

geneva@Judges:15:19 @ Then God brake the cheeke tooth, that was in the iawe, and water came thereout: and when he had drunke, his Spirit came againe, and he was reuiued: wherefore the name therof is called, Enhakkore, which is in Lehi vnto this day.

geneva@Judges:15:20 @ And hee iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistims twentie yeeres.

geneva@Judges:16:1 @ Then went Samson to (note:)One of the five chief cities of the Philistines.(:note) Gaza, and saw there an harlot, That is, he lodged with her. and went in unto her.

geneva@Judges:16:2 @ And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, & were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.

geneva@Judges:16:3 @ And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.

geneva@Judges:16:4 @ And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:

geneva@Judges:16:5 @ And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and 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 (note:)Of the value of a shekel, read (Gen_23:15).(:note) [pieces] of silver.

geneva@Judges:16:6 @ And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.

geneva@Judges:16:7 @ Samson then answered vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene cordes, that were neuer dryed, then shall I bee weake, and be as an other man.

geneva@Judges:16:8 @ And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.

geneva@Judges:16:9 @ Now [there were] (note:)Certain Philistines in a secret chamber.(:note) 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 when When fire comes near it. it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

geneva@Judges:16:10 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now (note:)Though her deceit threatened his life, yet his affection so blinded him, that he could not beware.(:note) tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

geneva@Judges:16:11 @ Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shal I be weake, and be as an other man.

geneva@Judges:16:12 @ Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.

geneva@Judges:16:13 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. (note:)It is impossible if we give place to our wicked affections, for eventually we will be destroyed.(:note) And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

geneva@Judges:16:14 @ And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe.

geneva@Judges:16:15 @ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, (note:)For Samson used to say «I love you».(:note) I love thee, when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength [lieth].

geneva@Judges:16:16 @ And because shee was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, and vexed him, his soule was pained vnto the death.

geneva@Judges:16:17 @ That he told her all his (note:)Thus his immoderate affections toward a wicked woman caused him to lose God's excellent gifts, and become a slave to those whom he should have ruled.(:note) heart, and said unto her, There hath not 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 [other] man.

geneva@Judges:16:18 @ And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes.

geneva@Judges:16:19 @ 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 went (note:)Not for the loss of his hair, but for the contempt of the ordinance of God, which was the reason God departed from him.(:note) from him.

geneva@Judges:16:20 @ Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lorde was departed from him.

geneva@Judges:16:21 @ Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.

geneva@Judges:16:22 @ Howbeit the hair of his head began to (note:)Yet he did not regain his strength, till he had called on God and reconciled himself.(:note) grow again after he was shaven.

geneva@Judges:16:23 @ Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.

geneva@Judges:16:24 @ Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

geneva@Judges:16:25 @ And it came 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 (note:)Thus by God's just judgments they are made slaves to infidels if they neglect their calling to defend the faithful.(:note) made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

geneva@Judges:16:26 @ Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that led him by the hande, Lead me, that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them.

geneva@Judges:16:27 @ (Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

geneva@Judges:16:28 @ 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 (note:)According to my calling which is to execute God's judgments on the wicked.(:note) avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

geneva@Judges:16:29 @ And Samson layd hold on the two middle pillars whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne vp: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left.

geneva@Judges:16:30 @ And Samson said, (note:)He does not speak out of despair, but humbling himself for neglecting his office and the offence thereby given.(:note) 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 [were] therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.

geneva@Judges:16:31 @ Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah & Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres.

geneva@Judges:17:1 @ And there (note:)Some think this history was in the time of Othniel, or as Josephus writes, immediately after Joshua.(:note) was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

geneva@Judges:17:2 @ And he saide vnto his mother, The eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer that were taken from thee, for the which thou cursedst, and spakedst it, euen in mine hearing, beholde, the siluer is with me, I tooke it. Then his mother saide, Blessed be my sonne of the Lorde.

geneva@Judges:17:3 @ And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a (note:)Contrary to the commandment of God and true religion practised under Joshua, they forsook the Lord and fell into idolatry.(:note) graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

geneva@Judges:17:4 @ And when he had restored the money vnto his mother, his mother tooke two hundreth shekels of siluer, and gaue them to the founder, which made thereof a grauen and molten image, and it was in the house of Michah.

geneva@Judges:17:5 @ And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an (note:)He would serve both God and idols.(:note) ephod, and By Teraphim some understand certain idols, having the likeness of a man, but others understand by it all manner of things and instruments belonging to those who sought an answer at God's hands, as in (Jdg_18:5-6). teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

geneva@Judges:17:7 @ And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah (note:)Which Bethlehem was in the tribe of Judah.(:note) of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.

geneva@Judges:17:8 @ And the man departed out of the citie, euen out of Beth-lehem Iudah, to dwell where he coulde finde a place: and as he iourneyed, he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Michah

geneva@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, (note:)For in those days the service of God was corrupt in all estates and the Levites were not looked to.(:note) I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

geneva@Judges:17:10 @ Then Michah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by yeere, and a sute of apparell, and thy meate and drinke. So the Leuite went in.

geneva@Judges:17:11 @ And the Levite was (note:)Not considering that he forsook the true worship of God to maintain his own belly.(:note) content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

geneva@Judges:17:12 @ And Michah consecrated the Leuite, and the yong man was his Priest, and was in the house of Michah.

geneva@Judges:18:1 @ In those days [there was] no (note:)Meaning, no ordinary magistrate to punish vice according to God's word.(:note) king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

geneva@Judges:18:2 @ And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, (note:)For the portion which Joshua gave them, was not sufficient for all their tribe.(:note) Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

geneva@Judges:18:3 @ When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the (note:)They knew by his speech that he was a stranger there.(:note) voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?

geneva@Judges:18:4 @ And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.

geneva@Judges:18:6 @ And the priest said unto them, (note:)Thus sometimes God grants the idolaters requests to the destruction of those who delight in errors.(:note) Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.

geneva@Judges:18:7 @ Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therein, which dwelt carelesse, after the maner of the Zidonians, quiet and sure, because no man made any trouble in the lande, or vsurped any dominion: also they were farre from the Zidonians, and had no businesse with other men.

geneva@Judges:18:8 @ So they came againe vnto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren saide vnto them, What haue ye done?

geneva@Judges:18:9 @ And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it [is] very good: and (note:)Would you lose this good opportunity because of your laziness?(:note) [are] ye still? be not slothful to go, [and] to enter to possess the land.

geneva@Judges:18:10 @ (If ye will goe, ye shall come vnto a carelesse people, and the countrey is large) for God hath giuen it into your hande. It is a place which doeth lacke nothing that is in the worlde.

geneva@Judges:18:11 @ Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, sixe hundreth men appointed with instruments of warre.

geneva@Judges:18:12 @ And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-Dan vnto this day: and it is behinde Kiriath-iearim.

geneva@Judges:18:13 @ And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Michah.

geneva@Judges:18:14 @ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, (note:)Because before they had had good success, they wanted their brethren to be encouraged by hearing the same tidings.(:note) Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

geneva@Judges:18:15 @ And they turned thitherward & came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Michah, and saluted him peaceably.

geneva@Judges:18:16 @ And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of warre, which were of the children of Dan, stoode by the entring of the gate.

geneva@Judges:18:17 @ And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the (note:)Superstition blinded them so that they thought God's power was in the idols, and that they would have good success because of them, though they took them away by robbery and violence.(:note) graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.

geneva@Judges:18:18 @ And the other went into Michahs house and fet the grauen image, the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image. Then saide the Priest vnto them, What doe ye?

geneva@Judges:18:19 @ And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?

geneva@Judges:18:20 @ And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the (note:)With the six hundred men.(:note) people.

geneva@Judges:18:21 @ So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage (note:)Suspecting them that pursued them.(:note) before them.

geneva@Judges:18:22 @ When they were farre off from the house of Michah, the men that were in the houses neere to Michahs house, gathered together, and pursued after the children of Dan,

geneva@Judges:18:23 @ And cryed vnto the children of Dan: who turned their faces, and said vnto Michah, What ayleth thee, that thou makest an outcrie?

geneva@Judges:18:24 @ And he said, Ye have taken away my (note:)This declares the opinion the idolaters have of their idols.(:note) gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

geneva@Judges:18:25 @ And the children of Dan sayde vnto him, Let not thy voyce be heard among vs, least angrie fellowes runne vpon thee, and thou lose thy life with the liues of thine housholde.

geneva@Judges:18:26 @ So the children of Dan went their wayes: and when Michah saw that they were too strong for him, hee turned, and went backe vnto his house.

geneva@Judges:18:27 @ And they took [the (note:)Meaning, the idols, as in (Jdg_18:18).(:note) things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

geneva@Judges:18:28 @ And there was none to helpe, because Laish was farre from Zidon, and they had no businesse with other men: also it was in the valley that lyeth by Beth-rehob. After, they built the citie, and dwelt therein,

geneva@Judges:18:29 @ And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.

geneva@Judges:18:30 @ And the children of Dan set up the (note:)Thus instead of giving glory to God, they attributed the victory to their idols, and honoured them therefore.(:note) graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the That is, till the Ark was taken, (1Sa_5:1). captivity of the land.

geneva@Judges:19:1 @ Also in those dayes, when there was no king in Israel, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and tooke to wife a concubine out of Beth-lehem Iudah,

geneva@Judges:19:2 @ And his concubine played ye whore there, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Beth-lehem Iudah, and there continued the space of foure moneths.

geneva@Judges:19:3 @ And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his coming.

geneva@Judges:19:4 @ And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: & he abode with him three dayes: so they did eate & drinke, & lodged there.

geneva@Judges:19:5 @ And when the fourth day came, they arose earely in the morning, and he prepared to depart: then the yong womans father said vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and then go your way.

geneva@Judges:19:6 @ And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the (note:)That is, his concubines father.(:note) damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

geneva@Judges:19:7 @ And when the man rose vp to depart, his father in lawe was earnest: therefore he returned, and lodged there.

geneva@Judges:19:8 @ And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, (note:)Meaning, that he should refresh himself with food, as in (Jdg_19:5).(:note) Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

geneva@Judges:19:9 @ And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the 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 (note:)That is, to the town or city where he lived.(:note) home.

geneva@Judges:19:10 @ But the man would not tarry, but arose & departed, and came ouer against Iebus, (which is Ierusalem) and his two asses laden, and his concubine were with him.

geneva@Judges:19:11 @ When they were neere to Iebus, the day was sore spent, and the seruant said vnto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let vs turne into this citie of the Iebusites, and lodge all night there.

geneva@Judges:19:12 @ And his master said unto him, (note:)Though in these days there were most horrible corruptions, even necessity could not compel them to associate with those who did not profess the true God.(:note) We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:19:13 @ And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe neere to one of these places, that wee may lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.

geneva@Judges:19:14 @ So they went forward vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them neere to Gibeah, which is in Beniamin.

geneva@Judges:19:15 @ Then they turned thither to goe in and lodge in Gibeah: and when he came, he sate him downe in a streete of the citie: for there was no man that tooke them into his house to lodging.

geneva@Judges:19:16 @ And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] (note:)Or, the children of Jamini.(:note) Benjamites.

geneva@Judges:19:17 @ And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfairing man in the streetes of the citie: then this olde man sayde, Whither goest thou, and whence camest thou?

geneva@Judges:19:18 @ And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the (note:)To Shiloh of Mizpeh where the ark was.(:note) house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.

geneva@Judges:19:19 @ Although we haue straw and prouader for our asses, and also bread and wine for me & thine handmayde, and for the boy that is with thy seruant: we lacke nothing.

geneva@Judges:19:20 @ And the olde man sayde, Peace bee with thee: as for all that thou lackest, shalt thou finde with me: onely abide not in the streete al night.

geneva@Judges:19:21 @ So he brought him into his house, & gaue fodder vnto the asses: and they washed their feete, and did eate and drinke.

geneva@Judges:19:22 @ [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] (note:)In an attempt to break it.(:note) beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

geneva@Judges:19:23 @ And this man the master of ye house went out vnto the, & said vnto them, Nay my brethre, do not so wickedly, I pray you: seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this villenie.

geneva@Judges:19:24 @ Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, (note:)That is, abuse them, as in (Gen_19:8).(:note) and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

geneva@Judges:19:25 @ But the men woulde not hearken to him: therefore ye man tooke his concubine, & brought her out vnto them: and they knewe her and abused her all the night vnto the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe.

geneva@Judges:19:26 @ Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and (note:)She fell down dead, as in (Jdg_19:27).(:note) fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was], till it was light.

geneva@Judges:19:27 @ And her lorde arose in the morning, and opened the doores of the house, and went out to goe his way, and beholde, the woman his concubine was dead at the doore of the house and her handes lay vpon the thresholde.

geneva@Judges:19:28 @ And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his (note:)Meaning, home to mount Ephraim.(:note) place.

geneva@Judges:19:29 @ And whe he was come to his house, he took a knife, and laid hand on his concubine, and deuided her in pieces with her bones into twelue parts, and sent her through all quarters of Israel.

geneva@Judges:19:30 @ And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no (note:)For this was like the sin of Sodom for which God rained down fire and brimstone from heaven.(:note) such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].

geneva@Judges:20:1 @ Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as (note:)That is, all with one consent.(:note) one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the To ask counsel. LORD in Mizpeh.

geneva@Judges:20:2 @ And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that (note:)Meaning, men able to handle their weapons.(:note) drew sword.

geneva@Judges:20:4 @ And the same Leuite, the womans husband that was slaine, answered and saide, I came vnto Gibeah that is in Beniamin with my concubine to lodge,

geneva@Judges:20:5 @ And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

geneva@Judges:20:6 @ And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent (note:)That is, her pieces, to every tribe a piece, (Jdg_19:29).(:note) her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:7 @ Behold, ye are al children of Israel: giue your aduise, and counsell herein.

geneva@Judges:20:8 @ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any [of us] go to his tent, neither will we any [of us] turn into his (note:)Before we have avenged this wickedness.(:note) house.

geneva@Judges:20:10 @ And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch (note:)Only these would be charged to provide food for the rest.(:note) victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:12 @ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the (note:)That is, every family of the tribe.(:note) tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you?

geneva@Judges:20:13 @ Now therefore deliver [us] the men, the children of Belial, which [are] in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin (note:)Because they would not allow the wicked to be punished, they declared themselves in agreement with their evil, and therefore all were justly punished.(:note) would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

geneva@Judges:20:14 @ But ye children of Beniamin gathered them selues together out of the cities vnto Gibeah, to come out and fight against the children of Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:15 @ And ye children of Beniamin were nombred at that time out of the cities sixe and twenty thousand men that drewe sworde, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were nombred seuen hundreth chosen men.

geneva@Judges:20:16 @ Of all this people were seuen hundreth chosen men, being left handed: all these could sling stones at an heare breadth, and not faile.

geneva@Judges:20:17 @ Also the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were nombred foure hundreth thousande men that drew sword, euen all men of warre.

geneva@Judges:20:18 @ And the children of Israel arose, and went up (note:)That is, to the ark, which was in Shiloh some think in Mizpeh, as in (Jdg_20:1).(:note) to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.

geneva@Judges:20:19 @ Then the children of Israel arose vp earely and camped against Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:20:20 @ And the men of Israel went out to battell against Beniamin, & the men of Israel put themselues in aray to fight against the beside Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:20:21 @ And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day (note:)This God permitted because by this means he would punish their sins, by the strength of the Israelites.(:note) twenty and two thousand men.

geneva@Judges:20:22 @ And the people, the men of Israel plucked vp their hearts, and set their battel againe in aray in the place where they put them in aray the first day.

geneva@Judges:20:23 @ (For the children of Israel had gone vp and wept before the Lord vnto the euening, and had asked of the Lorde, saying, Shall I goe againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? and the Lord said, Go vp against them)

geneva@Judges:20:25 @ Also the second day Beniamin came forth to meete them out of Gibeah, and slewe downe to the grounde of the children of Israel againe eighteene thousand men: all they could handle the sword.

geneva@Judges:20:26 @ Then al the children of Israel went vp and all the people came also vnto the house of God, and wept and sate there before the Lord & fasted that day vnto the euening, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before the Lord.

geneva@Judges:20:27 @ And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] (note:)That is, in Shiloh.(:note) there in those days,

geneva@Judges:20:28 @ And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, (note:)Or, served in the priest's office in those days: for the Jews write that he lived three hundred years.(:note) stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

geneva@Judges:20:29 @ And Israel set men to lie in waite round about Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:20:30 @ And the children of Israel went vp against the children of Beniamin the third day, and put theselues in aray against Gibeah, as at other times.

geneva@Judges:20:31 @ And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were (note:)By the policy of the children of Israel.(:note) drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:32 @ And the children of Benjamin said, They [are] smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the (note:)Meaning, crossways or paths to various places.(:note) highways.

geneva@Judges:20:33 @ And all the men of Israel rose vp out of their place, and put themselues in aray at Baal-tamar: and the men that lay in wayte of the Israelites came forth of their place, euen out of the medowes of Gibeah,

geneva@Judges:20:34 @ And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that (note:)They did not know that God's judgment was at hand to destroy them.(:note) evil [was] near them.

geneva@Judges:20:35 @ And the Lord smote Beniamin before Israel, and the children of Israel destroyed of the Beniamites the same day fiue and twenty thousand and an hundreth men: all they could handle the sword.

geneva@Judges:20:37 @ And they that lay in wait hasted, and brake forth toward Gibeah, & the ambushment drewe themselues along, and smote all the citie with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Judges:20:38 @ Also the men of Israel had appoynted a certaine time with the ambushmentes, that they should make a great flame and smoke rise vp out of the citie.

geneva@Judges:20:39 @ And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to (note:)For they had grown bold because of the two former victories.(:note) smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle.

geneva@Judges:20:40 @ But when the flame bega to arise out of the citie, as a pillar of smoke, the Beniamites looked backe, and behold, the flame of the citie began to ascend vp to heauen.

geneva@Judges:20:41 @ And when the men of Israel turned (note:)And withstood their enemies.(:note) again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

geneva@Judges:20:42 @ Therefore they turned [their backs] before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which [came] out of the cities they destroyed (note:)For they were surrounded from every side.(:note) in the midst of them.

geneva@Judges:20:43 @ Thus they compassed the Beniamites about, and chased them at ease, and ouerranne them, euen ouer against Gibeah on the Eastside.

geneva@Judges:20:44 @ And there were slaine of Beniamin eyghteene thousad men, which were all men of warre.

geneva@Judges:20:45 @ And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they (note:)They slew them one by one, as they were scattered abroad.(:note) gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

geneva@Judges:20:46 @ So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were (note:)Besides eleven hundred that had been slain in the previous battles.(:note) twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.

geneva@Judges:20:47 @ But sixe hundreth men turned and fled to the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rimmon, and abode in the rocke of Rimmon foure moneths.

geneva@Judges:20:48 @ And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the (note:)If they belonged to the Benjamites.(:note) cities that they came to.

geneva@Judges:21:1 @ Now the men of Israel had (note:)This was a rash oath, and not from judgment: for they later broke it, showing secretly the means to marry certain of their daughters.(:note) sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

geneva@Judges:21:2 @ And the people came vnto ye house of God and abode there till euen before God, and lift vp their voyces, and wept with great lamentation,

geneva@Judges:21:3 @ And sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

geneva@Judges:21:4 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an (note:)According to their custom, when they would consult the Lord.(:note) altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

geneva@Judges:21:6 @ And the children of Israel (note:)Or, were sorry that they had destroyed their brethren, as it appears in (Jdg_21:15).(:note) repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

geneva@Judges:21:8 @ And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that (note:)Condemning them as lovers of evil, who would not punish it.(:note) came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

geneva@Judges:21:10 @ Therefore the Congregation sent thither twelue thousande men of the most valiant, and commaunded them, saying, Goe, and smite the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, both women, and children.

geneva@Judges:21:11 @ And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.

geneva@Judges:21:12 @ And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead foure hundreth maides, virgins that had knowne no man by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the hoste to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Judges:21:13 @ And the whole congregation (note:)That is, about four months after the punishment, (Jdg_20:47).(:note) sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

geneva@Judges:21:14 @ And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet (note:)For they were short two hundred.(:note) so they sufficed them not.

geneva@Judges:21:15 @ And the people were sorie for Beniamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

geneva@Judges:21:17 @ And they said, [There must be] (note:)Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob.(:note) an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

geneva@Judges:21:19 @ Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the (note:)He describes the place where the maids used to dance yearly, and sing psalms and songs of God's works among them, as the custom was then.(:note) north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

geneva@Judges:21:20 @ Therefore they commaunded the children of Beniamin, saying, Goe, and lye in waite in the vineyardes.

geneva@Judges:21:21 @ And when ye see that the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and goe into the land of Beniamin.

geneva@Judges:21:22 @ And it shall be, (note:)Though they attempted to convince man that they had kept their oath, before God it was broken.(:note) 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, [that] ye should be guilty.

geneva@Judges:21:23 @ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their (note:)Meaning, two hundred.(:note) number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

geneva@Judges:21:24 @ So the children of Israel departed thence at that time, euery man to his tribe, and to his familie, and went out from thence euery man to his inheritance.

geneva@Ruth:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) land. And a certain man of In the tribe of Judah, which was also called Bethlehem Ephrathat, because there was another city so called in the tribe of Zebulun. Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. The Argument - This book is called Ruth, who is the main person spoken of in this writing. In which also the state of the Church is set forth figuratively, being subject to many afflictions and yet eventually God gives good and joyful offspring, teaching us to abide with patience till God delivers us out of troubles. In this also it is described how Jesus Christ, who according to the flesh came from David, proceeded by Ruth, of whom the Lord Jesus promised to come, nonetheless she was a Moabite of base condition, and a stranger to the people of God; declaring to us by it that the Gentiles would be sanctified by him, and joined with his people, and that there would be one sheepfold, and one shepherd. It would appear that this account belongs to the time of the judges.

geneva@Ruth:1:2 @ And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi: and the names of his two sonnes, Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem Iudah: and when they came into the land of Moab, they continued there.

geneva@Ruth:1:3 @ Then Elimelech the husbande of Naomi died, and she remayned with her two sonnes,

geneva@Ruth:1:4 @ And they took them wives of the (note:)By this wonderful providence of God Ruth became one of God's household, of whom Christ came.(:note) women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

geneva@Ruth:1:5 @ And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also both twaine: so the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes, and of her husband.

geneva@Ruth:1:7 @ Wherefore shee departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her, and they went on their way to returne vnto the land of Iudah.

geneva@Ruth:1:8 @ Then Naomi saide vnto her two daughters in lawe, Goe, returne eche of you vnto her owne mothers house: the Lord shew fauour vnto you, as ye haue done with the dead, and with me.

geneva@Ruth:1:9 @ The LORD grant you that ye may find (note:)By this it appears that Naomi by dwelling among idolaters, had become cold to the true zeal of God, having more respect for the comfort of the body than the comfort of the soul.(:note) rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

geneva@Ruth:1:10 @ And they saide vnto her, Surely we will returne with thee vnto thy people.

geneva@Ruth:1:11 @ But Naomi saide, Turne againe, my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? are there any mo sonnes in my wombe, that they may bee your husbands?

geneva@Ruth:1:12 @ Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am too olde to haue an husband. If I should say, I haue hope, and if I had an husbad this night: yea, if I had borne sonnes,

geneva@Ruth:1:13 @ Would yee tarie for them, till they were of age? would ye be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me.

geneva@Ruth:1:14 @ And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah (note:)When she took leave and departed.(:note) kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

geneva@Ruth:1:15 @ And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: (note:)No persuasion can convince them to turn back from God, if he has chosen them to be his.(:note) return thou after thy sister in law.

geneva@Ruth:1:16 @ And Ruth answered, Intreate mee not to leaue thee, nor to depart from thee: for whither thou goest, I will goe: and where thou dwellest, I will dwell: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

geneva@Ruth:1:17 @ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.

geneva@Ruth:1:19 @ So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was (note:)By which it appears that she was of a great family of good reputation.(:note) moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?

geneva@Ruth:1:20 @ And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara: for the Almightie hath giuen me much bitternes.

geneva@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and the Lorde hath caused me to returne emptie: why call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath humbled me, and the Almightie hath brought me vnto aduersitie?

geneva@Ruth:1:22 @ So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of (note:)Which was in the month of Nisan, that is, part March and part April.(:note) barley harvest.

geneva@Ruth:2:1 @ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of (note:)Or power, both in virtue, authority and riches.(:note) wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.

geneva@Ruth:2:2 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and (note:)Her humility declares her great love for her mother in law, for she spared no hardship to get both their livings.(:note) glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

geneva@Ruth:2:3 @ And she went, and came and gleaned in the fielde after the reapers, and it came to passe, that she met with the portion of the fielde of Boaz, who was of the familie of Elimelech.

geneva@Ruth:2:4 @ And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and saide vnto the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they answered him, The Lord blesse thee.

geneva@Ruth:2:6 @ And the seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, answered, and said, It is the Moabitish maide, that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab:

geneva@Ruth:2:7 @ And shee saide vnto vs, I pray you, let mee gleane and gather after the reapers among the sheaues: so shee came, and hath continued from that time in the morning vnto now, saue that she taried a litle in the house.

geneva@Ruth:2:10 @ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a (note:)Of the Moabites, who are enemies of God's people.(:note) stranger?

geneva@Ruth:2:11 @ And Boaz answered, & said vnto her, All is told and shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe, since the death of thine husband, and how thou hast left thy father & thy mother, and ye land where thou wast borne, & art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time past.

geneva@Ruth:2:12 @ The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose (note:)Signifying, that she would never lack anything, if she put her trust in God, and lived under his protection.(:note) wings thou art come to trust.

geneva@Ruth:2:13 @ Then she saide, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord: for thou hast comforted mee, and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde, though I be not like to one of thy maydes.

geneva@Ruth:2:14 @ And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed, and (note:)Which she brought home to her mother in law.(:note) left.

geneva@Ruth:2:15 @ And when she arose to gleane, Boaz commanded his seruants, saying, Let her gather among the sheaues, and doe not rebuke her.

geneva@Ruth:2:16 @ Also let fall some of the sheaues for her, and let it lie, that she may gather it vp, & rebuke her not.

geneva@Ruth:2:17 @ So she gleaned in the fielde vntill euening, and she thresshed that shee had gathered, and it was about an Ephah of barly.

geneva@Ruth:2:18 @ And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she (note:)That is, from her bag, as it is in the Chaldee text.(:note) brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

geneva@Ruth:2:19 @ Then her mother in lawe saide vnto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he, that knewe thee; she shewed her mother in lawe, with whome she had wrought, and saide, The mans name, with whom I wrought to day, is Boaz.

geneva@Ruth:2:20 @ And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the (note:)To my husband and children, when they were alive, and now to us.(:note) dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

geneva@Ruth:2:21 @ And Ruth the Moabitesse said, He said also certainely vnto mee, Thou shalt be with my seruants, vntill they haue ended all mine haruest.

geneva@Ruth:2:22 @ And Naomi answered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe, It is best, my daughter, that thou goe out with his maides, that they meete thee not in an other fielde.

geneva@Ruth:2:23 @ Then she kept her by the maides of Boaz, to gather vnto the end of barly haruest, and of wheate haruest, and dwelt with her mother in lawe.

geneva@Ruth:3:1 @ Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek (note:)Meaning that she would provide her with a husband, with whom she might live peacefully.(:note) rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

geneva@Ruth:3:3 @ Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the (note:)Boaz, nor yet any other.(:note) man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

geneva@Ruth:3:4 @ And when he shall sleepe, marke the place where he layeth him downe, and go, and vncouer the place of his feete, and lay thee downe, and he shall tell thee what thou shalt doe.

geneva@Ruth:3:5 @ And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I will doe.

geneva@Ruth:3:6 @ So she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in lawe bade her.

geneva@Ruth:3:7 @ And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his (note:)That is, he had refreshed himself among his servants.(:note) heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

geneva@Ruth:3:8 @ And at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde: and loe, a woman lay at his feete.

geneva@Ruth:3:9 @ Then he sayd, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmayd: spread therefore the wing of thy garment ouer thine handmayd: for thou art the kinsman.

geneva@Ruth:3:10 @ And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou hast (note:)You showed yourself repeatedly to be more virtuous.(:note) shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

geneva@Ruth:3:11 @ And now, my daughter, feare not: I will doe to thee all that thou requirest: for all the citie of my people doeth knowe, that thou art a vertuous woman.

geneva@Ruth:3:12 @ And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinsman neerer then I.

geneva@Ruth:3:13 @ Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he (note:)If he will take you to as his wife because of his relation by marriage, according to God's law, (Deu_25:5).(:note) 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: lie down until the morning.

geneva@Ruth:3:14 @ And she lay at his feete vntill the morning: and she arose before one could know another: for he sayd, Let no man knowe, that a woman came into the floore.

geneva@Ruth:3:15 @ Also he sayd, Bring the sheete that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it; when she helde it, he measured sixe measures of barly, and layde them on her, and she went into the citie.

geneva@Ruth:3:16 @ And when she came to her mother in law, she said, (note:)Believing by her returning home that he had not taken her as his wife, she was astonished.(:note) Who [art] thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

geneva@Ruth:3:17 @ And said, These sixe measures of barly gaue he me: for he sayd to me, Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe.

geneva@Ruth:4:1 @ Then went Boaz up to the (note:)Which was the place of judgment.(:note) gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, The Hebrews here use two words which have no proper meaning, but serve to denote a certain person, as we would say, «Ho, so-and-so». Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

geneva@Ruth:4:2 @ Then he tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and sayd, Sit ye downe here; they sate downe.

geneva@Ruth:4:3 @ And he said vnto ye kinsman, Naomi, that is come againe out of ye countrey of Moab, wil sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelechs.

geneva@Ruth:4:4 @ 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] (note:)For you are the next of kin.(:note) beside thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].

geneva@Ruth:4:5 @ 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 (note:)That his inheritance might bear his name that is dead.(:note) inheritance.

geneva@Ruth:4:6 @ And the kinsman answered, I can not redeeme it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeeme my right to thee, for I can not redeeme it.

geneva@Ruth:4:7 @ 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 (note:)That he had resigned his right, (Deu_25:9).(:note) testimony in Israel.

geneva@Ruth:4:8 @ Therefore the kinsman sayd to Boas, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shooe.

geneva@Ruth:4:9 @ And Boaz sayd vnto the Elders & vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions and Mahlons, of the hand of Naomi.

geneva@Ruth:4:10 @ Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his (note:)Or, of the city where he remained.(:note) place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

geneva@Ruth:4:11 @ And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in (note:)Ephratah and Bethlehem are both one.(:note) Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

geneva@Ruth:4:12 @ And that thine house be like the house of Pharez ( whom Thamar bare vnto Iudah) of the seede which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.

geneva@Ruth:4:13 @ So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.

geneva@Ruth:4:14 @ And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that (note:)He shall leave continual posterity.(:note) his name may be famous in Israel.

geneva@Ruth:4:15 @ And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than (note:)Meaning, many sons.(:note) seven sons, hath born him.

geneva@Ruth:4:16 @ And Naomi tooke the childe, and layde it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.

geneva@Ruth:4:17 @ And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Ishai, the father of Dauid.

geneva@Ruth:4:19 @ And Hezron begate Ram, & Ram begate Amminadab,

geneva@Ruth:4:20 @ And Amminadab begate Nahshon, and Nahshon begate Salmah,

geneva@Ruth:4:21 @ And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

geneva@Ruth:4:22 @ And Obed begate Ishai, and Ishai begate Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:1:1 @ Now there was a certain man of (note:)There were two Ramatus, so that in this city in mount Ephraim were Zophim, that is, the learned men and prophets.(:note) Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: The Argument - As God had ordained in (Deu_17:14), that when the Israelites entered the land of Canaan, he would appoint a king for them: so here in the first book of Samuel the state of the people under their first king Saul is declared. Not content with the order that God had temporarily appointed for the government of his Church, they demanded a king, so that they might be as other nations. As well they thought they would be better off, not because they could serve God better by it, but because they would be under the safeguard of him who represented Jesus Christ the true deliverer. Therefore God gave them a tyrant and a hypocrite to rule over them, so that they might learn that a king is not sufficient to defend them, unless God by his power preserves and keeps them. Therefore he punishes the ingratitude of his people, and sends them continual wars both at home and abroad. Also, because Saul, whom God had given to the honour of a king out of nothing, did not acknowledge God's mercy to him, but rather disobeyed the word of God and was not zealous of his glory, he was removed from his estate by God, and David the true figure of Messiah was placed in his stead. His patience, modesty, constancy, persecution by open enemies, feigned friends, and deceitful flatterers, is left to the Church and to every member of it, as a pattern and example of their state and calling.

geneva@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wiues: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

geneva@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in (note:)For the ark was there at that time.(:note) Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

geneva@1Samuel:1:4 @ And on a day, when Elkanah sacrificed, he gaue to Peninnah his wife and to all her sonnes and daughters portions,

geneva@1Samuel:1:6 @ And her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she vpbraided her, because the Lorde had made her barren.

geneva@1Samuel:1:7 @ (And so did he yeere by yeere) and as oft as she went vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not eate.

geneva@1Samuel:1:8 @ Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten (note:)Let this comfort you, that I love you no less than if you had many children.(:note) sons?

geneva@1Samuel:1:9 @ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the (note:)That is of the house where the ark was.(:note) temple of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:1:10 @ And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore:

geneva@1Samuel:1:11 @ Also she vowed a vowe, and sayd, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt looke on the trouble of thine handmaide, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaide, but giue vnto thine handmaide a manchilde, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

geneva@1Samuel:1:12 @ And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli marked her mouth.

geneva@1Samuel:1:14 @ And Eli sayde vnto her, Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy drunkennesse from thee.

geneva@1Samuel:1:15 @ Then Hannah answered and sayd, Nay my lord, but I am a woman troubled in spirit: I haue drunke neither wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:1:16 @ Count not thine handmaide for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my complaint and my griefe haue I spoken hitherto.

geneva@1Samuel:1:17 @ Then Eli answered, and sayd, Go in peace, and the God of Israel graunt thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let thine handmaid find (note:)That is, pray to the Lord for me.(:note) grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].

geneva@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD (note:)According to her petition.(:note) remembered her.

geneva@1Samuel:1:20 @ For in processe of time Hannah conceiued, and bare a sonne, and she called his name Samuel, Because, said she, I haue asked him of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man (note:)This Elkanah was a Levite, (1Ch_6:27), and as some write once a year they were accustomed to appear before the Lord with their families.(:note) Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

geneva@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah went not vp: for she sayd vnto her husband, I will tarie vntill the childe be weined, then I will bring him that hee may appeare before the Lord, and there abide for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his (note:)Because her prayer took effect, therefore it was called the Lord's promise.(:note) word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:24 @ And when she had weined him, she tooke him with her with three bullockes and an Ephah of floure and a bottell of wine, and brought him vnto the house of the Lorde in Shiloh, and the childe was yong.

geneva@1Samuel:1:25 @ And they slewe a bullocke, and brought the childe to Eli.

geneva@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy (note:)That is, most certainly.(:note) soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:1:27 @ I prayed for this childe, and the Lord hath giuen me my desire which I asked of him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:28 @ Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he (note:)Meaning, Eli gave thanks to God for her.(:note) worshipped the LORD there.

geneva@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah (note:)After she had obtained a son by prayer she gave thanks.(:note) prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine I have recovered strength and glory by the benefit of the Lord. horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is I can answer them that criticize my barrenness. enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

geneva@1Samuel:2:3 @ Talk (note:)In that you condemn my barrenness, you show your pride against God.(:note) no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:4 @ The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.

geneva@1Samuel:2:5 @ [They that were] full have hired out themselves for (note:)They sell their labours for necessary food.(:note) bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

geneva@1Samuel:2:6 @ The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

geneva@1Samuel:2:7 @ The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

geneva@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among (note:)He prefers to honour, and does according to his own will, though man's judgment is contrary.(:note) princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the Therefore he may dispose all things according to his will. LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

geneva@1Samuel:2:9 @ Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.

geneva@1Samuel:2:10 @ The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his (note:)She grounded her prayer on Jesus Christ who was to come.(:note) king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:11 @ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the (note:)In all that Eli commanded him.(:note) LORD before Eli the priest.

geneva@1Samuel:2:13 @ For the Priestes custome towarde the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priestes boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhooke with three teeth, in his hand,

geneva@1Samuel:2:14 @ And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; (note:)Transgressing the order appointed in the Law, (Lev_7:31), for their bellies sake.(:note) all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

geneva@1Samuel:2:15 @ Also before they burnt the (note:)Which was commanded first to have been offered to God.(:note) fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

geneva@1Samuel:2:16 @ And [if] any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and [then] take [as much] as thy soul (note:)Not passing for their own profit, so that God might be served rightly.(:note) desireth; then he would answer him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give [it me] now: and if not, I will take [it] by force.

geneva@1Samuel:2:19 @ And his mother made him a litle coat, and brought it to him from yeere to yeere, when she came vp with her husband, to offer the yerely sacrifice.

geneva@1Samuel:2:20 @ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord giue thee seede of this woman, for the petition that she asked of the Lord: and they departed vnto their place.

geneva@1Samuel:2:21 @ And the Lorde visited Hannah, so that she conceiued, & bare three sonnes, & two daughters; the childe Samuel grewe before the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:2:22 @ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that (note:)Which was (as the Hebrews write) after their travail, when they came to be purified, read (Exo_38:8; Lev_12:6).(:note) assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@1Samuel:2:23 @ And hee saide vnto them, Why doe ye such things? For of all this people I heare euill reportes of you.

geneva@1Samuel:2:25 @ 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 (note:)So that to obey good admonition is God's mercy, and to disobey them is his just judgment for sin.(:note) would slay them.

geneva@1Samuel:2:26 @ (Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)

geneva@1Samuel:2:27 @ And 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 (note:)That is, Aaron.(:note) father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

geneva@1Samuel:2:28 @ And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my Priest, to offer vpon mine altar, and to burne incense, and to weare an Ephod before me, and I gaue vnto the house of thy father all the offrings made by fire of the children of Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:2:29 @ Wherefore (note:)Why have you contemned my sacrifices, and as it were trod them under foot?(:note) 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 my people?

geneva@1Samuel:2:30 @ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, (note:)God's promises are only effective to those he gives faith to fear and obey him.(:note) Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine (note:)Thy power and authority.(:note) arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

geneva@1Samuel:2:32 @ And thou (note:)Your posterity will see the glory of the chief priest given to another, whom they will envy, (1Ki_2:27).(:note) 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 for ever.

geneva@1Samuel:2:33 @ Neuerthelesse, I will not destroy euery one of thine fro mine altar, to make thine eyes to faile, and to make thine heart sorowfull: and all ye multitude of thine house shall die when they be men.

geneva@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both.

geneva@1Samuel:2:35 @ And I will raise me up a (note:)Meaning Zadok, who succeeded Abiathar, and was the figure of Christ.(:note) faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

geneva@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] (note:)That is, will be inferior to him.(:note) crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

geneva@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD (note:)The Chaldee text reads «while Eli lived».(:note) before Eli. And the word of the LORD was Because there were very few prophets to declare it. precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.

geneva@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his (note:)In the court next to the tabernacle.(:note) place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not see;

geneva@1Samuel:3:3 @ And ere the (note:)That is, the lamps which burnt in the night.(:note) lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down [to sleep];

geneva@1Samuel:3:4 @ That the LORD (note:)Josephus writes that Samuel was 12 years old when the Lord appeared to him.(:note) called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am] I.

geneva@1Samuel:3:5 @ And he ranne vnto Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou calledst me. But he said, I called thee not: goe againe and sleepe; he went and slept.

geneva@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the Lorde called once againe, Samuel; Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou diddest call me; he answered, I called thee not, my sonne: go againe and sleepe.

geneva@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And Eli (note:)Such was the corruption of those times that the chief priest had become dull and negligent to understand the Lord's appearing.(:note) perceived that the LORD had called the child.

geneva@1Samuel:3:9 @ Therefore Eli saide vnto Samuel, Goe and sleepe: and if he call thee, then say, Speake Lorde, for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.

geneva@1Samuel:3:10 @ And the Lord came, and stoode, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speake, for thy seruant heareth.

geneva@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall (note:)God declares that sudden fear will come on men when they hear that the ark is taken, and see Eli's house destroyed.(:note) tingle.

geneva@1Samuel:3:13 @ And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and he stayed them not.

geneva@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for (note:)Meaning that his posterity would never enjoy the chief priests office.(:note) ever.

geneva@1Samuel:3:15 @ Afterward Samuel slept vntil the morning, and opened the doores of the house of the Lord, and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision.

geneva@1Samuel:3:16 @ Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne; he answered, Here I am.

geneva@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God (note:)God punish you after this and that sort, unless you tell me the truth, (Rth_1:17).(:note) do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:3:18 @ So Samuel tolde him euery whit, and hid nothing from him. Then hee said, It is the Lorde: let him do what seemeth him good.

geneva@1Samuel:3:19 @ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words (note:)The Lord accomplished whatever he had said.(:note) fall to the ground.

geneva@1Samuel:3:20 @ And all Israel fro Dan to Beer-sheba knew that faithfull Samuel was the Lordes Prophet.

geneva@1Samuel:3:21 @ And the Lorde appeared againe in Shiloh: for the Lorde reueiled himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.

geneva@1Samuel:4:1 @ And Samuel spake vnto all Israel: and Israel went out against the Philistims to battel and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistims pitched in Aphek.

geneva@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistims put themselues in aray against Israel: and when they ioyned the battell, Israel was smitten downe before the Philistims: who slewe of the armie in the fielde about foure thousand men.

geneva@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, (note:)For it seems that this war was undertaken by Samuel's commandment.(:note) Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

geneva@1Samuel:4:4 @ So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which (note:)For he used to appear to the Israelites between the cherubim over the ark of the covenant, (Exo_25:17).(:note) dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.

geneva@1Samuel:4:5 @ And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lord came into the hoste, all Israel shouted a mightie shoute, so that the earth rang againe.

geneva@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistims heard the noyse of the shoute, they said, What meaneth the sound of this mightie shoute in the host of the Ebrewes? and they vnderstoode, that the Arke of the Lord was come into the hoste.

geneva@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, (note:)Before we fought against men, and now God has come to fight against us.(:note) Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

geneva@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the (note:)For in the Red Sea in the wilderness the Egyptians were destroyed, which was the last of all his plagues.(:note) wilderness.

geneva@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong and play the men, O Philistims, that ye be not seruants vnto the Ebrewes, as they haue serued you: be valiant therefore, and fight.

geneva@1Samuel:4:10 @ 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 (note:)David alluding to this place in (Psa_78:63) says they were consumed with fire: meaning they were suddenly destroyed.(:note) thirty thousand footmen.

geneva@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.

geneva@1Samuel:4:12 @ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes (note:)In token of sorrow and mourning.(:note) rent, and with earth upon his head.

geneva@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart (note:)Lest it should be taken by the enemy.(:note) trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.

geneva@1Samuel:4:14 @ And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying, he sayd, What meaneth this noyse of the tumult? and the man came in hastily, and tolde Eli.

geneva@1Samuel:4:15 @ (Nowe Eli was fourescore and eighteene yeere olde, and his eyes were dimme that hee could not see)

geneva@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man sayd vnto Eli, I came from the armie, and I fled this day out of the hoste: and he sayd, What thing is done, my sonne?

geneva@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, (note:)According as God had said before.(:note) are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

geneva@1Samuel:4:18 @ And when he had made mention of the Arke of God, Eli fell from his seate backward by the side of the gate, and his necke was broken, and he dyed: for he was an olde man and heauie: and he had iudged Israel fourtie yeeres.

geneva@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she (note:)And positioned her body for her labour and delivery.(:note) bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

geneva@1Samuel:4:20 @ And about the time of her death, the women that stoode about her, sayd vnto her, Feare not: for thou hast borne a sonne: but she answered not, nor regarded it.

geneva@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she named the childe Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel, because the Arke of God was taken, and because of her father in lawe and her husband.

geneva@1Samuel:4:22 @ And she said, (note:)She uttered her great sorrow by repeating her words.(:note) The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

geneva@1Samuel:5:1 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto (note:)Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines.(:note) Ashdod.

geneva@1Samuel:5:2 @ When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of (note:)Which was their chief idol, and as some write, from the navel downward was like a fish, and upward like a man.(:note) Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

geneva@1Samuel:5:3 @ And when they of Ashdod rose the next day in the morning, beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord, and they tooke vp Dagon, and set him in his place againe.

geneva@1Samuel:5:4 @ Also they rose vp earely in the morning the next day, and beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and the two palmes of his hands were cut off vpon the thresholde: onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him.

geneva@1Samuel:5:6 @ But the hand of the Lord was heauie vpon them of Ashdod, and destroyed them, and smote them with the emerods, both Ashdod, and the coastes thereof.

geneva@1Samuel:5:7 @ And when the men of Ashdod sawe this, they sayd, Let not the Arke of the God of Israel abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our god.

geneva@1Samuel:5:8 @ They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, (note:)Though they had felt God's power and were afraid of it, yet they tried him even further, which God turned to their destruction and his glory.(:note) What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about [thither].

geneva@1Samuel:5:9 @ And when they had caried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the citie with a very great destruction, and he smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret partes.

geneva@1Samuel:5:10 @ Therefore they sent the Arke of God to Ekron: and assoone as the Arke of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cryed out, saying, They haue brought the Arke of the God of Israel to vs to slay vs and our people.

geneva@1Samuel:5:11 @ So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send (note:)The wicked when they feel the hand of God, grudge and reject him, where the godly humble themselves, and cry for mercy.(:note) away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

geneva@1Samuel:5:12 @ And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.

geneva@1Samuel:6:1 @ And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines (note:)They thought by continuance of time the plague would have ceased, and so would have kept the ark still.(:note) seven months.

geneva@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistims called the priests and the soothsayers, saying, What shall we doe with the Arke of the Lord? tell vs wherewith we shall send it home againe.

geneva@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him (note:)The idolaters confess there is a true God, who punishes sin justly.(:note) a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

geneva@1Samuel:6:4 @ Then sayd they, What shalbe the sinne offring, which we shall giue vnto it? And they answered, Fiue golden emerods and fiue golden mise, according to the number of the princes of the Philistims: for one plague was on you all, and on your princes.

geneva@1Samuel:6:5 @ Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your (note:)This is God's judgment on the idolaters, that knowing the true God, they do not worship him correctly.(:note) gods, and from off your land.

geneva@1Samuel:6:6 @ Wherefore then should ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let them goe, and they departed?

geneva@1Samuel:6:7 @ Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on whome there hath come no yoke: and tye the kine to the cart, and bring the calues home from them.

geneva@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the (note:)Meaning, the golden emerods and the golden mice.(:note) jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

geneva@1Samuel:6:9 @ And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] (note:)The God of Israel.(:note) he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a The wicked attribute almost all things to fortune and chance, whereas indeed there is nothing done without God's providence and decree. chance [that] happened to us.

geneva@1Samuel:6:10 @ And the men did so: for they tooke two kine that gaue milke, and tied them to the cart, and shut the calues at home.

geneva@1Samuel:6:11 @ So they set the Arke of the Lord vpon the cart, and the coffer with the mise of golde, and with the similitudes of their emerods.

geneva@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after (note:)For the trial of the matter.(:note) them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

geneva@1Samuel:6:13 @ Nowe they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheate haruest in the valley, and they lift vp their eyes, and spied the Arke, and reioyced when they sawe it.

geneva@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and (note:)That is, the men of Bethshemesh, who were Israelites.(:note) they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Leuites tooke downe the Arke of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the iewels of golde were, and put them on the great stone, and the men of Beth-shemesh offred burnt offring, and sacrificed sacrifices that same day vnto the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:6:16 @ And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

geneva@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines returned [for] a trespass offering unto the LORD; for (note:)These were the five principal cities of the Philistines, which were not all conquered to the time of David.(:note) Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

geneva@1Samuel:6:18 @ And golden mise, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistims, belonging to the fiue princes, both of walled townes, and of townes vnwalled, vnto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set the Arke of the Lorde: which stone remaineth vnto this day in the fielde of Ioshua the Beth-shemite.

geneva@1Samuel:6:19 @ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they (note:)For it was not lawful for anyone either to touch or to see it, only to Aaron and his sons (Num_4:15, Num_4:20).(:note) had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

geneva@1Samuel:6:20 @ Wherefore the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from vs?

geneva@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the inhabitans of Kiriath-iearim, saying, The Philistims haue brought againe the Arke of the Lord: come ye downe and take it vp to you.

geneva@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of (note:)A city in the tribe of Judah, called also Kirjathbaal, in (Jos_15:60).(:note) Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented (note:)Lamented for their sins, and followed the Lord.(:note) after the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:7:3 @ Then Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come againe vnto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, & direct your hearts vnto the Lord, & serue him only, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of ye Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:7:5 @ And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to (note:)For Shiloh was now desolate, because the Philistines had taken the ark from it.(:note) Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and (note:)The Chaldee text says that they drew water out of their heart: that is, wept abundantly for their sins.(:note) drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

geneva@1Samuel:7:7 @ When the Philistims heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the princes of the Philistims went vp against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraide of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to (note:)Signifying that in the prayers of the godly, there should be a vehement zeal.(:note) cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Samuel:7:9 @ Then Samuel tooke a sucking lambe, and offered it all together for a burnt offering vnto the Lord, and Samuel cryed vnto the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.

geneva@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD (note:)According to the prophecy of Hannah Samuel's mother, (1Sa_2:10).(:note) thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went from Mizpeh and pursued the Philistims, and smote them vntill they came vnder Beth-car.

geneva@1Samuel:7:12 @ Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and (note:)Which was a great rock over against Mizpeh.(:note) Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

geneva@1Samuel:7:13 @ So the Philistims were brought vnder, and they came no more againe into the coastes of Israel: and the hand of the Lorde was against the Philistims all the dayes of Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the (note:)Meaning, the Philistines.(:note) Amorites.

geneva@1Samuel:7:15 @ And Samuel iudged Israel all the dayes of his life,

geneva@1Samuel:7:16 @ And went about yeere by yere to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and iudged Israel in all those places.

geneva@1Samuel:7:17 @ And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an (note:)Which was not contrary to the Law: for as yet a certain place was not appointed.(:note) altar unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he (note:)Because he was not able to bear the charge.(:note) made his sons judges over Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:8:2 @ Now the name of his firstborn was (note:)Who was also called Vashni, (1Ch_6:28).(:note) Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.

geneva@1Samuel:8:3 @ And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.

geneva@1Samuel:8:4 @ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto (note:)For there his house was, (1Sa_7:17).(:note) Ramah,

geneva@1Samuel:8:5 @ And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.

geneva@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing (note:)Because they were not content with the order that God had appointed, but would be governed as the Gentiles were.(:note) displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

geneva@1Samuel:8:8 @ As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:8:9 @ Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet (note:)To prove if they will forsake their wicked purpose.(:note) protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

geneva@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the (note:)Not that kings have this authority by their office, but that such as reign in God's wrath would usurp this over their brethren, contrary to the law, (Deu_17:20).(:note) manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots.

geneva@1Samuel:8:12 @ Also he will make them his captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make instruments of warre, and the thinges that serue for his charets.

geneva@1Samuel:8:13 @ He will also take your daughters and make them apoticaries, and cookes, and bakers.

geneva@1Samuel:8:14 @ And he will take your fieldes, & your vineyardes, and your best Oliue trees, and giue them to his seruants.

geneva@1Samuel:8:15 @ And he will take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyards, & giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.

geneva@1Samuel:8:16 @ And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

geneva@1Samuel:8:17 @ He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.

geneva@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not (note:)Because you do not repent for your sins, but because you long for your afflictions, into which you cast yourselves willingly.(:note) hear you in that day.

geneva@1Samuel:8:20 @ And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

geneva@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the Lord saide to Samuel, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King; Samuel said vnto the men of Israel, Goe euery man vnto his citie.

geneva@1Samuel:9:1 @ 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 (note:)That is, both valiant and rich.(:note) mighty man of power.

geneva@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a (note:)So that it might seem that God approved their request in appointing such a person.(:note) choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.

geneva@1Samuel:9:3 @ 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 (note:)All these circumstances were means to serve God's providence, by which Saul (though not approved by God) was made king.(:note) seek the asses.

geneva@1Samuel:9:4 @ So he passed through mount Ephraim, and went through the lande of Shalishah, but they found them not. Then they went through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: he went also through ye land of Iemini, but they found the not.

geneva@1Samuel:9:5 @ [And] when they were come to the land of (note:)Where was Ramath Zophim, the city of Samuel.(:note) 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 for us.

geneva@1Samuel:9:6 @ And he said vnto him, Behold nowe, in this citie is a man of God, and he is an honorable man: all that he saith commeth to passe: let vs nowe goe thither, if so be that he can shewe vs what way we may goe.

geneva@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then saide Saul to his seruant, Well then, let vs goe: but what shall we bring vnto the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is no present to bring to the man of God: what haue we?

geneva@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a (note:)Which is about five pence, read (Gen_23:15).(:note) shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

geneva@1Samuel:9:9 @ (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the (note:)So called because he foresaw things to come.(:note) seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

geneva@1Samuel:9:11 @ And as they were going vp the hie way to the citie, they found maydes that came out to draw water, & said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?

geneva@1Samuel:9:12 @ 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 (note:)That is, a feast after the offering, which would be kept in a high place of the city appointed for that use.(:note) sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

geneva@1Samuel:9:13 @ 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, because he doth (note:)That is, give thanks and distribute the meat according to their custom.(:note) bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

geneva@1Samuel:9:16 @ To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may (note:)Despite their wickedness, yet God was ever mindful of his inheritance.(:note) save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

geneva@1Samuel:9:18 @ Then went Saul to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.

geneva@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I [am] the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that [is] in thine (note:)Meaning, all that you desire to know.(:note) heart.

geneva@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And (note:)Whom does Israel desire to be their king, but thee?(:note) on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

geneva@1Samuel:9:21 @ But Saul answered, and said, Am not I the sonne of Iemini of the smallest tribe of Israel? and my familie is the least of all the families of the tribe of Beniamin. Wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

geneva@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the (note:)Where the feast was.(:note) parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which [were] about thirty persons.

geneva@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel saide vnto the cooke, Bring foorth the portion which I gaue thee, and whereof I said vnto thee, Keepe it with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder, and [that] which [was] (note:)That is, the shoulder with the breast, which the priest had for his family in all peace offerings, (Lev_10:14)(:note) upon it, and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Behold that which is left! set [it] before thee, [and] eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I That both by the assembling of the people, and by the meat prepared for you, you might understand that I knew of your coming. have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

geneva@1Samuel:9:25 @ And when they were come downe from the hie place into the citie, he communed with Saul vpon the top of the house.

geneva@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the (note:)To speak with him secretly: for the houses were flat above.(:note) top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

geneva@1Samuel:9:27 @ [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 (note:)God's commandment concerning you.(:note) the word of God.

geneva@1Samuel:10:1 @ Then Samuel took a vial of (note:)In the Law this anointing signified the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which were necessary for those who would rule.(:note) oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance?

geneva@1Samuel:10:2 @ 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 (note:)Samuel confirms him by these signs, that God has appointed him king.(:note) 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 son?

geneva@1Samuel:10:3 @ Then shalt thou go forth from thence and shalt come to the plaine of Tabor, and there shal meete thee three men going vp to God to Bethel: one carying three kiddes, and an other carying three loaues of bread, and another carying a bottle of wine:

geneva@1Samuel:10:4 @ And they will aske thee if all be well, and will giue thee the two loaues of bread, which thou shalt receiue of their handes.

geneva@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that thou shalt come to the (note:)Which was a high place in the city Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1Sa_7:2).(:note) 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:

geneva@1Samuel:10:6 @ Then the Spirit of the Lord will come vpon thee, and thou shalt prophecie with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

geneva@1Samuel:10:8 @ And thou shalt goe downe before me to Gilgal: and I also will come downe vnto thee to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace. Tary for me seuen dayes, till I come to thee and shewe thee what thou shalt doe.

geneva@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another (note:)He gave him such virtues as were fitting for a king.(:note) heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

geneva@1Samuel:10:10 @ And when they came thither to the hill, beholde, the companie of Prophets meete him, and the Spirit of God came vpon him, & he prophecied among them.

geneva@1Samuel:10:12 @ And one of the same place answered and said, But who [is] their (note:)Meaning, that prophecy comes not by succession, but is given to whom it pleases God.(:note) father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the Noting by it him that from low degree comes suddenly to honour. prophets?

geneva@1Samuel:10:13 @ And when he had made an ende of prophecying, he came to the hie place.

geneva@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Sauls vncle saide vnto him, and to his seruant, Whither went ye? And he saide, To seeke the asses: and when we sawe that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:10:15 @ And Sauls vncle saide, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.

geneva@1Samuel:10:17 @ And Samuel (note:)Both to declare to them their fault in asking a king, and also to show God's sentence in it.(:note) called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

geneva@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he saide vnto the children of Israel, Thus saith ye Lord God of Israel, I haue brought Israel out of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the handes of all kingdomes that troubled you.

geneva@1Samuel:10:19 @ But ye haue this day cast away your God, who onely deliuereth you out of all your aduersities and tribulations: and ye said vnto him, No, but appoint a King ouer vs. Nowe therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.

geneva@1Samuel:10:20 @ And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was (note:)That is, by casting of lot.(:note) taken.

geneva@1Samuel:10:21 @ Afterwarde he assembled the tribe of Beniamin according to their families, and the familie of Matri was taken. So Saul the sonne of Kish was taken, and when they sought him, he coulde not be found.

geneva@1Samuel:10:22 @ Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he (note:)As though he were unworthy and unwilling.(:note) hath hid himself among the stuff.

geneva@1Samuel:10:23 @ And they ranne, and brought him thence: and when he stoode among the people, he was hier then any of the people from the shoulders vpwarde.

geneva@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel saide to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lorde hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and saide, God saue the King.

geneva@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then Samuel told the people (note:)As it is written in (Deu_17:15).(:note) the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

geneva@1Samuel:10:26 @ Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a bande of men, whose heart God had touched,

geneva@1Samuel:10:27 @ But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he (note:)Both to avoid disputing and also to win them by patience.(:note) held his peace.

geneva@1Samuel:11:1 @ Then Nahash the Ammonite (note:)After that Saul was chosen king: for fear of whom they asked a king, as in (1Sa_12:12).(:note) came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

geneva@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this [condition] will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your (note:)This declares that the closer the tyrants are to their destruction, the more cruel they are.(:note) right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach upon all Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:11:3 @ To whome the Elders of Iabesh said, Giue vs seuen daies respet, that we may sende messengers vnto all the coastes of Israel: and then if no man deliuer vs, we will come out to thee.

geneva@1Samuel:11:4 @ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and tolde these tidings in the eares of the people: and all the people lift vp their voices and wept.

geneva@1Samuel:11:5 @ And behold, Saul came following the cattell out of the fielde, and Saul saide, What aileth this people, that they weepe? And they tolde him the tidings of the men of Iabesh.

geneva@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the Spirit of God (note:)God gave him the spirit of strength and courage to go against this tyrant.(:note) came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

geneva@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after (note:)He adds Samuel because Saul was not yet approved by all.(:note) Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

geneva@1Samuel:11:8 @ And when he nombred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundreth thousande men: and the men of Iudah thirtie thousand.

geneva@1Samuel:11:9 @ And (note:)Meaning, Saul and Samuel.(:note) they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

geneva@1Samuel:11:10 @ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto (note:)That is, to the Ammonites, concealing that they had hope of aid.(:note) you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

geneva@1Samuel:11:11 @ And when the morowe was come, Saul put the people in three bandes, and they came in vpon the hoste in the morning watche, and slewe the Ammonites vntill the heate of the day: and they that remained, were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

geneva@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said unto Samuel, (note:)By this victory the Lord won the hearts of the people to Saul.(:note) Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

geneva@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be (note:)By showing mercy he thought to overcome their malice.(:note) put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

geneva@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of (note:)In sign of thanksgiving for the victory.(:note) peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

geneva@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have (note:)I have granted your petition.(:note) hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

geneva@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king walketh (note:)To govern you in peace and war.(:note) before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

geneva@1Samuel:12:3 @ Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: (note:)God would have this confession be a pattern for all who have any charge or office.(:note) whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

geneva@1Samuel:12:4 @ Then they sayde, Thou hast done vs no wrong, nor hast hurt vs, neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand.

geneva@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his (note:)Your King, who is anointed by the commandment of the Lord.(:note) anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.

geneva@1Samuel:12:6 @ Then Samuel sayde vnto the people, It is the Lord that made Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Samuel:12:7 @ Nowe therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord according to all the righteousnesse of the Lorde, which he shewed to you and to your fathers.

geneva@1Samuel:12:8 @ After that Iaakob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried vnto the Lorde, then the Lorde sent Moses and Aaron which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

geneva@1Samuel:12:9 @ And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, (note:)Captain of Jabin's host, king of Hazor.(:note) captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

geneva@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried vnto the Lorde, and saide, We haue sinned, because we haue forsaken the Lorde, and haue serued Baalim and Ashtaroth. Nowe therefore deliuer vs out of the handes of our enemies, and we will serue thee.

geneva@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, (note:)That is Samson, (Jdg_13:25).(:note) and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

geneva@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, (note:)Leaving God to seek the help of man, (1Sa_8:5).(:note) Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God [was] your king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:13 @ Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.

geneva@1Samuel:12:14 @ If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue (note:)You shall be preserved as they that follow the Lord's will.(:note) following the LORD your God:

geneva@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your (note:)Meaning, the governors.(:note) fathers.

geneva@1Samuel:12:16 @ Nowe also stande and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.

geneva@1Samuel:12:17 @ [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] (note:)In that you have forsaken him, who has all power in his hand, for a mortal man.(:note) great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:18 @ Then Samuel called vnto the Lorde, and the Lorde sent thunder and raine the same day: and all the people feared the Lorde and Samuel exceedingly.

geneva@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto (note:)Not only at other times, but now chiefly.(:note) all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: (note:)He shows that there is no sin so great, but it shall be forgiven, if the sinner turn again to God.(:note) yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

geneva@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you (note:)Of his free mercy, and not of your merits, and therefore he will not forsake you.(:note) his people.

geneva@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreouer God forbid, that I should sinne against the Lord, and cease praying for you, but I will shewe you the good and right way.

geneva@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your (note:)Unfeignedly, and without hypocrisy.(:note) heart: for consider how great [things] he hath done for you.

geneva@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if ye doe wickedly, ye shal perish, both yee, and your King.

geneva@1Samuel:13:1 @ Saul reigned (note:)While these things were done.(:note) one year; and when he had reigned Before he took upon himself the state of a king. two years over Israel,

geneva@1Samuel:13:2 @ Then Saul chose him three thousand of Israel: and two thousande were with Saul in Michmash, & in mount Beth-el, and a thousande were with Ionathan in Gibeah of Beniamin: and the rest of the people he sent euery one to his tent.

geneva@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that [was] in (note:)Of Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1Sa_10:5).(:note) Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the That everyone should prepare themselves to fight. trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

geneva@1Samuel:13:4 @ And al Israel heard say, Saul hath destroied a garison of the Philistims: wherefore Israel was had in abomination with the Philistims: and the people gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

geneva@1Samuel:13:5 @ And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from (note:)Which was also called Beth-el, in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bethaven.

geneva@1Samuel:13:6 @ And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were in distresse ) the people hid themselues in caues, and in holdes, and in rockes, and in towres, and in pittes.

geneva@1Samuel:13:7 @ And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of (note:)Where the two tribes and the half remained.(:note) Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

geneva@1Samuel:13:8 @ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were (note:)Thinking that the absence of the prophet was a sign, that they would lose the victory.(:note) scattered from him.

geneva@1Samuel:13:9 @ And Saul sayde, Bring a burnt offering to me and peace offrings: and he offered a burnt offering.

geneva@1Samuel:13:10 @ And assoone as hee had made an ende of offering the burnt offering, beholde, Samuel came: and Saul went foorth to meete him, to salute him.

geneva@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were (note:)Though these causes seem sufficient in man's judgment: yet because they had not the word of God, they turned to his destruction.(:note) scattered from me, and [that] thou camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

geneva@1Samuel:13:12 @ Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lorde. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.

geneva@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy (note:)Who willed you to obey him, and rest on the words spoken by his prophet.(:note) God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

geneva@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a (note:)That is, David.(:note) man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee.

geneva@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto (note:)And went to his city Ramah.(:note) Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with him, about six hundred men.

geneva@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul and Ionathan his sonne, and the people that were found with them, had their abiding in Gibeah of Beniamin: but the Philistims pitched in Michmash.

geneva@1Samuel:13:17 @ And there came out of the hoste of the Philistims three bandes to destroie, one bande turned vnto the way of Ophrah vnto the lande of Shual,

geneva@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and (note:)So that to man's judgment these three armies would have overrun the whole country.(:note) another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

geneva@1Samuel:13:19 @ Then there was no smith founde throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistims sayde, Lest the Ebrewes make them swordes or speares.

geneva@1Samuel:13:20 @ Wherefore all ye Israelites went downe to the Philistims, to sharpen euery man his share, his mattocke, and his axe, and his weeding hooke.

geneva@1Samuel:13:21 @ Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the picke forkes, and for the axes, and for to sharpen the goades.

geneva@1Samuel:13:22 @ So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither (note:)To declare that the victory only came from God, and not by their force.(:note) 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 there found.

geneva@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the garison of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmash.

geneva@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, (note:)By this example God declared to Israel that the victory did not consist in multitude or armour, but only because of his grace.(:note) Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father.

geneva@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul taried in the border of Gibeah vnder a pomegranate tree, which was in Migron, and the people that were with him, were about sixe hundreth men.

geneva@1Samuel:14:3 @ And Ahiah the sonne of Ahitub, Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phinehas, the sonne of Eli, was the Lordes Priest in Shiloh, and ware an Ephod: and the people knewe not that Ionathan was gone.

geneva@1Samuel:14:4 @ Nowe in the way whereby Ionathan sought to go ouer to the Philistims garison, there was a sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharpe rocke on the other side: the name of the one was called Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

geneva@1Samuel:14:5 @ The one rocke stretched from the North towarde Michmash, and the other was from the South toward Gibeah.

geneva@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these (note:)That is, the Philistines.(:note) uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

geneva@1Samuel:14:7 @ And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, (note:)I will follow you wherever you go.(:note) I [am] with thee according to thy heart.

geneva@1Samuel:14:8 @ Then said Ionathan, Beholde, we goe ouer vnto those men, and will shewe our selues vnto them.

geneva@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say, Come vp vnto vs, then we will goe vp: for the Lorde hath deliuered them into our hande: and this shall be a signe vnto vs.

geneva@1Samuel:14:11 @ And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the (note:)Thus they spoke contemptuously and by derision.(:note) holes where they had hid themselves.

geneva@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the garison answered Ionathan, and his armour bearer, and said, Come vp to vs: for we will shewe you a thing. Then Ionathan said vnto his armour bearer, Come vp after me: for the Lorde hath deliuered them into the hand of Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:14:13 @ And Jonathan climbed up upon (note:)That is, he crept up, or went up with all haste.(:note) his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

geneva@1Samuel:14:14 @ And that (note:)The second was when they slew one another, and the third when the Israelites chased them.(:note) first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].

geneva@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth (note:)In that the insensible creatures tremble for fear of God's judgment, it declares how terrible his vengeance will be against his enemies.(:note) quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

geneva@1Samuel:14:16 @ Then the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Beniamin sawe: and beholde, the multitude was discomfited, and smitten as they went.

geneva@1Samuel:14:17 @ Therefore saide Saul vnto the people that were with him, Search nowe and see, who is gone from vs; when they had nombred, beholde, Ionathan and his armour bearer were not there.

geneva@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said vnto Ahiah, Bring hither the Arke of God (for the Arke of God was at that time with the children of Israel)

geneva@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, (note:)Leave the Ephod alone, for I have no time now to ask counsel from God, (Num_27:21).(:note) Withdraw thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul was assembled with all the people that were with him, and they came to the battell: and behold, euery mans sworde was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

geneva@1Samuel:14:21 @ Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the (note:)Though before for fear of the Philistines they declared themselves as enemies to their brethren.(:note) Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.

geneva@1Samuel:14:23 @ And so the Lord saued Israel that day: and the battell continued vnto Beth-auen.

geneva@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, (note:)Such was his hypocrisy and arrogancy, that he thought to attribute to his policy that which God had given by the hand of Jonathan.(:note) Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.

geneva@1Samuel:14:25 @ And all they of the land came to a wood, where hony lay vpon the ground.

geneva@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the (note:)That is, the punishment if they break their oath.(:note) oath.

geneva@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his (note:)Which were dim before from weariness and hunger.(:note) eyes were enlightened.

geneva@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father made the people to sweare, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth sustenance this day: and the people were faint.

geneva@1Samuel:14:29 @ Then said Jonathan, My father hath (note:)By making this cruel law.(:note) troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

geneva@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they smote the Philistims that day, from Michmash to Aiialon: and the people were exceeding faint.

geneva@1Samuel:14:32 @ So the people turned to the spoile, & tooke sheepe, and oxen, and calues, and slewe them on the ground, and the people did eate them with the blood.

geneva@1Samuel:14:33 @ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: (note:)That the blood of the beast that shall be slain, may be pressed out upon it.(:note) roll a great stone unto me this day.

geneva@1Samuel:14:34 @ Againe Saul said, Goe abroade among the people, and bid them bring me euery man his oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay them here, and eate and sinne not against the Lord in eating with the blood; ye people brought euery man his oxe in his hand that night, & slew them there.

geneva@1Samuel:14:35 @ Then Saul made an altar vnto the Lorde, and that was the first altar that he made vnto the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us (note:)To ask counsel from him.(:note) draw near hither unto God.

geneva@1Samuel:14:37 @ So Saul asked of God, saying, Shall I goe downe after ye Philistims? wilt thou deliuer them into the hands of Israel? But he answered him not at that time.

geneva@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, All ye chiefe of the people, come ye hither, and knowe, and see by whom this sinne is done this day.

geneva@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then he saide vnto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other side; the people saide vnto Saul, Doe what thou thinkest best.

geneva@1Samuel:14:41 @ Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give (note:)Cause the lot to fall on him that has broken the oath, but he does not consider his presumption in commanding the same oath.(:note) a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

geneva@1Samuel:14:42 @ And Saul saide, Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne; Ionathan was taken.

geneva@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then Saul said to Ionathan, Tell me what thou hast done; Ionathan tolde him, & said, I tasted a litle hony with the ende of the rod, that was in mine hand, and loe, I must die.

geneva@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said unto Saul, (note:)The people thought it their duty to rescue him, who out of ignorance had broken a rash law, and by whom they had received so great a benefit.(:note) Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: [as] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

geneva@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then Saul came vp from the Philistims: and the Philistims went to their owne place.

geneva@1Samuel:14:47 @ So Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel, and fought against all his enemies on euery side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the Kings of Zobah, and against the Philistims: and whithersoeuer he went, he handled them as wicked men.

geneva@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he gathered an host, and smote the (note:)As the Lord had commanded, (Deu_25:17).(:note) Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

geneva@1Samuel:14:49 @ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, (note:)Called also Abinadab, (1Sa_31:2).(:note) and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Who was the wife of David, (1Sa_18:27). Michal:

geneva@1Samuel:14:50 @ And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] (note:)Whom Joab, David's captain, slew (2Sa_3:27).(:note) Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

geneva@1Samuel:14:51 @ And Kish was Sauls father: and Ner the father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel.

geneva@1Samuel:14:52 @ And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: (note:)As Samuel had forewarned in (1Sa_8:11).(:note) and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

geneva@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but (note:)That this might be an example of God's vengeance against those who deal cruelly with his people.(:note) slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

geneva@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul assembled ye people, and nombred them in Telaim, two hundreth thousande footemen, and ten thousand men of Iudah.

geneva@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.

geneva@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said unto the (note:)Which were the posterity of Jethro, Moses father in law.(:note) Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed For Jethro came to visit them, and gave them good counsel, (Exo_18:19). kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

geneva@1Samuel:15:8 @ And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

geneva@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

geneva@1Samuel:15:11 @ It (note:)God in his eternal counsel never changes or repents, as in (1Sa_15:29), though he seems to us to repent when anything goes contrary to his temporal election.(:note) repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

geneva@1Samuel:15:12 @ And when Samuel arose early to meete Saul in the morning, one tolde Samuel, saying, Saul is gone to Carmel: and beholde, he hath made him there a place, from whence he returned, and departed, and is gone downe to Gilgal.

geneva@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the (note:)This is the nature of hypocrites to be impudent against the truth, to condemn others, and justify themselves.(:note) commandment of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:15:14 @ But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

geneva@1Samuel:15:15 @ And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.

geneva@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, When thou [wast] (note:)Meaning, of base condition as in (1Sa_9:21).(:note) little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

geneva@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.

geneva@1Samuel:15:19 @ Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?

geneva@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, (note:)He stands most impudently in his own defence both against God and his own conscience.(:note) I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

geneva@1Samuel:15:21 @ But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

geneva@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.

geneva@1Samuel:15:23 @ For (note:)God hates nothing more than the disobedience of his commandment, even though the intent seems good to man.(:note) rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.

geneva@1Samuel:15:24 @ Then Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: for I haue transgressed the commaundement of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.

geneva@1Samuel:15:25 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my (note:)This was not true repentance, but deceit out of fear for the loss of his kingdom.(:note) sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:15:26 @ But Samuel saide vnto Saul, I will not returne with thee: for thou hast cast away the word of the Lorde, and the Lorde hath cast away thee, that thou shalt not be King ouer Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:15:27 @ And as Samuel turned himselfe to goe away, he caught the lappe of his coate, and it rent.

geneva@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a (note:)That is, to David.(:note) neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.

geneva@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the (note:)Meaning God, who maintains and prefers his own.(:note) Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.

geneva@1Samuel:15:30 @ Then he saide, I haue sinned: but honour mee, I pray thee, before the Elders of my people, and before Israel, and turne againe with mee, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

geneva@1Samuel:15:31 @ So Samuel turned againe, and followed Saul: and Saul worshipped the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:15:32 @ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the (note:)He expected nothing less than death, or as some write, he passed not for death.(:note) bitterness of death is past.

geneva@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel sayde, As thy sworde hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childelesse among other women; Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

geneva@1Samuel:15:34 @ Then Samuel went to (note:)Where his house was.(:note) Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel came no more to (note:)Though Saul came where Samuel was, (1Sa_19:22).(:note) see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD As in (1Sa_15:11). repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, (note:)Signifying that we should not show ourselves more pitiful than God, nor to lament those whom he casts out.(:note) seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

geneva@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come (note:)That is, to make a peace offering, which may be done even though the ark was not there.(:note) to sacrifice to the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:16:3 @ And call Ishai to the sacrifice, and I will shewe thee what thou shalt doe, and thou shalt anoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town (note:)Afraid, lest some grievous crime had been committed, because the prophet was not wont to come there.(:note) trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

geneva@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he answeared, Yea: I am come to doe sacrifice vnto the Lorde: sanctifie your selues, and come with me to the sacrifice; he sanctified Ishai & his sonnes, & called them to the sacrifice.

geneva@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S (note:)Thinking that Eliab had been appointed by God to be made king.(:note) anointed [is] before him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:10 @ Againe Ishai made his seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of these.

geneva@1Samuel:16:11 @ Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither.

geneva@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, & of a good countenance, and comely visage; the Lorde saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.

geneva@1Samuel:16:13 @ Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren; the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.

geneva@1Samuel:16:14 @ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an (note:)The wicked spirits are at God's commandment to execute his will against the wicked.(:note) evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Sauls seruants said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the euill spirite of God vexeth thee.

geneva@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our Lord therefore command thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.

geneva@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a (note:)Though David was now anointed king by the prophet, yet God would strengthen and test him in various ways before he had the use of his kingdom.(:note) son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:19 @ Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

geneva@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Ishai tooke an asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:16:21 @ And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.

geneva@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight.

geneva@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was (note:)God would have Saul receive this benefit from David's hand, that his condemnation might be even more evident, for his cruel hate toward him.(:note) refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:1 @ Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies to battell, & came together to Shochoh, which is in Iudah, and pitched betweene Shochoh and Azekah, in the coast of Dammim.

geneva@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:17:3 @ And the Philistims stoode on a mountaine on the one side, and Israel stoode on a mountaine on the other side: so a valley was betweene them.

geneva@1Samuel:17:4 @ And there (note:)Between the two camps.(:note) went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

geneva@1Samuel:17:5 @ And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand (note:)That is, 156 pounds 4 ounces, after half and ounce to the shekel: and 600 shekels weight amounts to 18 3/4 pounds.(:note) shekels of brass.

geneva@1Samuel:17:6 @ And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legs, and a shield of brasse vpon his shoulders.

geneva@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shielde went before him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? Am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? Chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.

geneva@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shal yee be our seruants, and serue vs.

geneva@1Samuel:17:12 @ Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three eldest sonnes of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel: and the names of his three sonnes that went to battell, were Eliab the Eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the thirde Shammah.

geneva@1Samuel:17:14 @ So Dauid was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:17:15 @ But David (note:)To serve Saul, (1Sa_16:19).(:note) went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

geneva@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistim drew neere in the morning, and euening, and continued fourtie daies.

geneva@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said unto David his son, (note:)Though Jesse meant one thing, yet God's providence directed David to another end.(:note) Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

geneva@1Samuel:17:18 @ And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their (note:)If they have laid anything to gauge for their necessity, redeem it out.(:note) pledge.

geneva@1Samuel:17:19 @ (Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistims)

geneva@1Samuel:17:20 @ So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning, and left the sheepe with a keeper, and tooke and went as Ishai had commaunded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in araie, and shouted in the battell.

geneva@1Samuel:17:22 @ And Dauid left the things, which hee bare, vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage, and ranne into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren howe they did.

geneva@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the (note:)As in (1Sa_17:8-9).(:note) same words: and David heard [them].

geneva@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afraied.

geneva@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house (note:)From taxes and payments.(:note) free in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the (note:)This dishonour that he does to Israel.(:note) reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

geneva@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.

geneva@1Samuel:17:29 @ And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a (note:)For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit.(:note) cause?

geneva@1Samuel:17:30 @ And hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.

geneva@1Samuel:17:31 @ And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

geneva@1Samuel:17:32 @ So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.

geneva@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, Thou art not (note:)Here Satan proves David's faith, by the infidelity of Saul.(:note) able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

geneva@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a (note:)David, because of previous experience with God's help, did not doubt to overcome this danger, seeing as he was zealous for God's honour.(:note) lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

geneva@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after him and smote him, and tooke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard, and smote him, and slue him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:36 @ So thy seruaunt slue both the lyon, and the beare: therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shall be as one of them, seeing hee hath railed on the hoste of the liuing God.

geneva@1Samuel:17:37 @ David said 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, (note:)For by these examples he saw that the power of God was with him.(:note) Go, and the LORD be with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:17:38 @ And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, & put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a brigandine vpon him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:39 @ Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it: and Dauid sayde vnto Saul, I can not goe with these: for I am not accustomed. wherefore Dauid put them off him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his (note:)So that by these weak means, It might be known that only God was the author of this victory.(:note) staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth 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 near to the Philistine.

geneva@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:42 @ Now when the Philistim looked about & saw Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddie, and of a comely face.

geneva@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine (note:)He swore by his gods that he would destroy him.(:note) cursed David by his gods.

geneva@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, & I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.

geneva@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, & with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.

geneva@1Samuel:17:46 @ This (note:)David being assured both of his cause and of his calling prophecies of the destruction of the Philistines.(:note) day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; 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 know that there is a God in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:17:47 @ And that all this assembly may know, that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) and he will giue you into our handes.

geneva@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David (note:)Being moved with a fervent zeal to be revenged of this blaspheme of God's name.(:note) hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

geneva@1Samuel:17:49 @ And Dauid put his hande in his bagge, and tooke out a stone, and slang it, & smote the Philistim in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, and he fell groueling to the earth.

geneva@1Samuel:17:50 @ So Dauid ouercame the Philistim with a sling & with a stone, & smote the Philistim, and slew him, when Dauid had no sword in his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:17:51 @ Then Dauid ranne, & stood vpon the Philistim, and tooke his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and slewe him, and cut off his head therewith. So whe the Philistims saw, that their champion was dead, they fled.

geneva@1Samuel:17:52 @ And the men of Israel and Iudah arose, & shouted, and followed after the Philistims, vntill they came to the valley, & vnto the gates of Ekron: and the Philistims fell downe wounded by the way of Shaaraim, euen to Gath & to Ekron.

geneva@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistims, & spoyled their tents.

geneva@1Samuel:17:54 @ And Dauid tooke the head of ye Philistim, and brought it to Ierusalem, and put his armour in his tent.

geneva@1Samuel:17:55 @ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, (note:)That is, of what family and tribe is he? He had forgotten David, even though he had received so great a benefit by him.(:note) whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

geneva@1Samuel:17:57 @ And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:17:58 @ And Saul sayde to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishai the Bethlehemite.

geneva@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the (note:)His affection was fully bent toward him.(:note) soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

geneva@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:18:3 @ Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.

geneva@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, & gaue it Dauid, & his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

geneva@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself (note:)That is, he prospered in all his doings.(:note) wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

geneva@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the (note:)That is, Goliath.(:note) Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

geneva@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, & Dauid his ten thousand.

geneva@1Samuel:18:8 @ Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, & he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, & to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, & what can he haue more saue the kingdome?

geneva@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul (note:)Because he envied and hated him.(:note) eyed David from that day and forward.

geneva@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he (note:)That is, spoke as a man beside himself for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand.(:note) prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Saul's hand.

geneva@1Samuel:18:11 @ And Saul tooke the speare, and sayd, I will smite Dauid through to the wall. But Dauid auoyded twise out of his presence.

geneva@1Samuel:18:12 @ And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went (note:)Meaning he was captain over the people.(:note) out and came in before the people.

geneva@1Samuel:18:14 @ And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes: for the Lord was with him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:16 @ For all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.

geneva@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and (note:)Fight against them that war against God's people.(:note) fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:18 @ And Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?

geneva@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a (note:)So his hypocrisy appears, for under pretence of favour he sought his destruction.(:note) snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.

geneva@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, & say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law.

geneva@1Samuel:18:23 @ And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, (note:)Meaning, that he was not able to endow his wife with riches.(:note) Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

geneva@1Samuel:18:24 @ And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul sayd, This wise shal ye say to Dauid, The King desireth no dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistims, to bee auenged of the Kings enemies: for Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the (note:)Because he thought himself able to compass the king's request.(:note) king's son in law: and the days were not expired.

geneva@1Samuel:18:27 @ Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and (note:)Meaning, David and his soldiers.(:note) they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:18:28 @ Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, & that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:29 @ And Saul was yet the more afraid (note:)To be deprived of his kingdom.(:note) of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

geneva@1Samuel:18:30 @ Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] (note:)That is, David had better success against the Philistines than Saul's men.(:note) David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

geneva@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should (note:)Before Saul sought David's life secretly, but now his hypocrisy grows to open cruelty.(:note) kill David.

geneva@1Samuel:19:2 @ And Ionathan told Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: nowe therefore, I pray thee, take heede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning, & abide in a secret place, & hide thy selfe.

geneva@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou (note:)That I may warn you what to do.(:note) [art], and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

geneva@1Samuel:19:4 @ And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, & said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruat, against Dauid: for he hath not sinned against thee, but his works haue bene to thee very good.

geneva@1Samuel:19:5 @ For he did put his life in daunger, and slew the Philistim, and the Lord wrought a great saluation for al Israel: thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause?

geneva@1Samuel:19:6 @ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul (note:)Whatever he pretended outwardly, yet his heart was full of malice.(:note) sware, [As] the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

geneva@1Samuel:19:7 @ So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.

geneva@1Samuel:19:8 @ Againe the warre began, & Dauid went out & fought with the Philistims, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.

geneva@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David (note:)He played on his harp to appease the rage of the evil spirit, (1Sa_16:23).(:note) played with [his] hand.

geneva@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul intended to smite Dauid to the wall with the speare: but hee turned aside out of Sauls presence, & he smote the speare against the wall: but Dauid fled, & escaped the same night.

geneva@1Samuel:19:11 @ Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.

geneva@1Samuel:19:12 @ So Michal (note:)Thus God moved both the son and daughter of this tyrant to favour David against their father.(:note) let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

geneva@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.

geneva@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the (note:)Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man.(:note) bed, that I may slay him.

geneva@1Samuel:19:16 @ And when the messengers were come in, behold, an image was in the bed, with a pillow of goates heare vnder the head of it.

geneva@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said vnto Michal, Why hast thou mocked me so, & sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said vnto me, Let me go, or els I will kill thee.

geneva@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in (note:)Naioth was a school where the word of God was studied, near Ramah.(:note) Naioth.

geneva@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing (note:)Being their chief instructor.(:note) [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also Changed their minds and praised God. prophesied.

geneva@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied likewise: againe Saul sent the third messengers, and they prophecied also.

geneva@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then went he himselfe to Ramah, & came to a great well that is in Sechu, and he asked, and sayd, Where are Samuel and Dauid? & one sayd, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

geneva@1Samuel:19:23 @ And he (note:)With a mind to persecute them.(:note) went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

geneva@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he stripped off his (note:)His kingly apparel.(:note) clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay He humbled himself as others did. down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

geneva@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David (note:)For Saul was detained, and prophesied a day and a night by God's providence, that David might have time to escape.(:note) fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

geneva@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he sayde vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: beholde, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will shewe it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? He will not doe it.

geneva@1Samuel:20:3 @ And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a (note:)I am in great danger of death.(:note) step between me and death.

geneva@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the (note:)At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice, (Num_28:11), to which they added peace offerings and feasts.(:note) new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even.

geneva@1Samuel:20:7 @ And if he say thus, It is well, thy seruant shall haue peace: but if he be angrie, be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:8 @ So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

geneva@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were (note:)That he were fully determined.(:note) determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

geneva@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Ionathan sayde to Dauid, Come and let vs goe out into the fielde: and they twaine went out into the fielde.

geneva@1Samuel:20:12 @ Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid, O Lorde God of Israel, when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time, or within this three dayes, and if it be well with Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe it thee,

geneva@1Samuel:20:13 @ The LORD (note:)The Lord punish me most grievously.(:note) do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

geneva@1Samuel:20:14 @ And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, (note:)I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly to my posterity.(:note) that I die not:

geneva@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lorde require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

geneva@1Samuel:20:17 @ And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)

geneva@1Samuel:20:18 @ Then said Ionathan to him, To morowe is the first day of the moneth: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shalbe emptie.

geneva@1Samuel:20:19 @ Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes, then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel.

geneva@1Samuel:20:20 @ And I will shoote three arrowes on the side thereof, as though I shot at a marke.

geneva@1Samuel:20:21 @ And after I wil sende a boy, saying, Goe, seeke the arrowes. If I say vnto the boy, See, the arrowes are on this side thee, bring them, & come thou: for it is well with thee and no hurt, as the Lord liueth.

geneva@1Samuel:20:23 @ As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:20:24 @ So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eate meate.

geneva@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the King sate, as at other times vpon his seate, euen vpon his seate by the wall: and Ionathan arose, and Abner sate by Sauls side, but Dauids place was emptie.

geneva@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not (note:)Thus he speaks contemptuously of David.(:note) the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

geneva@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Ionathan answered vnto Saul, Dauid required of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem.

geneva@1Samuel:20:29 @ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my (note:)Meaning, all his kinsfolk.(:note) brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

geneva@1Samuel:20:30 @ Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou (note:)You are always contrary to me as your mother is.(:note) son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

geneva@1Samuel:20:31 @ For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.

geneva@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be (note:)For it was too great tyranny to put one to death and not to give a reason why.(:note) slain? what hath he done?

geneva@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul cast a speare at him to hit him, whereby Ionathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:20:34 @ So Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth: for he was sorie for Dauid, and because his father had reuiled him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field (note:)For this was the third day, as it was agreed on in (1Sa_20:5).(:note) at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he saide vnto his boy, Runne now, seeke the arrowes which I shoote, and as the boy ran, he shot an arrowe beyond him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the boy was come to the place where the arrowe was that Ionathan had shot, Ionathan cryed after the boy, and sayde, Is not the arrowe beyond thee?

geneva@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan cried after the lad, (note:)By these words be admonished David what he should do.(:note) Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

geneva@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the boy knewe nothing: onely Ionathan and Dauid knew the matter.

geneva@1Samuel:20:40 @ Then Ionathan gaue his bowe and arrowes vnto the boy that was with him, and sayd vnto him, Goe, carrie them into the citie.

geneva@1Samuel:20:41 @ [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the (note:)It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone, least the boy should have seen David.(:note) south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

geneva@1Samuel:20:42 @ And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have (note:)Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in (1Sa_20:8).(:note) sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

geneva@1Samuel:21:1 @ Then came David to (note:)Where the ark then was to ask counsel of the Lord.(:note) Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?

geneva@1Samuel:21:2 @ And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The (note:)These infirmities that we see in the saints of God, teach us that no one has his justice in himself, but receives it from God's mercy.(:note) king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.

geneva@1Samuel:21:3 @ Nowe therefore if thou hast ought vnder thine hande, giue me fiue cakes of bread, or what commeth to hand.

geneva@1Samuel:21:4 @ And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from (note:)If they have not accompanied with their wives.(:note) women.

geneva@1Samuel:21:5 @ And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the (note:)That is, their bodies.(:note) vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a manner common, yea, though it Shall be more careful to keep his vessel holy, when he has eaten of this holy food. were sanctified this day in the vessel.

geneva@1Samuel:21:7 @ Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day, (note:)Tarrying to worship before the ark.(:note) detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:21:8 @ And Dauid said vnto Ahimelech, Is there not here vnder thine hand a speare or a sworde? for I haue neither brought my sworde nor mine harnesse with me, because the Kings businesse required haste.

geneva@1Samuel:21:9 @ And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the (note:)Behind that place where the high priests garment lay.(:note) ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.

geneva@1Samuel:21:10 @ And David arose, and (note:)That is, out of Saul's domain.(:note) fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

geneva@1Samuel:21:11 @ And the seruants of Achish said vnto him, Is not this Dauid the King of the land? did they not sing vnto him in daunces, saying, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousande?

geneva@1Samuel:21:12 @ And Dauid considered these wordes, and wsa sore afraide of Achish the King of Gath.

geneva@1Samuel:21:13 @ And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and (note:)By making marks and toys.(:note) scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

geneva@1Samuel:22:1 @ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave (note:)Which was in the tribe of Judah, near Bethlehem.(:note) Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him.

geneva@1Samuel:22:2 @ And there gathered vnto him all men that were in trouble and all men that were in dette, and all those that were vexed in minde, and he was their prince, and there were with him about foure hundreth men.

geneva@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went thence to Mizpeh of (note:)For there was another so called in Judah.(:note) Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.

geneva@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he (note:)For he feared the rage of Saul against his house.(:note) brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in That is, in Mizpeh, which was a stronghold. the hold.

geneva@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the Prophet Gad sayde vnto Dauid, Abide not in the holde, but depart and goe into the land of Iudah. Then Dauid departed & came into the forest of Hareth.

geneva@1Samuel:22:6 @ When Saul heard that David was (note:)That a great brute came on him.(:note) discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him;)

geneva@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye (note:)You that are of my tribe and lineage.(:note) Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

geneva@1Samuel:22:8 @ That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my (note:)By this he would persuade them that this conspiracy was most horrible, where the son conspired against the father, and the servant against his master.(:note) son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

geneva@1Samuel:22:10 @ Who asked counsell of the Lorde for him and gaue him vitailes, and he gaue him also the sword of Goliath the Philistim.

geneva@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, (note:)Which were the remnant of the house of Eli, whose house God threatened to punish.(:note) the priests that [were] in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

geneva@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Heare now thou sonne of Ahitub; he answered, Here I am, my lord.

geneva@1Samuel:22:13 @ Then Saul sayde vnto him, Why haue yee conspired against me, thou & the sonne of Ishai, in that thou hast giuen him vitaile, and a sworde, and hast asked counsell of God for him, that he should rise against me, and lye in wayte as appeareth this day?

geneva@1Samuel:22:14 @ And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house?

geneva@1Samuel:22:16 @ Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king (note:)For they knew that they should not obey the wicked commandment of the king in slaying the innocent.(:note) would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:22:18 @ Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests; Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod.

geneva@1Samuel:22:19 @ Also Nob the citie of the Priestes smote he with the edge of the sword, both man & woman, both childe and suckling, both oxe and asse, and sheepe with the edge of the sword.

geneva@1Samuel:22:20 @ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, (note:)This was God's providence, who according to his promise preserved some of the house of Eli, (1Sa_2:33).(:note) escaped, and fled after David.

geneva@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Abiathar shewed Dauid, that Saul had slayne the Lords Priestes.

geneva@1Samuel:22:22 @ And Dauid sayd vnto Abiathar, I knewe it the same day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would tell Saul. I am the cause of the death of all the persons of thy fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against (note:)Which was a city in the tribe of Judah, (Jos_15:44).(:note) Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

geneva@1Samuel:23:2 @ Therfore Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shal I goe and smite these Philistims? And the Lord answered Dauid, Go and smite the Philistims, and saue Keilah.

geneva@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in (note:)That is, in the midst of Judah, much more when we come to the borders against our enemies.(:note) Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

geneva@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then Dauid asked counsell of the Lord againe; the Lord answered him, & sayd, Arise, go downe to Keilah: for I wil deliuer the Philistims into thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:23:5 @ So Dauid and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistims, & brought away their cattel, & smote them with a great slaughter: thus Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.

geneva@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an (note:)By God's providence the ephod was preserved and kept with David the true king.(:note) ephod in his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was come to Keilah, & Saul sayd, God hath deliuered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seeing he is come into a citie that hath gates and barres.

geneva@1Samuel:23:8 @ Then Saul called all the people together to warre, for to go downe to Keilah, & to besiege Dauid and his men.

geneva@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, (note:)To consult with the Lord by Urim and Thummim.(:note) Bring hither the ephod.

geneva@1Samuel:23:11 @ Wil the lordes of Keilah deliuer me vp into his hand? and will Saul come downe, as thy seruant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy seruant; the Lord sayde, He will come downe.

geneva@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said Dauid, Will the lords of Keilah deliuer me vp, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord sayde, They will deliuer thee vp.

geneva@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundreth, arose, & departed out of Keilah, and went whither they coulde; it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fled from Keilah, and he left off his iourney.

geneva@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God (note:)No power nor policy can prevail against God's children, but when he appoints the time.(:note) delivered him not into his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:23:15 @ And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.

geneva@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted him in God,

geneva@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be (note:)Jonathan assured David, that God would accomplish his promise, and that his father warred against his own conscience.(:note) king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

geneva@1Samuel:23:18 @ So they twaine made a couenant before ye Lorde: and Dauid did remaine in the wood: but Ionathan went to his house.

geneva@1Samuel:23:20 @ Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.

geneva@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, (note:)the Lord recompense this friendship.(:note) Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

geneva@1Samuel:23:22 @ Goe, I pray you, & prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he haunteth, and who hath seene him there: for it is sayd to me, He is subtile, and craftie.

geneva@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the (note:)In your country of Ziph, which is in Judah.(:note) land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

geneva@1Samuel:23:24 @ Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but Dauid and his men were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the playne on the right hande of Ieshimon.

geneva@1Samuel:23:25 @ Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of (note:)Which was also in the tribe of Judah, (Jos_15:55).(:note) Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

geneva@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.

geneva@1Samuel:23:27 @ But there came a (note:)Thus the Lord can pull back the bridle of the tyrants and deliver his out of the lion's mouth.(:note) messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

geneva@1Samuel:23:28 @ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place (note:)That is, stone of division, because there they divided themselves one from another.(:note) Selahammahlekoth.

geneva@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in (note:)That is, in strong places, which were defended by nature.(:note) strong holds at Engedi.

geneva@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of (note:)A city of Judah, (Jos_15:62).(:note) Engedi.

geneva@1Samuel:24:2 @ {\cf2 (24:3)} Then Saul tooke three thousande chosen men out of all Israel, & went to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the rocks among the wilde goates.

geneva@1Samuel:24:3 @ {\cf2 (24:4)} And hee came to the sheepecoates by the way where there was a caue, & Saul went in to do his easement: and Dauid and his men sate in the inward parts of the caue.

geneva@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said unto him, (note:)Here we see how ready we are to hasten God's promise, if the occasion serve never so little.(:note) Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

geneva@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart (note:)For seeing it was his own private cause, he repented that he had touched his enemy.(:note) smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

geneva@1Samuel:24:6 @ {\cf2 (24:7)} And he said vnto his men, The Lord keepe mee from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords Anoynted, to lay mine hand vpon him: for he is the Anoynted of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:24:7 @ {\cf2 (24:8)} So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.

geneva@1Samuel:24:8 @ {\cf2 (24:9)} Dauid also arose afterward, and went out of the caue, and cryed after Saul, saying, O my lorde the King; when Saul looked behinde him, Dauid inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himselfe.

geneva@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, (note:)Contrary to the report of those who said David was Saul's enemy, he proves himself to be his friend.(:note) Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

geneva@1Samuel:24:10 @ {\cf2 (24:11)} Behold, this day thine eyes haue seene, that the Lorde had deliuered thee this day into mine hand in the caue, and some bade me kill thee, but I had compassion on thee, and said, I will not lay mine hande on my master: for he is the Lordes Anoynted.

geneva@1Samuel:24:11 @ {\cf2 (24:12)} Moreouer my father, behold: behold, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstad & see, that there is neither euil nor wickednesse in mee, neither haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

geneva@1Samuel:24:12 @ {\cf2 (24:13)} The Lord be iudge betweene thee and me, and the Lord auenge me of thee, & let not mine hand be vpon thee.

geneva@1Samuel:24:13 @ {\cf2 (24:14)} According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.

geneva@1Samuel:24:14 @ {\cf2 (24:15)} After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

geneva@1Samuel:24:15 @ {\cf2 (24:16)} The Lord therfore be iudge, and iudge betweene thee and me, and see, & pleade my cause, and deliuer me out of thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, (note:)Though he was a cruel enemy to David, yet by his great gentleness his conscience compelled him to yield.(:note) [Is] this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

geneva@1Samuel:24:17 @ {\cf2 (24:18)} And sayd to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rendred me good, and I haue rendred thee euill.

geneva@1Samuel:24:18 @ {\cf2 (24:19)} And thou hast shewed this day, that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands, thou killedst me not.

geneva@1Samuel:24:19 @ {\cf2 (24:20)} For who shal finde his enemie, and let him depart free? wherefore the Lorde render thee good for that thou hast done vnto me this day.

geneva@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I (note:)Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favour of God toward David, yet he did not cease to persecute him against his own conscience.(:note) know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:24:21 @ {\cf2 (24:22)} Sweare now therfore vnto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:24:22 @ {\cf2 (24:23)} So Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid & his men went vp vnto ye hold.

geneva@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his (note:)That is, among his own kindred.(:note) house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

geneva@1Samuel:25:2 @ And [there was] a man in (note:)Maon and Carmel were cities in the tribe of Judah. Carmel the mountain was in Galilee.(:note) Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

geneva@1Samuel:25:3 @ The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, & she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man was churlish, and euil conditioned, and was of the familie of Caleb.

geneva@1Samuel:25:4 @ And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe.

geneva@1Samuel:25:5 @ Therefore Dauid sent tenne yong men, & Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, & aske him in my name how he doeth.

geneva@1Samuel:25:6 @ And thus shall ye say (note:)Or, for salvation.(:note) to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thine house, and peace [be] unto all that thou hast.

geneva@1Samuel:25:7 @ Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: now thy shepherds were with vs, and we did the no hurt, neyther did they misse any thing all the while they were in Carmel.

geneva@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever (note:)Whatever you have ready for us.(:note) cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

geneva@1Samuel:25:9 @ And when Dauids yong men came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace.

geneva@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the (note:)Thus the covetous wretches instead of relieving the needs of God's children, reviled their persons and condemned their cause.(:note) son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

geneva@1Samuel:25:11 @ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?

geneva@1Samuel:25:12 @ So Dauids seruants turned their way, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things.

geneva@1Samuel:25:13 @ And Dauid said vnto his men, Girde euery man his sword about him. And they girded euery man his sworde: Dauid also girded his sworde; about foure hundreth men went vp after Dauid, and two hundreth abode by the cariage.

geneva@1Samuel:25:14 @ Nowe one of the seruantes tolde Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Beholde, Dauid sent messengers out of the wildernesse to salute our master, and he rayled on them.

geneva@1Samuel:25:15 @ But the men [were] very good (note:)When we kept our sheep in the wilderness of Paran.(:note) unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

geneva@1Samuel:25:17 @ Nowe therefore take heede, and see what thou shalt doe: for euill will surely come vpon our master, and vpon all his familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.

geneva@1Samuel:25:18 @ Then Abigail made haste, & tooke two hundreth cakes, & two bottels of wine, & fiue sheepe ready dressed, & fiue measures of parched corne, and an hundreth frailes of raisins, & two hundreth of figs, and laded them on asses.

geneva@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her (note:)Because she knew his crooked nature, that he would rather die than agree to her enterprise.(:note) husband Nabal.

geneva@1Samuel:25:20 @ And as shee rode on her asse, shee came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and beholde, Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

geneva@1Samuel:25:21 @ And Dauid said, In deede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellow had in the wildernesse, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained vnto him: for he hath requited me euill for good.

geneva@1Samuel:25:22 @ So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that (note:)Meaning by this proverb that he would destroy both small and great.(:note) pisseth against the wall.

geneva@1Samuel:25:23 @ And when Abigail sawe Dauid, she hasted and lighted off her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground,

geneva@1Samuel:25:24 @ And fel at his feete, and sayd, Oh, my lord, I haue committed the iniquitie, and I pray thee, let thine handmayde speake to thee, and heare thou the wordes of thine handmayde.

geneva@1Samuel:25:25 @ Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and follie is with him: but I thine handmayde sawe not the yong men of my lord whom thou sentest.

geneva@1Samuel:25:26 @ Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own (note:)That is, that you should not be revenged by your enemy.(:note) hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

geneva@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now, this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought vnto my lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yong men, that followe my lord.

geneva@1Samuel:25:28 @ I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a (note:)Confirm his kingdom to his posterity.(:note) sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.

geneva@1Samuel:25:29 @ Yet (note:)That is, Saul.(:note) a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the God will preserve you long in his service, and destroy your enemies. bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling.

geneva@1Samuel:25:30 @ And when the Lorde shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promised thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel,

geneva@1Samuel:25:31 @ That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath (note:)That he did not avenge himself, which would have tormented his conscience.(:note) avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

geneva@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, (note:)Read (1Sa_25:31).(:note) and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

geneva@1Samuel:25:34 @ For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, (note:)He attributes it to the Lord's mercy, and not to himself that he was stayed.(:note) which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

geneva@1Samuel:25:35 @ Then Dauid receiued of her hande that which she had brought him, and said to her, Goe vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition.

geneva@1Samuel:25:36 @ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him (note:)For he had no reason either to consider, or to give thanks for this great benefit of deliverance.(:note) nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

geneva@1Samuel:25:37 @ But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] (note:)For fear of the great danger.(:note) a stone.

geneva@1Samuel:25:38 @ And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

geneva@1Samuel:25:39 @ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to (note:)For he had experienced her great godliness, wisdom and humility.(:note) take her to him to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:25:40 @ And whe the seruants of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her, saying, Dauid sent vs to thee, to take thee to his wife.

geneva@1Samuel:25:41 @ And she arose, and bowed her selfe on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmayde be a seruant to wash the feete of the seruants of my lord.

geneva@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigail hasted, & arose, and rode vpon an asse, and her fiue maides folowed her, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and was his wife.

geneva@1Samuel:25:43 @ Dauid also tooke Ahinoam of Izreel, and they were both his wiues.

geneva@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand (note:)That is, of the most skilful and valiant soldiers.(:note) chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

geneva@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Ieshimon by the way side. Now Dauid abode in the wildernesse, and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse.

geneva@1Samuel:26:4 @ (For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstood, that Saul was come in very deede)

geneva@1Samuel:26:5 @ Then Dauid arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched, and when Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captaine, (for Saul lay in the fort, and the people pitched round about him)

geneva@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the (note:)Who was a stranger, and not an Israelite.(:note) Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Who afterward was David's chief captain. Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:26:7 @ So Dauid and Abishai came downe to the people by night: and beholde, Saul lay sleeping within the fort, and his speare did sticke in the ground at his head: and Abner and the people lay round about him.

geneva@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not [smite] him the (note:)Meaning, he would make him sure at one stroke.(:note) second time.

geneva@1Samuel:26:9 @ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand (note:)That is, in his own private cause: for Jehu slew two kings at God's appointment, (2Ki_9:24).(:note) against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?

geneva@1Samuel:26:10 @ Moreouer Dauid said, As the Lord liueth, eyther the Lorde shall smite him, or his day shall come to dye, or he shall descend into battel, and perish.

geneva@1Samuel:26:11 @ The Lorde keepe mee from laying mine hand vpon the Lordes anointed: but, I pray thee, take now the speare that is at his head, and the pot of water, and let vs goe hence.

geneva@1Samuel:26:12 @ So Dauid tooke the speare and the pot of water from Sauls head, and they gate them away, and no man saw it, nor marked it, neither did any awake, but they were all asleepe: for the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon them.

geneva@1Samuel:26:13 @ Then Dauid went vnto the other side, and stoode on the toppe of an hill a farre off, a great space being betweene them.

geneva@1Samuel:26:14 @ And Dauid cryed to the people, and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying, Hearest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered, & said, Who art thou that cryest to the King?

geneva@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, [Art] not thou a [valiant] (note:)Esteemed most valiant and fit to save the king?(:note) man? and who [is] like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

geneva@1Samuel:26:16 @ This is not well done of thee: as the Lord liueth, ye are worthy to dye, because ye haue not kept your master the Lordes Anointed: and now see where the Kings speare is, and the pot of water that was at his head.

geneva@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul knew David's voice, and said, [Is] this thy voice, (note:)By this it appears, that the hypocrite persecuted David against his own conscience and contrary to his promise.(:note) my son David? And David said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king.

geneva@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he sayde, Wherefore doeth my lorde thus persecute his seruant? for what haue I done? or what euill is in mine hand?

geneva@1Samuel:26:21 @ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was (note:)Because you saved my life this day.(:note) precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

geneva@1Samuel:26:22 @ Then Dauid answered, and saide, Beholde the Kings speare, let one of the yong men come ouer and set it.

geneva@1Samuel:26:23 @ The LORD render to every man his (note:)Thus he protests his innocency toward Saul, not defending his justice in the sight of God, in whose presence none is righteous, (Psa_14:3, Psa_130:3).(:note) righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.

geneva@1Samuel:26:24 @ And beholde, like as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes: so let my life be set by in the eyes of the Lord, that he may deliuer me out of all tribulation.

geneva@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his (note:)To Gibeah of Benjamin.(:note) place.

geneva@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, I shall now (note:)David distrusts God's protection and therefore flees to the idolaters, who were enemies to God's people.(:note) perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:27:2 @ Dauid therefore arose, and he, and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went vnto Achish the sonne of Maoch King of Gath.

geneva@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David (note:)Thus God by his providence changes the enemies hearts, and makes them favour his in their need.(:note) dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

geneva@1Samuel:27:4 @ And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled to Gath: so he sought no more for him.

geneva@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, (note:)Let your officers appoint me a place.(:note) let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

geneva@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.

geneva@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and invaded the (note:)These were the wicked Canaanites, whom God had appointed to be destroyed.(:note) Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Samuel:27:9 @ And Dauid smote the lande, and left neither man nor woman aliue, and tooke sheepe, & oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparell, and returned and came to Achish.

geneva@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the (note:)A family of the tribe of Judah, (1Ch_2:9).(:note) Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

geneva@1Samuel:27:11 @ And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel on vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish beleeued Dauid, saying, He hath made his people of Israel vtterly to abhorre him: therefore he shalbe my seruant for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:28:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, (note:)Though it was a great grief to David to fight against the people of God, yet such was his infirmity, he did not dare deny him.(:note) Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

geneva@1Samuel:28:2 @ And Dauid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt knowe, what thy seruant can doe; Achish sayde to Dauid, Surely I will make thee keeper of mine head for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had (note:)According to the commandment of God, (Exo_22:18; Deu_18:10-11).(:note) put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

geneva@1Samuel:28:4 @ Then the Philistims assembled themselues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel, and they pitched in Gilboa.

geneva@1Samuel:28:5 @ And when Saul saw the hoste of the Philistims, he was afraid, & his heart was sore astonied.

geneva@1Samuel:28:6 @ And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by (note:)Meaning, the high priest, (Exo_28:30).(:note) Urim, nor by prophets.

geneva@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then saide Saul vnto his seruants, Seeke me a woman that hath a familiar spirite, that I may goe to her, and aske of her; his seruants said to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor that hath a familiar spirit.

geneva@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul (note:)He does not seek God in his misery, but is led by Satan to unlawful means, which in his conscience he condemns.(:note) disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me [him] up, whom I shall name unto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman saide vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the southsayers out of the land: wherefore then seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to die?

geneva@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul sware to her by the Lorde, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing.

geneva@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up (note:)He speaks according to his gross ignorance not considering the state of the saints after this life, and how Satan has no power over them.(:note) Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman sawe Samuel, she cryed with a loude voyce, and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceiued me? for thou art Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the King said vnto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said vnto Saul, I saw gods ascending vp out of the earth.

geneva@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] (note:)To his imagination, even though it was Satan, who to blind his eyes took on him the form of Samuel, as he can do of an angel of light.(:note) Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself.

geneva@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.

geneva@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?

geneva@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the LORD hath done to (note:)That is, to David.(:note) him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, [even] to David:

geneva@1Samuel:28:19 @ Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: (note:)You will die, (1Sa_31:6).(:note) 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.

geneva@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore (note:)The wicked when they hear God's judgments, tremble and despair, but cannot seek for mercy by repentance.(:note) 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.

geneva@1Samuel:28:21 @ 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 (note:)I have ventured my life.(:note) have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

geneva@1Samuel:28:22 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, hearke thou also vnto ye voyce of thine handmaid, & let me set a morsell of bread before thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee strength, and go on thy iourney.

geneva@1Samuel:28:23 @ But he refused, and said, I will not eate: but his seruants and the woman together compelled him, and he obeyed their voyce: so he arose from the earth, and sate on the bed.

geneva@1Samuel:28:24 @ And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded [it], and did bake (note:)Because it required haste.(:note) unleavened bread thereof:

geneva@1Samuel:28:25 @ Then she brought them before Saul, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stoode, and went away the same night.

geneva@1Samuel:29:1 @ So the Philistims were gathered together with all their armies in Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by the fountaine, which is in Izreel.

geneva@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by (note:)According to their bands, or ensigns.(:note) hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

geneva@1Samuel:29:3 @ 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, (note:)Meaning, a long time, that is, four months and certain days, (1Sa_27:7).(:note) or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day?

geneva@1Samuel:29:4 @ 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 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 unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the (note:)Would not Saul receive him to favour, if he would betray us?(:note) heads of these men?

geneva@1Samuel:29:5 @ Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?

geneva@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy (note:)That is, was conversant with me.(:note) going out and thy coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

geneva@1Samuel:29:7 @ Wherefore nowe returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may (note:)This deception cannot be excused, for it grieved him to go against the people of God.(:note) not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

geneva@1Samuel:29:9 @ Achish then answered, and said to Dauid, I knowe thou pleasest mee, as an Angell of God: but the princes of the Philistims haue saide, Let him not goe vp with vs to battell.

geneva@1Samuel:29:10 @ Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy (note:)With them that fled to thee from Saul.(:note) master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

geneva@1Samuel:29:11 @ So Dauid and his men rose vp earely to depart in the morning, and to returne into the lande of the Philistims: and the Philistims went vp to Izreel.

geneva@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on (note:)After that he departed from Achish.(:note) the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and That is, destroyed their city. smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

geneva@1Samuel:30:2 @ And had taken the women that were therein, prisoners, both small and great, and slewe not a man, but caryed them away, & went their wayes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:3 @ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their (note:)For those only remained in the city, when the men were gone to war.(:note) wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

geneva@1Samuel:30:4 @ Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntill they could weepe no more.

geneva@1Samuel:30:5 @ Dauids two wiues were taken prisoners also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

geneva@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed; for the people (note:)Thus we see that in trouble and adversity we do not consider God's providence, but like raging beasts forget both our own duty and contemn God's appointment over us.(:note) spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

geneva@1Samuel:30:7 @ And Dauid saide to Abiathar the Priest Ahimelechs sonne, I pray thee, bring me the Ephod; Abiathar brought the Ephod to Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and without fail (note:)Though God seem to leave us for a time, yet if we trust in him, we will be sure to find comfort.(:note) recover [all].

geneva@1Samuel:30:9 @ So Dauid and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went, and came to the riuer Besor, where a part of them abode:

geneva@1Samuel:30:10 @ But Dauid and foure hundreth men followed (for two hundreth abode behinde, being too wearie to goe ouer the riuer Besor)

geneva@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him (note:)God by his providence both provides for the needs of the poor stranger, and made him a guide to David to accomplish his enterprise.(:note) bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

geneva@1Samuel:30:12 @ Also they gaue him a fewe figges, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirite came againe to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunke any water in three dayes, and three nightes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:13 @ And Dauid saide vnto him, To whome belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he saide, I am a yong man of Egypt, and seruant to an Amalekite: and my master left me three dayes agoe, because I fell sicke.

geneva@1Samuel:30:14 @ We roued vpon the South of Chereth, & vpon the coast belonging to Iudah, and vpon the South of Caleb, and we burnt Ziklag with fire.

geneva@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, (note:)For others were in all ages held in most reverence, even among the heathen.(:note) Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

geneva@1Samuel:30:16 @ And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, (note:)The wicked in their pomp and pleasures do not consider the judgment of God, which is then at hand to smite them.(:note) eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

geneva@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening (note:)Some read, and to the morrow of the two evenings, that is, three days.(:note) of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

geneva@1Samuel:30:18 @ And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had taken: also Dauid rescued his two wiues.

geneva@1Samuel:30:19 @ And they lacked nothing, small or great, sonne or daughter, or of the spoyle of all that they had taken away: Dauid recouered them all.

geneva@1Samuel:30:20 @ And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's (note:)Which the Amalekites had taken from others, and David from them, besides the goods of Ziklag.(:note) spoil.

geneva@1Samuel:30:21 @ And Dauid came to the two hundreth men that were too wearie for to followe Dauid: whome they had made also to abide at the riuer Besor: and they came to meete Dauid, and to meete the people that were with him: so when Dauid came neere to the people, hee saluted them.

geneva@1Samuel:30:22 @ Then answered all the wicked men and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [ought] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his (note:)Under these are understood the cattle and goods, which belonged to every man.(:note) wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away, and depart.

geneva@1Samuel:30:23 @ Then saide Dauid, Yee shall not doe so, my brethren, with that which the Lorde hath giuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and deliuered the companie that came against vs, into our handes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:26 @ When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto the Elders of Iudah and to his friends, saying, See there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:30:27 @ Hee sent to them of Beth-el, and to them of South Ramoth, and to them of Iattir,

geneva@1Samuel:30:28 @ And to them of Aroer, and to them of Siphmoth, and to them of Eshtemoa,

geneva@1Samuel:30:29 @ And to them of Rachal, and to them of the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them of the cities of the Kenites,

geneva@1Samuel:30:30 @ And to them of Hormah, and to them of Chor-ashan, and to them of Athach,

geneva@1Samuel:30:31 @ And to [them] which [were] in Hebron, and (note:)Showing himself mindful of their benefits towards him.(:note) to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

geneva@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistims fought against Israel, & the me of Israel fled away from ye Philistims, and they fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistims preassed sore vpon Saul and his sonnes, and slewe Ionathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua Sauls sonnes.

geneva@1Samuel:31:3 @ And when the battel went sore against Saul, the archers and bowmen hit him, and hee was sore wounded of the archers.

geneva@1Samuel:31:4 @ Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, (note:)So we see that his cruel life has a desperate end, as is commonly seen in those who persecute the children of God.(:note) Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

geneva@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, & dyed with him.

geneva@1Samuel:31:6 @ So Saul dyed, and his three sonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.

geneva@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the (note:)Near to Gilboa.(:note) valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

geneva@1Samuel:31:8 @ And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa,

geneva@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to (note:)In token of victory and triumph.(:note) publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people.

geneva@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they layed vp his armour in the house of Ashtaroth, but they hanged vp his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

geneva@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of (note:)Whom he had delivered from their enemies, (1Sa_11:11).(:note) Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

geneva@1Samuel:31:12 @ Then they arose (as many as were strong men) and went all night, and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabesh, and burnt them there,

geneva@1Samuel:31:13 @ And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and (note:)According to the custom of mourners.(:note) fasted seven days.

geneva@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; (note:)The Argument - This book and the former are called Samuel, because they contain the conception, birth and the whole course of his life, and also the lives and acts of two kings, that is, of Saul and David, whom he anointed and consecrated kings by the ordinance of God. The first book contains those things which God brought to pass among this people under the government of Samuel and Saul. This second book declares the noble acts of David, after the death of Saul when he began to reign, to the end of his kingdom, and how it was expanded by him. It also contains the great troubles and dangers he sustained both within his house and without, the horrible and dangerous insurrections, uproars, and treasons wrought against him, partly by false counsellors, feigned friends and flatterers and partly by his own children and people. By God's assistance he overcame all difficulties, and enjoyed his kingdom in rest and peace. In the person of David the scripture sets forth Christ Jesus the chief king, who came from David according to the flesh, and was persecuted on every side with outward and inward enemies, as well in his own person, as in his members, but at length he overcomes all his enemies, and gives his Church victory against all power both spiritual and temporal; and so reigns with them, king for ever.(:note)

geneva@2Samuel:1:2 @ It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with (note:)Seeming to lament the overthrow of the people of Israel.(:note) his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

geneva@2Samuel:1:3 @ Then Dauid saide vnto him, Whence commest thou? And he said vnto him, Out of the host of Israel I am escaped.

geneva@2Samuel:1:4 @ And Dauid saide vnto him, What is done? I pray thee, tell me. Then he said, that the people is fled from the battel, and many of the people are ouerthrowen, and dead, & also Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead.

geneva@2Samuel:1:5 @ And Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Howe knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead?

geneva@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man that told him said, (note:)As I fled the chase.(:note) As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

geneva@2Samuel:1:7 @ And when he looked backe, he saw me, and called me; I answered, Here am I.

geneva@2Samuel:1:8 @ And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an (note:)He was an Amalekite born, but renounced his country and joined with the Israelites.(:note) Amalekite.

geneva@2Samuel:1:9 @ He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my (note:)I am sorry, because I am yet alive.(:note) life [is] yet whole in me.

geneva@2Samuel:1:10 @ So I came vpon him, and slewe him, and because I was sure that hee coulde not liue, after that hee had fallen, I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and brought them hither vnto my lord.

geneva@2Samuel:1:11 @ Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, & rent them, and likewise al the men that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:1:12 @ And they mourned and wept, and fasted vntil euen, for Saul and for Ionathan his sonne, & for the people of the Lorde, and for the house of Israel, because they were slaine with the sword.

geneva@2Samuel:1:14 @ And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afrayd, to put forth thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord?

geneva@2Samuel:1:15 @ Then Dauid called one of his yong men, and said, Goe neere, and fall vpon him; hee smote him that he dyed.

geneva@2Samuel:1:16 @ And David said unto him, (note:)You are justly punished for your fault.(:note) Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

geneva@2Samuel:1:17 @ Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

geneva@2Samuel:1:21 @ Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor (note:)Let their fertile fields be barren, and bring forth no fruit to offer to the Lord.(:note) fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.

geneva@2Samuel:1:22 @ The bow of Ionathan neuer turned backe, neither did the sword of Saul returne emptie from the blood of the slaine, and from the fatte of the mightie.

geneva@2Samuel:1:23 @ Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not (note:)They died both together in Gilboa.(:note) divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

geneva@2Samuel:1:24 @ Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, (note:)As rich garments and costly jewels.(:note) with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

geneva@2Samuel:1:26 @ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of (note:)Either toward their husbands or their children.(:note) women.

geneva@2Samuel:1:27 @ Howe are the mightie ouerthrowen, and the weapons of warre destroyed!

geneva@2Samuel:2:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David (note:)By means of the high priest, (1Sa_23:2; 2Sa_5:19).(:note) enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Which was also called Kirjatharba (Jos_14:15). Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:2:2 @ So Dauid went vp thither, and his two wiues also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite.

geneva@2Samuel:2:3 @ And his men that [were] with (note:)In the time of his persecution.(:note) him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:2:4 @ Then the men of Iudah came, and there they anoynted Dauid King ouer the house of Iudah; they tolde Dauid, saying, that the men of Iabesh Gilead buried Saul.

geneva@2Samuel:2:5 @ And Dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, and said vnto them, Blessed are ye of the Lord, that yee haue shewed such kindenes vnto your lord Saul, that you haue buried him.

geneva@2Samuel:2:6 @ And now the LORD shew kindness and (note:)According to his promise, which is to repay those who are merciful.(:note) truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

geneva@2Samuel:2:7 @ Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me (note:)So that you shall not want a captain and a defender.(:note) king over them.

geneva@2Samuel:2:8 @ But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste, tooke Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,

geneva@2Samuel:2:9 @ And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over (note:)Over the eleven tribes.(:note) all Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:2:10 @ Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne was fourtie yeere olde wen he began to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned two yeere: but the house of Iudah followed Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:2:11 @ And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six (note:)After this he reigned over all the country 33 years, (2Sa_5:5).(:note) months.

geneva@2Samuel:2:12 @ And Abner the sonne of Ner, and the seruantes of Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.

geneva@2Samuel:2:13 @ And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon: and they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole, and the other on the otherside of the poole.

geneva@2Samuel:2:14 @ And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and (note:)Let us see how they can handle their weapons.(:note) play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

geneva@2Samuel:2:15 @ Then there arose and went ouer twelue of Beniamin by number, which perteined to Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and twelue of the seruants of Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:2:16 @ And they caught every one his (note:)Meaning his adversary.(:note) fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.

geneva@2Samuel:2:17 @ And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, (note:)After that these four and twenty were slain.(:note) before the servants of David.

geneva@2Samuel:2:18 @ And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel; Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.

geneva@2Samuel:2:19 @ And Asahel followed after Abner, and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner.

geneva@2Samuel:2:20 @ Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, Yea.

geneva@2Samuel:2:21 @ Then Abner said, Turne thee either to the right hande, or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his weapons: and Asahel would not depart from him.

geneva@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: (note:)Why do you provoke me to kill you?(:note) wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

geneva@2Samuel:2:23 @ Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the (note:)Some read, in those parts where the lively parts lie, the heart, lungs, liver, and gall bladder.(:note) fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

geneva@2Samuel:2:24 @ Ioab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sunne went downe, when they were come to the hill Ammah, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.

geneva@2Samuel:2:25 @ And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill.

geneva@2Samuel:2:26 @ Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the (note:)Shall we not make an end of murdering?(:note) sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

geneva@2Samuel:2:27 @ And Joab said, [As] God liveth, unless thou hadst (note:)If you had not provoked them to battle, (2Sa_2:14).(:note) spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

geneva@2Samuel:2:28 @ So Ioab blew a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

geneva@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plaine, and went ouer Iorden, and past through all Bithron till they came to Mahanaim.

geneva@2Samuel:2:30 @ Ioab also returned backe from Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruants nineteene men and Asahel.

geneva@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three (note:)Thus God would confirm David in his kingdom by the destruction of his adversaries.(:note) hundred and threescore men died.

geneva@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they tooke vp Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem: and Ioab and his men went all night, & when they came to Hebron, the day arose.

geneva@2Samuel:3:1 @ Now there was (note:)That is, without intermission enduring two years, which was the whole reign of Ishbosheth.(:note) long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

geneva@2Samuel:3:2 @ And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite,

geneva@2Samuel:3:3 @ And his second, (note:)Who is also called Daniel, (1Ch_3:1).(:note) Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

geneva@2Samuel:3:4 @ And the fourth, Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith, and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonne of Abital,

geneva@2Samuel:3:5 @ And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in (note:)Within seven years and six months.(:note) Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:3:6 @ Nowe while there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid, Abner made all his power for the house of Saul.

geneva@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiiah; Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine?

geneva@2Samuel:3:8 @ Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a (note:)Do you esteem me no more than a dog, for all my service done to your father's house?(:note) dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

geneva@2Samuel:3:10 @ To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israel, and ouer Iudah, euen from Dan to Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Samuel:3:11 @ And he durst no more answere to Abner: for he feared him.

geneva@2Samuel:3:12 @ Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

geneva@2Samuel:3:15 @ And Ish-bosheth sent, and tooke her from her husband Phaltiel the sonne of Laish.

geneva@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went with her, & came weeping behinde her, vnto Bahurim: then saide Abner vnto him, Go, and returne. So he returned.

geneva@2Samuel:3:17 @ And Abner had (note:)Rather for malice that he bore toward Ishbosheth, than for love he bore to David.(:note) communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past [to be] king over you:

geneva@2Samuel:3:18 @ Nowe then doe it: for the Lord hath spoken of Dauid, saying, By the hand of my seruant Dauid I will saue my people Israel out of the handes of the Philistims, and out of the handes of all their enemies.

geneva@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole (note:)Who challenged the kingdom, because of their father Saul.(:note) house of Benjamin.

geneva@2Samuel:3:20 @ So Abner came to Dauid to Hebron, hauing twentie men with him, and Dauid made a feast vnto Abner, and to the men that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:3:21 @ Then Abner sayde vnto Dauid, I will rise vp, and goe gather all Israel vnto my lorde the King, that they may make a couenant with thee, and that thou mayest reigne ouer all that thine heart desireth. Then Dauid let Abner depart, who went in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:3:22 @ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came (note:)From war against the Philistines.(:note) from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:3:23 @ When Ioab, & all the hoste that was with him were come, men tolde Ioab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner came to the King, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:3:24 @ Then Joab came to the king, and said, (note:)Here appears the malicious mind of Joab, who would have had the king slay Abner for his private grudge.(:note) What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

geneva@2Samuel:3:25 @ Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner: for he came to deceiue thee, and to knowe thy outgoing and ingoing, and to knowe all that thou doest.

geneva@2Samuel:3:26 @ And when Ioab was gone out from Dauid, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him againe from the well of Siriah vnknowing to Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:3:27 @ And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

geneva@2Samuel:3:28 @ And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] (note:)the Lord knows that I did not consent to his death.(:note) guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

geneva@2Samuel:3:29 @ Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

geneva@2Samuel:3:30 @ So Joab and (note:)Abishai is said to slay him with Joab, because he consented to the murder.(:note) Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

geneva@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn (note:)Meaning before the corpse.(:note) before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.

geneva@2Samuel:3:32 @ And when they had buryed Abner in Hebron, the King lift vp his voyce, and wept beside the sepulchre of Abner, and all the people wept.

geneva@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner (note:)He declares that Abner died not as a wretch or vile person, but as a valiant man might do, being traitorously deceived by the wicked.(:note) as a fool dieth?

geneva@2Samuel:3:34 @ Thine handes were not bounde, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so diddest thou fall; all the people wept againe for him.

geneva@2Samuel:3:35 @ And when all the people came to cause David to eat (note:)According to their custom, which was to feast at burials.(:note) meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

geneva@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took notice [of it], and it (note:)It is expedient sometimes not only to conceive inward sorrow, but also that it may appear to others, so that they may be satisfied.(:note) pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

geneva@2Samuel:3:37 @ For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day, howe that it was not the Kings deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slaine.

geneva@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince & a great man falle this day in Israel?

geneva@2Samuel:3:39 @ And I am this day weake and newly anoynted King: and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too harde for me: the Lorde rewarde the doer of euill according to his wickednesse.

geneva@2Samuel:4:1 @ And when Saul's (note:)That is, Ishbosheth.(:note) son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were Meaning, that he was discouraged. feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

geneva@2Samuel:4:2 @ And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for (note:)This city Beeroth was in the tribe of Benjamin, (Jos_18:25).(:note) Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

geneva@2Samuel:4:3 @ And the Beerothites fled to (note:)After the death of Saul, for fear of the Philistines.(:note) Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

geneva@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Ionathan Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete: he was fiue yere olde when the tydings came of Saul and Ionathan out of Israel: then his nourse tooke him, and fledde away; as she made haste to flee, the childe fell, and beganne to halte, and his name was Mephibosheth.

geneva@2Samuel:4:5 @ And the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth (who slept on a bed at noone)

geneva@2Samuel:4:6 @ And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they (note:)They disguised themselves as merchants, who came to buy wheat.(:note) would have fetched wheat; and they There is nothing so vile and dangerous, which the wicked will not undertake in hope of money and favour. smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

geneva@2Samuel:4:7 @ For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, & they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night.

geneva@2Samuel:4:8 @ And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth vnto Dauid to Hebron, and saide to the King, Beholde the head of Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne thine enemie, who sought after thy life: and the Lorde hath auenged my lorde the King this day of Saul, and of his seede.

geneva@2Samuel:4:9 @ Then Dauid answered Rechab & Baanah his brother, the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saide vnto them, As the Lorde liueth, who hath deliuered my soule out of al aduersity,

geneva@2Samuel:4:10 @ When one tolde me, and sayde that Saul was dead, (thinking to haue brought good tydings) I tooke him and slewe him in Ziklag, who thought that I woulde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings:

geneva@2Samuel:4:11 @ How (note:)In that neither the example of him that slew Saul, nor duty to their master, nor the innocency of the person, nor reverence for the place, nor time moved them, they deserved most grievous punishment.(:note) much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

geneva@2Samuel:4:12 @ Then Dauid commanded his yong men, & they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ish-bosheth, & buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy (note:)We are of your kindred and closely related to you.(:note) bone and thy flesh.

geneva@2Samuel:5:2 @ And in time past when Saul was our King, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath sayde to thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captaine ouer Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:5:3 @ So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron (note:)That is, taking the Lord to witness: for the ark was still in Abinadab's house.(:note) before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:5:4 @ Dauid was thirtie yeere olde when he began to reigne: and hee reigned fortie yeere.

geneva@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron hee reigned ouer Iudah seuen yeere, and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem hee reigned thirtie and three yeeres ouer all Israel and Iudah.

geneva@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the (note:)The children of God called idols blind and lame guides: therefore the Jebusites meant that they should prove that their gods were neither blind nor lame.(:note) blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

geneva@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not (note:)The idols should no longer enter into that place.(:note) come into the house.

geneva@2Samuel:5:9 @ So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from (note:)He built from the town house round about to his own house (1Ch_11:8).(:note) Millo and inward.

geneva@2Samuel:5:10 @ And Dauid prospered and grewe: for the Lord God of hostes was with him.

geneva@2Samuel:5:11 @ Hiram also king of Tyrus sent messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walles: and they built Dauid an house.

geneva@2Samuel:5:12 @ Then Dauid knewe that the Lorde had stablished him King ouer Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

geneva@2Samuel:5:13 @ And Dauid tooke him mo concubines & wiues out of Ierusalem, after hee was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:5:14 @ And these bee the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Ierusale: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Salomon,

geneva@2Samuel:5:15 @ And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Iaphia,

geneva@2Samuel:5:16 @ And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

geneva@2Samuel:5:17 @ But when the Philistims hearde that they had anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, all the Philistims came vp to seeke Dauid: and when Dauid heard, he went downe to a fort.

geneva@2Samuel:5:18 @ But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.

geneva@2Samuel:5:19 @ And David (note:)By Abiathar the priest.(:note) enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

geneva@2Samuel:5:20 @ Then Dauid came to Baal-perazim, & smote them there, and sayde, The Lorde hath deuided mine enemies asunder before mee, as waters be deuided asunder: therefore he called the name of that place, Baal-perazim.

geneva@2Samuel:5:21 @ And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

geneva@2Samuel:5:22 @ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of (note:)Meaning the valley of giants, which David called Baalperazim, because of his victory.(:note) Rephaim.

geneva@2Samuel:5:23 @ And when Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde, hee answered, Thou shalt not goe vp, but turne about behinde them, and come vpon them ouer against the mulberie trees.

geneva@2Samuel:5:24 @ And when thou hearest the noyse of one going in the toppes of the mulberie trees, then remoue: for then shall the Lord goe out before thee, to smite the hoste of the Philistims.

geneva@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to (note:)Which was in the tribe of Benjamin, but the Philistines possessed it.(:note) Gazer.

geneva@2Samuel:6:1 @ Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,

geneva@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from (note:)This was a city in Judah called also Kirjathjearim, (Jos_15:9).(:note) Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [between] the cherubims.

geneva@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in (note:)which was a high place in the city of Baale.(:note) Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

geneva@2Samuel:6:4 @ And when they brought the Arke of God out of the house of Abinadab, that was at Gibeah, Ahio went before the Arke,

geneva@2Samuel:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel (note:)Praised God, and sang Psalms.(:note) played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

geneva@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to Nachons threshing floore, Vzzah put his hande to the Arke of God, and helde it: for the oxen did shake it.

geneva@2Samuel:6:7 @ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God (note:)Here we see the danger it is to follow good intentions, or to do anything in God's service without his express word.(:note) smote him there for [his] error; and there he died by the ark of God.

geneva@2Samuel:6:8 @ And Dauid was displeased, because the Lord had smitten Vzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez Vzzah vntill this day.

geneva@2Samuel:6:9 @ Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and sayd, How shall the Arke of the Lorde come to mee?

geneva@2Samuel:6:10 @ So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom (note:)Who was a Levite, and had dwelt in Gittaim, (1Ch_15:21).(:note) the Gittite.

geneva@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the Arke of the Lorde continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite, three moneths, and the Lorde blessed Obed-edom, and all his houshold.

geneva@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and (note:)Meaning, he caused the Levites to bear it according to the law.(:note) brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

geneva@2Samuel:6:13 @ And when they that bare the Arke of the Lord had gone sixe paces, he offred an oxe, and a fatte beast.

geneva@2Samuel:6:14 @ And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen (note:)With a garment like the priest's garment.(:note) ephod.

geneva@2Samuel:6:15 @ So Dauid & all the house of Israel, brought the Arke of the Lord with shouting, and sound of trumpet.

geneva@2Samuel:6:16 @ And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she (note:)The worldlings are not able to comprehend the emotions that move the children of God to praise God in all kinds of ways.(:note) despised him in her heart.

geneva@2Samuel:6:17 @ And when they had brought in the Arke of the Lord, they set it in his place, in the mids of the tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it: then Dauid offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings before the Lord.

geneva@2Samuel:6:18 @ And assoone as Dauid had made an ende of offring burnt offrings and peace offrings, hee blessed the people in the Name of the Lorde of hostes,

geneva@2Samuel:6:19 @ And gaue among all the people, euen among the whole multitude of Israel, aswel to the women as men, to euerie one a cake of bread, and a piece of flesh, and a bottell of wine: so all the people departed euerie one to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:6:20 @ Then David returned to (note:)That is, to pray for his house, as he had done for the people.(:note) bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

geneva@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said unto Michal, (note:)It was for no worldly affection, but only for that zeal that I bore to God's glory.(:note) [It was] before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:6:22 @ And will yet be more vile then thus, and will be low in mine owne sight, and of the verie same maidseruants, which thou hast spoken of, shal I be had in honour.

geneva@2Samuel:7:1 @ Afterwarde when the King sate in his house and the Lorde had giuen him rest rounde about from all his enemies,

geneva@2Samuel:7:3 @ Then Nathan sayde vnto the King, Go, and doe all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:7:4 @ And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying,

geneva@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Meaning, he should not: yet Nathan speaking according to man's judgment and not by the spirit of prophecy permitted him.(:note) Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

geneva@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

geneva@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a (note:)Concerning building a house: meaning without God's express word, nothing should be attempted.(:note) word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

geneva@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a (note:)I have made you famous through all the world.(:note) great name, like unto the name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:7:10 @ Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move (note:)He promises them quietness, if they will walk in his fear and obedience.(:note) no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

geneva@2Samuel:7:11 @ And since the time that I set Iudges ouer my people of Israel) & I will giue thee rest from al thine enemies: also the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

geneva@2Samuel:7:12 @ And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

geneva@2Samuel:7:14 @ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the (note:)That is, gently, as fathers use to chastise their children.(:note) rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

geneva@2Samuel:7:16 @ And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be (note:)This was begun in Solomon, as a figure, but accomplished in Christ.(:note) established for ever.

geneva@2Samuel:7:17 @ According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus vnto Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lorde, and sayde, Who am I, O Lorde God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

geneva@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of (note:)Does this not come rather from your free mercy, than from any worthiness that can be in man?(:note) man, O Lord GOD?

geneva@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:7:21 @ For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:7:23 @ And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for (note:)O Israel.(:note) you great things and terrible, for And inheritance, which is Israel. thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the From the Egyptians and their idols. nations and their gods?

geneva@2Samuel:7:24 @ For thou hast (note:)He shows that God's free election is the only reason why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.(:note) confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

geneva@2Samuel:7:25 @ Nowe therefore, O Lorde God, confirme for euer the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house, and doe as thou hast sayde.

geneva@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the (note:)This prayer is most effective when we chiefly seek God's glory, and the accomplishment of his promise.(:note) house of thy servant David be established before thee.

geneva@2Samuel:7:28 @ Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant)

geneva@2Samuel:7:29 @ Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast (note:)Therefore I firmly believe it will come to pass.(:note) spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

geneva@2Samuel:8:1 @ And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the (note:)So that they paid no more tribute.(:note) hand of the Philistines.

geneva@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with (note:)He slew two parts as it pleased him, and reserved the third.(:note) two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

geneva@2Samuel:8:4 @ And Dauid tooke of them a thousand and seuen hundreth horsemen, and twenty thousande footemen, and Dauid destroyed all the charets, but he reserued an hundreth charets of them.

geneva@2Samuel:8:5 @ Then came the Aramites of Dammesek to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twenty thousande men.

geneva@2Samuel:8:6 @ Then David put garrisons in (note:)In that part of Syria, where Damascus was.(:note) Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, They paid yearly tribute. [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to (note:)For the use of the temple.(:note) Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:8:8 @ And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king Dauid brought exceeding much brasse.

geneva@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to (note:)For seeing David victorious, he was glad to ask for peace.(:note) bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

geneva@2Samuel:8:11 @ And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord with the siluer & golde that he had dedicate of all the nations, which he had subdued:

geneva@2Samuel:8:12 @ Of Aram, and of Moab, & of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistims, and of Amalek, & of the spoyle of Hadadezer ye sonne of Rehob King of Zobah.

geneva@2Samuel:8:13 @ So Dauid gate a name after that hee returned, & had slayne of the Aramites in the valley of salt eighteene thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put a garison in Edom: throughout all Edom put he souldiers, and all they of Edom became Dauids seruants: and the Lord kept Dauid whithersoeuer he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed (note:)He gave judgment in controversies, and was merciful toward the people.(:note) judgment and justice unto all his people.

geneva@2Samuel:8:16 @ And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.

geneva@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priestes, and Seraiah the Scribe.

geneva@2Samuel:8:18 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the (note:)The Cherethites and Pelethites were as the king's guard, and had charge of his person.(:note) Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

geneva@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for (note:)Because of my oath and promise made to Jonathan, (1Sa_20:15).(:note) Jonathan's sake?

geneva@2Samuel:9:2 @ And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruant whose name was Ziba, & when they had called him vnto Dauid, the King sayd vnto him, Art thou Ziba? And he sayd, I thy seruant am he.

geneva@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the (note:)Such mercy as shall be acceptable to God.(:note) kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet.

geneva@2Samuel:9:4 @ Then the King said vnto him, Where is he? And Ziba said vnto the King, Behold, he is in the house of Machir ye sonne of Ammiel of Lo-debar.

geneva@2Samuel:9:5 @ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of (note:)Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathsheba, David's wife.(:note) Ammiel, from Lodebar.

geneva@2Samuel:9:6 @ Nowe when Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid, he fel on his face, and did reuerence; Dauid sayde, Mephibosheth? And he answered, Beholde thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:9:7 @ Then Dauid sayd vnto him, Feare not: for I wil surely shewe thee kindnes for Ionathan thy fathers sake, and will restore thee all the fieldes of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eate bread at my table continually.

geneva@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such (note:)Meaning, a despised person.(:note) a dead dog as I [am]?

geneva@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then the king called Ziba Sauls seruant, & said vnto him, I haue giue vnto thy masters sonne all that perteined to Saul and to all his house.

geneva@2Samuel:9:10 @ Thou therefore, and (note:)Be ye provident overseers and governors of his lands, that they may be profitable.(:note) thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

geneva@2Samuel:9:11 @ Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. (note:)That Mephibosheth may have all things at commandment, as becomes a king's son.(:note) As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:9:12 @ Mephibosheth also had a yong sonne named Micha, and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba, were seruants vnto Mephibosheth.

geneva@2Samuel:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Ierusalem: for he did eate continually at the Kings table, & was lame on both his feete.

geneva@2Samuel:10:1 @ After this, the King of the children of Ammon dyed, and Hanun his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Samuel:10:2 @ Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father (note:)The children of God are not unmindful of a benefit received.(:note) shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee, (note:)Their arrogant malice would not allow them to see the simplicity of David's heart: therefore their counsel turned to the destruction of their country.(:note) to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

geneva@2Samuel:10:4 @ Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the halfe of their beard, & cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away.

geneva@2Samuel:10:5 @ When it was told vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King sayde, Tary at Iericho, vntill your beards be growen, then returne.

geneva@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the children of Ammon saw that they (note:)That they deserved David's displeasure, for the harm done to his ambassadors.(:note) stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:10:7 @ And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab, and all the hoste of the strong men.

geneva@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of (note:)These were various parts of the country of Syria, by which it appears that the Syrians served where they might have entertainment, as now the Sweitzers do.(:note) Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the field.

geneva@2Samuel:10:9 @ When Ioab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde, he chose of all the choyse of Israel, and put them in aray against the Aramites.

geneva@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people hee deliuered into the hande of Abishai his brother, that hee might put them in aray against the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:11 @ And he sayde, If the Aramites be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me, and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will come and succour thee.

geneva@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be of good courage, and let us play the men for (note:)Here it is declared why war should be undertaken: for the defence of true religion and God's people.(:note) our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

geneva@2Samuel:10:13 @ Then Ioab, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battel with the Aramites, who fled before him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the children of Ammon sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai, & entred into the citie. so Ioab returned fro the children of Ammon, and came to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:10:15 @ And when the Aramites sawe that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them together.

geneva@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Aramites that were beyond the Riuer: and they came to Helam, and Shobach the captaine of the hoste of Hadarezer went before them.

geneva@2Samuel:10:17 @ And when it was told David, he gathered (note:)Meaning, the greatest part.(:note) all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] (note:)Who were the chief and most principal: for in all he destroyed 7000, as in (1Ch_19:18), or the soldiers who were in 700 chariots.(:note) seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

geneva@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the Kings, that were seruants to Hadarezer, saw that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and serued them; the Aramites feared to helpe the children of Ammon any more.

geneva@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it came to pass, after the year was (note:)The year following about the spring time.(:note) expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his (note:)Upon which he used to rest in the afternoon, as was read of Ishbosheth in (2Sa_4:7).(:note) bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

geneva@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the (note:)Who was not an born an Israelite, but converted to the true religion.(:note) Hittite?

geneva@2Samuel:11:4 @ Then Dauid sent messengers, & tooke her away: and she came vnto him & he lay with her: (now she was purified from her vncleannes) & she returned vnto her house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived, and sent and (note:)Fearing lest she be stoned according to the law.(:note) told David, and said, I [am] with child.

geneva@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Vriah came vnto him, Dauid demanded him how Ioab did, and howe the people fared, and how the warre prospered.

geneva@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriah, (note:)David thought that if Uriah lay with his wife, his sin might be covered.(:note) Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.

geneva@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Vriah slept at the doore of the Kings palace with all the seruants of his lord, and went not downe to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:10 @ Then they tolde Dauid, saying, Vriah went not downe to his house: and Dauid saide vnto Vriah, Commest thou not from thy iourney? why didst thou not go downe to thine house?

geneva@2Samuel:11:11 @ And Uriah said unto David, (note:)By this God would touch David's conscience, for seeing the fidelity and religion of his servant, he would declare himself forgetful of God, and injurious to his servant.(:note) The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

geneva@2Samuel:11:12 @ Then Dauid sayd vnto Vriah, Tary yet this day, & to morow I will send thee away. So Vriah abode in Ierusalem that day, and the morowe.

geneva@2Samuel:11:13 @ And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him (note:)He made him drink more liberally than he was wont to do, thinking by this he would have slept with his wife.(:note) drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:14 @ And on the morowe Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Vriah.

geneva@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, (note:)Except God continually uphold us with his mighty Spirit, the most perfect fall headlong into all vice and abomination.(:note) Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

geneva@2Samuel:11:17 @ And the men of the citie came out, and fought with Ioab: and there fell of the people of the seruants of Dauid, and Vriah the Hittite also dyed.

geneva@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then Ioab sent and tolde Dauid all the things concerning the warre,

geneva@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

geneva@2Samuel:11:20 @ And if the kings anger arise, so that he say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye vnto the citie to fight? knewe ye not that they would hurle from the wall?

geneva@2Samuel:11:22 @ So the messenger went, and came & shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent him for.

geneva@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said vnto Dauid, Certainely the men preuailed against vs, and came out vnto vs into the field, but we pursued them vnto the entring of the gate.

geneva@2Samuel:11:24 @ But the shooters shot from ye wall against thy seruants, and some of the Kings seruants be dead: & thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is also dead.

geneva@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then David said unto the messenger, (note:)He conceals the truth from the messenger, so that neither his cruel commandment, nor Joab's wicked obedience would be discovered.(:note) Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

geneva@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Vriah heard that her husband Vriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

geneva@2Samuel:11:27 @ So when the mourning was past, Dauid sent and tooke her into his house, and shee became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but ye thing that Dauid had done, displeased the Lord.

geneva@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the LORD sent (note:)Because David lay now drowned in sin, the loving mercy of God which does not allow his own to perish, wakes his conscience by this story and brings him to repentance.(:note) Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

geneva@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:

geneva@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

geneva@2Samuel:12:4 @ Now there came a stranger vnto the rich man, who refused to take of his owne sheepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:5 @ Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye,

geneva@2Samuel:12:6 @ And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.

geneva@2Samuel:12:7 @ Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,

geneva@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave thee thy master's (note:)For David succeeded Saul in his kingdom.(:note) house, and thy master's The Jews take this to be Eglah and Michal, or Rizpah and Michal. wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too little, I would moreover have given unto thee That is, greater things than these: for God's love and benefits increase toward his own, if they do not hinder him by their ingratitude. such and such things.

geneva@2Samuel:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the (note:)You have most cruelly given him into the hands of God's enemies.(:note) children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:12:10 @ Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

geneva@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this (note:)Meaning openly, at noon.(:note) sun.

geneva@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

geneva@2Samuel:12:13 @ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath (note:)For the Lord seeks the sinner to turn to him.(:note) put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

geneva@2Samuel:12:15 @ So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.

geneva@2Samuel:12:16 @ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and (note:)That is, to his private chamber.(:note) went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat (note:)Thinking by his constant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God had determined otherwise.(:note) bread with them.

geneva@2Samuel:12:18 @ So on the seuenth day the child dyed: and the seruants of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead: for they sayde, Beholde, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he woulde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shall we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe him more?

geneva@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when Dauid sawe that his seruantes whispered, Dauid perceiued that the childe was dead: therefore Dauid sayde vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they sayd, He is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:12:20 @ Then David (note:)Showing that our lamentations should not be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.(:note) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

geneva@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then (note:)As they who did not consider that God grants many things to the sobs and tears of the faithful.(:note) said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

geneva@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he sayde, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I sayde, Who can tell whether God will haue mercy on me, that the childe may liue?

geneva@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (note:)That is, the Lord, (1Ch_22:9).(:note) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the (note:)To call him Solomon.(:note) prophet; and Meaning, David. he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:12:26 @ Then Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the citie of the kingdome.

geneva@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of (note:)That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.(:note) waters.

geneva@2Samuel:12:29 @ So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

geneva@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof [was] a (note:)That is, 60 pounds after the weight of the common talent.(:note) talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

geneva@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under (note:)Signifying that as they were malicious enemies of God, so he put them to cruel death.(:note) saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] (note:)Tamar was Absalom's sister both by father and mother, and Amnon's only by father.(:note) Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a (note:)And therefore kept her father's house, as virgins were accustomed.(:note) virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:3 @ But Amnon had a friend called Ionadab, the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother: and Ionadab was a very subtile man.

geneva@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Jonadab said unto him, (note:)Here we see that there is no enterprise so wicked that it cannot be encouraged to further wickedness.(:note) Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down, and made himself 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 (note:)Meaning, some delicate and dainty meat.(:note) cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:7 @ Then Dauid sent home to Tamar, saying, Goe now to thy brother Amnons house, and dresse him meate.

geneva@2Samuel:13:8 @ So Tamar went to her brother Amnons house, and he lay downe: and she tooke floure, and knead it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

geneva@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took a pan, and (note:)That is, she served them on a dish.(:note) poured [them] out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from For the wicked are ashamed to do that before men, which they are not afraid to commit in the sight of God. me. And they went out every man from him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:10 @ Then Amnon said vnto Tamar, Bring the meate into the chamber, that I may eate of thine hand; Tamar tooke the cakes which shee had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

geneva@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had set them before him to eate, he tooke her, and sayd vnto her, Come, lye with me, my sister.

geneva@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of (note:)As a lewd and wicked person.(:note) the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

geneva@2Samuel:13:14 @ Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce, but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred wherewith he hated her, was greater then the loue, wherewith hee had loued her: and Amnon sayde vnto her, Vp, get thee hence.

geneva@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she answered him, There is no cause: this euill (to put mee away) is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me: but he would not heare her,

geneva@2Samuel:13:18 @ And [she had] a garment of (note:)For that which was of various colours or pieces, in those days was greatly esteemed, (Gen_37:3; Jdg_5:30).(:note) divers colours upon 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.

geneva@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent the garment of diuers colours which was on her, and layde her hand on her head, and went her way crying.

geneva@2Samuel:13:20 @ And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but (note:)For though he conceived sudden vengeance in his heart, yet he concealed it till an opportunity arose, and comforted his sister.(:note) hold now thy peace, my sister: he [is] thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

geneva@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

geneva@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and (note:)That is, to a banquet, thinking by it to fulfil his wicked purpose.(:note) Absalom invited all the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the King and sayd, Beholde now, thy seruant hath sheepesherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants would goe with thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (note:)Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him.(:note) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

geneva@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not (note:)Such is the pride of the wicked masters, that in all their wicked commandments they think to be obeyed.(:note) I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the seruantes of Absalom did vnto Amnon, as Absalom had commanded: and al the Kings sonnes arose, and euery man gate him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

geneva@2Samuel:13:30 @ And while they were in the way, tydings came to Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine al the Kings sonnes, & there is not one of them left.

geneva@2Samuel:13:31 @ Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the (note:)Lamenting, as he that felt the wrath of God on his house, (2Sa_12:10).(:note) earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

geneva@2Samuel:13:32 @ And Ionadab the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother answered and sayde, Let not my lord suppose that they haue slayne all the yong men the Kings sonnes: for Amnon onely is dead, because Absalom had reported so, since hee forced his sister Tamar.

geneva@2Samuel:13:34 @ Then Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watch, lift vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behinde him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, (note:)That only Amnon is dead.(:note) so it is.

geneva@2Samuel:13:36 @ And assoone as hee had left speaking, behold, the Kings sonnes came, & lift vp their voyces, and wept: and the King also and all his seruants wept exceedingly sore.

geneva@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Absalom fled, and went to (note:)For Maachah his mother was the daughter of this Talmai, (2Sa_3:3).(:note) Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

geneva@2Samuel:13:38 @ So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three yeeres.

geneva@2Samuel:13:39 @ And King Dauid desired to go forth vnto Absalom, because he was pacified concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

geneva@2Samuel:14:2 @ And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and (note:)In token of mourning: for they used anointing to seem cheerful.(:note) anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

geneva@2Samuel:14:3 @ And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).

geneva@2Samuel:14:4 @ Then the woman of Tekoah spake vnto the king, & fel downe on her face to the ground, and did obeysance, and sayd, Helpe, O King.

geneva@2Samuel:14:5 @ Then the King sayd vnto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am in deede a widow, and mine husband is dead:

geneva@2Samuel:14:6 @ And thy handmaid had two (note:)Under this parable she describes the death of Amnon by Absalom.(:note) sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:7 @ And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the (note:)Because he has slain his brother he ought to be slain according to the law, (Gen_9:6; Exo_21:12).(:note) life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.

geneva@2Samuel:14:9 @ And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the (note:)Concerning the breach of the Law which punishes blood, let me bear the blame.(:note) iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

geneva@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the King sayde, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shall touche thee no more.

geneva@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then said she, I pray thee, let the king (note:)Swear that they will not revenge the blood, which are many in number.(:note) remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmayde speake a worde to my lord the King; he sayd, Say on.

geneva@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou (note:)Why do you give contrary sentence to your son Absalom?(:note) thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

geneva@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise (note:)God has often provided ways (as sanctuaries) to save them, whom man judges worthy of death.(:note) means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:15 @ Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people (note:)For I thought they would kill my son.(:note) have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

geneva@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.

geneva@2Samuel:14:17 @ Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an (note:)Is of great wisdom to discern right from wrong.(:note) angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee; the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.

geneva@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, [Is not] (note:)Have you not done this by the counsel of Joab.(:note) the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

geneva@2Samuel:14:20 @ To fetch about this (note:)By speaking further in a parable than plainly.(:note) form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have (note:)I have granted your request.(:note) done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

geneva@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Ioab fell to the grounde on his face, and bowed himselfe, & thanked the King. Then Ioab sayde, This day thy seruant knoweth, that I haue found grace in thy sight, my lord the King, in that the King hath fulfilled the request of his seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:14:23 @ And Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him (note:)Covering by this his affection, and showing some part of justice to please the people.(:note) turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

geneva@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred (note:)Which weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces after half an ounce the shekel.(:note) shekels after the king's weight.

geneva@2Samuel:14:27 @ And Absalom had three sonnes, and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fayre woman to looke vpon.

geneva@2Samuel:14:28 @ So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.

geneva@2Samuel:14:29 @ Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.

geneva@2Samuel:14:30 @ Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it (note:)The wicked are impatient in their affections, and spare no unlawful means to accomplish them.(:note) on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

geneva@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and (note:)If I have offended by revenging my sister's dishonour: thus the wicked justify themselves in their evil.(:note) if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.

geneva@2Samuel:14:33 @ Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to (note:)Which were as a guard to set forth his estate.(:note) run before him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the (note:)That is, noting of what city or place he was.(:note) tribes of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:3 @ Then Absalom said vnto him, See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the King to heare thee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:4 @ Absalom said moreover, (note:)Thus by slander, flattery and fair promises, the wicked seek preference.(:note) Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

geneva@2Samuel:15:5 @ And when any man came neere to him, and did him obeisance, he put forth his hand, & tooke him, and kissed him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:6 @ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom (note:)By enticing them from his father to himself.(:note) stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass after (note:)Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel.(:note) forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the King sayd vnto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] (note:)And bid to his feast in Hebron.(:note) called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

geneva@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from (note:)Whose heart he saw that Satan had so possessed that he would leave no mischief unattempted.(:note) Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

geneva@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shal appoynt.

geneva@2Samuel:15:16 @ So the King departed and all his houshold after him, and the King left ten concubines to keepe the house.

geneva@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was (note:)That is, from Jerusalem.(:note) far off.

geneva@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the (note:)These were as the king's guard, or as some write, his counsellors.(:note) Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

geneva@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to (note:)Who as some write was the king's son of Gath.(:note) Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.

geneva@2Samuel:15:20 @ Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy (note:)Meaning, those of his family.(:note) brethren: mercy and God require of you your friendship and fidelity. truth [be] with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the King, and sayde, As the Lorde liueth, and as my lord the King liueth, in what place my lord the King shalbe, whether in death or life, euen there surely will thy seruant bee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:22 @ Then Dauid sayd to Ittai, Come, & go forward; Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the country wept with a loud voice, and (note:)That is, the four hundred men.(:note) all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

geneva@2Samuel:15:24 @ And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites [were] with him, (note:)Which was the charge, of the Kohathites, (Num_4:4).(:note) bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went To stand by the ark. up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

geneva@2Samuel:15:25 @ Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

geneva@2Samuel:15:27 @ The King sayde againe vnto Zadok the Priest, Art not thou a Seer? returne into the citie in peace, and your two sonnes with you: to wit, Ahimaaz thy sonne, and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar.

geneva@2Samuel:15:29 @ Zadok therefore and Abiathar caried the Arke of God againe to Ierusalem, and they taried there.

geneva@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head (note:)With ashes and dust in sign of sorrow.(:note) covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that [was] with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

geneva@2Samuel:15:31 @ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the (note:)The counsel of the crafty worldlings does more harm than the open force of the enemy.(:note) counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

geneva@2Samuel:15:32 @ Then Dauid came to the toppe of the mount where he worshipped God: and beholde, Hushai the Archite came against him with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head.

geneva@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy (note:)Though Hushai was deceitful here at the king's request, we may not use this example to excuse our deceit.(:note) servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:35 @ And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the Priests? therefore what so euer thou shalt heare out of the Kings house, thou shalt shew to Zadok and Abiathar the Priests.

geneva@2Samuel:15:36 @ Beholde, there are with them their two sonnes: Ahimaaz Zadoks sonne, and Ionathan Abiathars sonne: by them also shall ye send me euery thing that ye can heare.

geneva@2Samuel:15:37 @ So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was a little past the (note:)Which was the hill of olives, (2Sa_15:30).(:note) top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

geneva@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The (note:)Commonly there are no viler traitors than they, who under the pretence of friendship accuse others.(:note) asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

geneva@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.

geneva@2Samuel:16:5 @ And when king David came to (note:)Which was a city in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

geneva@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his (note:)That is, round about him.(:note) right hand and on his left.

geneva@2Samuel:16:7 @ And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:8 @ The LORD hath returned upon thee all the (note:)Reproaching him, as though by his means Ishbosheth and Abner were slain.(:note) blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then saide Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah vnto the King, Why doeth this dead dog curse my lord the King? let me goe, I pray thee, and take away his head.

geneva@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath (note:)David felt that this was the judgment of God for his sin, and therefore humbles himself to his rod.(:note) said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

geneva@2Samuel:16:11 @ And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.

geneva@2Samuel:16:12 @ It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will (note:)Meaning, that the Lord will send comfort to his, when they are oppressed.(:note) requite me good for his cursing this day.

geneva@2Samuel:16:13 @ And as Dauid and his men went by the way, Shimei went by the side of the mountaine ouer against him, and cursed as he went, & threw stones against him, and cast dust.

geneva@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves (note:)That is, at Bahurim.(:note) there.

geneva@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Absalom, & all the people, the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

geneva@2Samuel:16:16 @ And when Hushai the Archite Dauids friend was come vnto Absalom, Hushai said vnto Absalom, God saue the King, God saue the King.

geneva@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy (note:)Meaning, David.(:note) friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

geneva@2Samuel:16:18 @ Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, Nay, but whome the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel chuse, his will I be, and with him will I dwell.

geneva@2Samuel:16:19 @ And moreouer vnto whome shall I doe seruice? not to his sonne? as I serued before thy father, so will I before thee.

geneva@2Samuel:16:21 @ And (note:)Suspecting the change of the kingdom, and so his own overthrow, he gives such counsel as might most hinder his father's reconciliation: and also declare to the people that Absalom was in highest authority.(:note) Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.

geneva@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread Absalom a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had (note:)It was so esteemed for the success of it.(:note) enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, (note:)The wicked are so greedy to execute their malice, that they leave no opportunity that may further the same.(:note) Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

geneva@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

geneva@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: (note:)Meaning David.(:note) the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:17:5 @ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.

geneva@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not (note:)Hushai shows himself faithful to David, in that he reproves this wicked counsel and purpose.(:note) good at this time.

geneva@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde as a beare robbed of her whelps in the fielde: also thy father is a valiant warrier, and will not lodge with the people.

geneva@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and though some of them be ouerthrowen at the first, yet the people shall heare, and say, The people that follow Absalom, be ouerthrowen.

geneva@2Samuel:17:10 @ Then he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall shrinke and faint: for all Israel knoweth, that thy father is valiant, and they which be with him, stout men.

geneva@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.

geneva@2Samuel:17:12 @ So shall we come vpon him in some place, where we shall finde him, and we will vpon him as the dewe falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, wee will not leaue him one.

geneva@2Samuel:17:13 @ Moreouer if he be gotten into a citie, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will draw it into the riuer, vntill there be not one small stone founde there.

geneva@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the (note:)That counsel which seemed good at first to Absalom, (2Sa_17:4).(:note) good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might For by the counsel of Hushai, he went to the battle, where he was destroyed. bring evil upon Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Hushai vnto Zadok and to Abiathar the Priests, Of this and that maner did Ahithophel and the Elders of Israel counsell Absalom: and thus and thus haue I counseled.

geneva@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass (note:)That is, over Jordan.(:note) over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that [are] with him.

geneva@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told (note:)Meaning, the message from their fathers.(:note) them; and they went and told king David.

geneva@2Samuel:17:18 @ Neuerthelesse a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom. therefore they both departed quickely, and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.

geneva@2Samuel:17:19 @ And (note:)Thus God sends help to his, in their greatest dangers.(:note) the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

geneva@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the (note:)The Chaldee text reads: Now they have passed the Jordan.(:note) brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find [them], they returned to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:17:21 @ 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 (note:)That is, to pursue you with all haste.(:note) thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

geneva@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: (note:)They travelled all night, and by morning had all their company passed over.(:note) by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

geneva@2Samuel:17:23 @ 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 (note:)God's just vengeance even in this life is poured on them who are enemies, traitors, or persecutors of his Church.(:note) hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

geneva@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then Dauid came to Mahanaim; Absalom passed ouer Iorden, he, and all the men of Israel with him.

geneva@2Samuel:17:25 @ 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 (note:)Who was also called Jesse, David's father.(:note) Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

geneva@2Samuel:17:26 @ So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

geneva@2Samuel:17:27 @ And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Shobi the sonne of Nahash out of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lo-debar, and Barzelai the Gileadite out of Rogel

geneva@2Samuel:17:29 @ And they brought honie, and butter, and sheepe, and cheese of kine for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eate: for they said, The people is hungry, and wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.

geneva@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David (note:)For certain of the Reubenites, Gadites, and of the half tribe could not bear the insolence of the son against the father, and therefore joined with David.(:note) numbered the people that [were] with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

geneva@2Samuel:18:2 @ And Dauid sent foorth the third part of the people vnder the hand of Ioab, and the thirde part vnder the hand of Abishai Ioabs brother the sonne of Zeruiah: and the other third part vnder the hand of Ittai the Gittite; the King said vnto the people, I will go with you my selfe also.

geneva@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but (note:)Signifying that a good governor is so dear to his people that they would rather lose their lives than have anything happen to him.(:note) now [thou art] worth ten thousand of us: therefore now [it is] better that thou succour us out of the city.

geneva@2Samuel:18:4 @ Then the King said vnto them, What seemeth you best, that I will doe. So the King stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreths and by thousands.

geneva@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the King commanded Ioab and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Entreate the yong man Absalom gently for my sake; all the people heard whe the King gaue al the captaines charge concerning Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the (note:)So called, because the Ephraimites (as some say) fed their cattle beyond Jordan in this wood.(:note) wood of Ephraim;

geneva@2Samuel:18:7 @ Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.

geneva@2Samuel:18:8 @ For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.

geneva@2Samuel:18:9 @ Nowe Absalom met the seruants of Dauid, and Absalom rode vpon a mule, and the mule came vnder a great thicke oke: and his head caught holde of the oke, and he was taken vp betweene the heauen and the earth: and the mule that was vnder him went away.

geneva@2Samuel:18:10 @ And one that sawe it, tolde Ioab, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom hanged in an oke.

geneva@2Samuel:18:11 @ Then Ioab saide vnto the man that tolde him, And hast thou in deede seene? why then diddest thou not there smite him to the grounde, and I woulde haue giuen thee ten shekels of siluer, and a girdle?

geneva@2Samuel:18:12 @ Then the man saide vnto Ioab, Though I should receiue a thousande shekels of siluer in mine hande, yet woulde I not lay mine hande vpon the Kings sonne: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware, least any touche the yong man Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:18:14 @ Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee; he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.

geneva@2Samuel:18:15 @ And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.

geneva@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab (note:)For he had pity on the people, who were seduced by Absalom's flattery.(:note) blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

geneva@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great (note:)Thus God turned his vain glory to shame.(:note) pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

geneva@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said, I have no (note:)It seemed that God had punished him by taking away his children, (2Sa_14:27).(:note) son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

geneva@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok, I pray thee, let me runne, and beare the King tidings that the Lorde hath deliuered him out of the hande of his enemies.

geneva@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, Thou (note:)For Joab bore a good affection to Ahimaaz and doubted how David would take the report of Absalom's death.(:note) shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then said Ioab to Cushi, Goe, tel the king, what thou hast seene; Cushi bowed himselfe vnto Ioab, and ran.

geneva@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then saide Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok againe to Ioab, What, I pray thee, if I also runne after Cushi? And Ioab said, Wherefore now wilt thou runne, my sonne, seeing that thou hast no tidings to bring?

geneva@2Samuel:18:23 @ Yet what if I runne? Then he saide vnto him, Runne. So Ahimaaz ranne by the way of the plaine, and ouerwent Cushi.

geneva@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David sat between the two (note:)He sat in the gate of the city of Mahanaim.(:note) gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

geneva@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cryed, & tolde ye king; the King said, If he be alone, he bringeth tidings; he came apace, and drew neere.

geneva@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called vnto the porter, and said, Behold, another man runneth alone; the King said, He also bringeth tidings.

geneva@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a (note:)He had experienced his fidelity, (2Sa_17:21).(:note) good man, and cometh with good tidings.

geneva@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called, and sayde vnto the King, Peace be with thee: and he fell downe to the earth vpon his face before the King, and saide, Blessed be the Lorde thy God, who hath shut vp the men that lift vp their handes against my lorde the King.

geneva@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's (note:)That is, Cushi, who was an Ethiopian.(:note) servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was].

geneva@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the King said vnto him, Turne aside, and stand here. so he turned aside & stoode still.

geneva@2Samuel:18:31 @ And beholde, Cushi came, and Cushi saide, Tidings, my lorde the King: for the Lord hath deliuered thee this day out of the hande of all that rose against thee.

geneva@2Samuel:18:32 @ Then the King saide vnto Cushi, Is the yong man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lorde the King, and all that rise against thee to doe thee hurt, be as that yong man is.

geneva@2Samuel:18:33 @ And the king was much (note:)Because he considers both the judgment of God against his sin, and could not otherwise hide his fatherly affection for his son.(:note) moved, and went up to the 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!

geneva@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was tolde Ioab, Behold, the King weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people went that day into the citie secretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battell.

geneva@2Samuel:19:4 @ But the king (note:)As they do that mourn.(:note) covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

geneva@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the (note:)At Mahanaim.(:note) 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 lives of thy concubines;

geneva@2Samuel:19:6 @ In that thou louest thine enemies, and hatest thy friendes: for thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither thy princes nor seruants: therefore this day I perceiue, that if Absalom had liued, and we all had dyed this day, that then it would haue pleased thee well.

geneva@2Samuel:19:7 @ Nowe therefore vp, come out, and speake comfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lorde, except thou come out, there will not tarie one man with thee this night: and that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euill that fell on thee from thy youth hitherto.

geneva@2Samuel:19:8 @ Then the king arose, and sat in the (note:)Where the most resort of the people haunted.(:note) gate. And they told unto all 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.

geneva@2Samuel:19:9 @ And all the people were at (note:)Everyone blamed another and strove who should first bring him home.(:note) strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:19:10 @ And Absalom, whome we anoynted ouer vs, is dead in battel: therefore why are ye so slow to bring the King againe?

geneva@2Samuel:19:11 @ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the (note:)That they should reprove the negligence of the elders, seeing the people were so forward.(:note) 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.

geneva@2Samuel:19:12 @ Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?

geneva@2Samuel:19:13 @ And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the (note:)By this policy David thought that by winning the captain, he would have the hearts of all the people.(:note) room of Joab.

geneva@2Samuel:19:15 @ So the King returned, and came to Iorden; Iudah came to Gilgal, for to goe to meete the King, and to conduct him ouer Iorde.

geneva@2Samuel:19:16 @ And (note:)Who had before reviled him, (2Sa_16:13).(:note) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

geneva@2Samuel:19:17 @ And a thousande men of Beniamin with him, and Ziba the seruant of the house of Saul, and his fifteene sonnes and twentie seruants with him: and they went ouer Iorden before ye king.

geneva@2Samuel:19:18 @ And there went ouer a boate to carie ouer the Kings houshold, and to do him pleasure. Then Shimei the sonne of Gera fell before the King, when he was come ouer Iorden,

geneva@2Samuel:19:19 @ And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did (note:)For in his adversity he was his most cruel enemy, and now in his prosperity, seeks by flattery to creep into favour.(:note) perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

geneva@2Samuel:19:20 @ For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of (note:)By Joseph he means Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin (of which he was) because those three were under one standard, (Num_2:18).(:note) Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

geneva@2Samuel:19:21 @ But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah answered, and said, Shal not Shimei die for this, because he cursed the Lordes anoynted?

geneva@2Samuel:19:22 @ And Dauid saide, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah, that this day ye should be aduersaries vnto me? Shall there any man die this day in Israel? For doe not I know that I am this day King ouer Israel?

geneva@2Samuel:19:23 @ Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not (note:)By my hands, or during my life, see (1Ki_2:8,9).(:note) die. And the king sware unto him.

geneva@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king, and had neither washed his feete, nor dressed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, vntill he returned in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)When Mephibosheth being at Jerusalem had met the King.(:note) he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

geneva@2Samuel:19:26 @ And he answered, My lorde the king, my seruant deceiued me: for thy seruant said, I would haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon, for to goe with the king, because thy seruant is lame.

geneva@2Samuel:19:27 @ And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king [is] as an (note:)Able for his wisdom to judge in all matters.(:note) angel of God: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes.

geneva@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the (note:)David did evil in taking his land from him before he knew the cause, but much worse, that knowing the truth, he did not restore them.(:note) land.

geneva@2Samuel:19:30 @ And Mephibosheth saide vnto the king, Yea, let him take all, seeing my lorde the king is come home in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:19:32 @ Nowe Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeere olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.

geneva@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said vnto Barzillai, Come ouer with me, and I will feede thee with me in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:19:34 @ And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

geneva@2Samuel:19:35 @ I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a (note:)He thought it was not fitting to receive benefits from him to whom he was not able to do service again.(:note) burden unto my lord the king?

geneva@2Samuel:19:36 @ Thy seruant will goe a litle way ouer Iorden with the King, and why wil the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?

geneva@2Samuel:19:37 @ Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant (note:)My son.(:note) Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

geneva@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, Chimham shal go with me, and I will do to him that thou shalt be content with: and whatsoeuer thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

geneva@2Samuel:19:39 @ So all the people went ouer Iorden: and the King passed ouer: and the King kissed Barzillai, and blessed him, and hee returned vnto his owne place.

geneva@2Samuel:19:40 @ Then the king went on to (note:)Where the tribe of Judah waited to receive him.(:note) Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Who had taken the side of the king. Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:19:41 @ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over (note:)Toward Jerusalem.(:note) Jordan?

geneva@2Samuel:19:42 @ And all the men of Iudah answered the men of Israel, Because the King is neere of kin to vs: and wherefore now be ye angry for this matter? Haue we eaten of the Kings cost, or haue wee taken any bribes?

geneva@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iudah, and saide, Wee haue ten partes in the King, and haue also more right to Dauid then ye: Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise should not bee first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudah were fiercer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be (note:)Where the ten tribes contended against Judah.(:note) 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 As they of Judah say. David, neither have we inheritance in the son He thought by speaking contemptuously of the king, to stir the people farther to sedition, or else by causing Israel to depart, thought that they of Judah would have esteemed him less. of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:20:2 @ 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, from (note:)From Gilgal which was near Jordan.(:note) Jordan even to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:20:3 @ When Dauid then came to his house to Ierusalem, the King tooke the ten women his concubines, that hee had left behinde him to keepe the house, and put them in warde, and fed them, but lay no more with them: but they were enclosed vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhode.

geneva@2Samuel:20:4 @ Then said the king to (note:)Who was his chief captain in Joab's place, (2Sa_19:13).(:note) Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

geneva@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy (note:)Either those who had been under Joab or David's men.(:note) lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

geneva@2Samuel:20:7 @ And there went out after him Ioabs men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mightie men: and they departed out of Ierusalem, to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

geneva@2Samuel:20:8 @ When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's (note:)Which was his coat, that he used to wear in the wars.(:note) 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.

geneva@2Samuel:20:9 @ And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.

geneva@2Samuel:20:10 @ But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

geneva@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one of Joab's men (note:)He stood by Amasa at Joab's appointment.(:note) stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after Joab.

geneva@2Samuel:20:12 @ And Amasa wallowed in blood in the mids of the way: and when the man sawe that all the people stood still, he remooued Amasa out of the way into the fielde, and cast a cloth vpon him, because he saw that euery one that came by him, stoode still.

geneva@2Samuel:20:14 @ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to (note:)To the city Abel, which was near Bethmaachah.(:note) Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

geneva@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab (note:)That is, he went about to overthrow it.(:note) battered the wall, to throw it down.

geneva@2Samuel:20:17 @ And when hee came neere vnto her, the woma said, Art thou Ioab? And he answered, Yea; she said to him, Heare the wordes of thine handmaid; he answered, I do heare.

geneva@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then she spake, saying, (note:)She shows that the old custom was not to destroy a city before peace was offered, (Deu_20:10-11).(:note) They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter].

geneva@2Samuel:20:19 @ I [am (note:)She speaks in the name of the city.(:note) one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

geneva@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Ioab answered, & said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should deuoure, or destroy it.

geneva@2Samuel:20:21 @ The (note:)Hearing his fault, he gave in to reason, and required only he that was instigator of the treason.(:note) matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

geneva@2Samuel:20:22 @ Then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they cut off the head of Sheba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it to Ioab: the he blewe the trumpet, and they retired from the citie, euery man to his tent: and Ioab returned to Ierusalem vnto the King.

geneva@2Samuel:20:23 @ Then Ioab was ouer all the hoste of Israel, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada ouer the Cherethites and ouer the Pelethies,

geneva@2Samuel:20:24 @ And Adoram ouer the tribute, and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud the recorder,

geneva@2Samuel:20:25 @ And Sheia was Scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar the Priests,

geneva@2Samuel:20:26 @ And Ira also the Jairite was a (note:)Either in dignity or familiarity.(:note) chief ruler about David.

geneva@2Samuel:21:1 @ Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the (note:)Thinking to gratify the people, because these were not of the seed of Abraham.(:note) Gibeonites.

geneva@2Samuel:21:2 @ Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah)

geneva@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, (note:)With what may your wrath be appeased, that you may pray to God to remove this plague from his people.(:note) What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

geneva@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill (note:)Save only of Saul's stock.(:note) any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, [that] will I do for you.

geneva@2Samuel:21:5 @ Then they answered the King, The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel,

geneva@2Samuel:21:6 @ Let seven men of his (note:)Of Saul's kinsmen.(:note) sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up To pacify the Lord. unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give [them].

geneva@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the King had compassion on Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes othe, that was betweene them, euen betweene Dauid and Ionathan the sonne of Saul.

geneva@2Samuel:21:8 @ But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of (note:)Here Michal is named for Merab Adriel's wife, as it appears in (1Sa_18:19) for Michal was the wife of Paltiel, (1Sa_25:44) and never had a child (2Sa_6:23).(:note) Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

geneva@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell [all] seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the (note:)Which was in the month Abib or Nisan which contained part of March and part of April.(:note) first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.

geneva@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took (note:)To make her a tent in which she prayed to God to turn away his wrath.(:note) sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until Because drought was the cause of this famine, God by sending rain showed that he was pacified. water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

geneva@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told Dauid, what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ye concubine of Saul had done.

geneva@2Samuel:21:12 @ And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the citizens of Iabesh Gilead, which had stollen them from the streete of Beth-shan, where the Philistims had hanged them, when the Philistims had slaine Saul in Gilboa.

geneva@2Samuel:21:13 @ So hee brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

geneva@2Samuel:21:14 @ And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was (note:)For where the government permits faults to go unpunished, there the plague of God lies on the land.(:note) intreated for the land.

geneva@2Samuel:21:15 @ Againe the Philistims had warre with Israel: and Dauid went downe, and his seruants with him, and they fought against the Philistims, and Dauid fainted.

geneva@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of (note:)Or, of Haraphah, the race of giants.(:note) the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred Which amounts to 9 3/4 pounds. [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.

geneva@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the (note:)For the glory and wealth of the country stands in the preservation of the godly magistrate.(:note) light of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at (note:)Called Gezer, and Saph is called Sippai, (1Ch_20:4).(:note) Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant.

geneva@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] (note:)That is, Lahmi the brother of Goliath, whom David slew, (1Ch_20:5).(:note) Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.

geneva@2Samuel:21:20 @ Afterward there was also a battel in Gath, where was a man of a great stature, and had on euerie hand sixe fingers, and on euerie foote sixe toes, foure and twentie in nomber: who was also the sonne of Haraphah.

geneva@2Samuel:21:21 @ And when hee reuiled Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him.

geneva@2Samuel:21:22 @ These foure were borne to Haraphah in Gath, and died by the hande of Dauid and by the hands of his seruants.

geneva@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spake unto the LORD the words of this (note:)In token of the wonderful benefits that he received from God.(:note) song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

geneva@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, The LORD [is] my (note:)By the diversity of these comfortable means, he shows how his faith was strengthened in all temptations.(:note) rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

geneva@2Samuel:22:3 @ God is my strength, in him will I trust: my shielde, and the horne of my saluation, my hie tower and my refuge: my Sauiour, thou hast saued me from violence.

geneva@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the (note:)As David (who was the figure of Christ) was by God's power delivered from all dangers: so Christ and his Church will overcome most grievous dangers, tyranny and death.(:note) waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

geneva@2Samuel:22:7 @ But in my tribulation did I call vpon the Lord, and crie to my God, and he did heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.

geneva@2Samuel:22:8 @ Then the earth trembled and quaked: the foundations of the heauens mooued and shooke, because he was angrie.

geneva@2Samuel:22:9 @ There went up a (note:)That is, clouds, and vapours.(:note) smoke out of his nostrils, and Lightening and thundering. fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

geneva@2Samuel:22:10 @ He (note:)So it seems when the air is dark.(:note) bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

geneva@2Samuel:22:11 @ And he rode upon a (note:)To fly in a moment through the world.(:note) cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

geneva@2Samuel:22:12 @ And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him, euen the gatherings of waters, and the cloudes of the ayre.

geneva@2Samuel:22:14 @ The Lord thundred from heauen, and the most hie gaue his voyce.

geneva@2Samuel:22:15 @ He shot arrowes also, and scattered them: to wit, lightning, and destroyed them.

geneva@2Samuel:22:16 @ And the (note:)He alludes to the miracle of the Red Sea.(:note) channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

geneva@2Samuel:22:17 @ He sent from aboue, and tooke me: hee drewe me out of many waters.

geneva@2Samuel:22:18 @ He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:20 @ And brought me foorth into a large place: he deliuered me, because he fauoured me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:21 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my (note:)Toward Saul and my enemies.(:note) righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not (note:)I attempted nothing without his commandment.(:note) wickedly departed from my God.

geneva@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all his lawes were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom.

geneva@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was vpright also towarde him, and haue kept me from my wickednesse.

geneva@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the (note:)Their wickedness is cause that you seem to forget your usual mercy.(:note) froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

geneva@2Samuel:22:29 @ Surely thou art my light, O Lorde: and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes.

geneva@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by thee haue I broken through an hoste, and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.

geneva@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who is God besides the Lorde? and who is mightie, saue our God?

geneva@2Samuel:22:33 @ God is my strength in battel, and maketh my way vpright.

geneva@2Samuel:22:34 @ He maketh my feet like (note:)He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds.(:note) hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

geneva@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teacheth mine handes to fight, so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

geneva@2Samuel:22:36 @ Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation, and thy louing kindnesse hath caused me to increase.

geneva@2Samuel:22:37 @ Thou hast inlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heeles haue not slid.

geneva@2Samuel:22:38 @ I haue pursued mine enemies and destroyed them, and haue not turned againe vntill I had consumed them.

geneva@2Samuel:22:39 @ Yea, I haue consumed them and thrust them through, and they shall not arise, but shall fall vnder my feete.

geneva@2Samuel:22:41 @ And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:43 @ Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth: I did treade them flat as the clay of the streete, and did spread them abroad.

geneva@2Samuel:22:46 @ Strangers shall shrinke away, and feare in their priuie chambers.

geneva@2Samuel:22:47 @ The LORD liveth; (note:)Let him show his power that he is the governor of all the world.(:note) and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

geneva@2Samuel:22:48 @ It is God that giueth me power to reuenge me, and subdue the people vnder me,

geneva@2Samuel:22:49 @ And rescueth me from mine enemies: (thou also hast lift me vp from them that rose against me, thou hast deliuered me from the cruell man.

geneva@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore I will praise thee, O Lord amog the nations, and will sing vnto thy Name)

geneva@2Samuel:22:51 @ He is the tower of saluation for his King, and sheweth mercie to his anointed, euen to Dauid, and to his seede for euer.

geneva@2Samuel:23:1 @ Now these [be] the (note:)Which he spoke after he had written the psalms.(:note) last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man [who was] raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

geneva@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my (note:)Meaning, he spoke nothing but by the motion of God's Spirit.(:note) tongue.

geneva@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel spake to me, ye strength of Israel saide, Thou shalt beare rule ouer men, being iust, and ruling in the feare of God.

geneva@2Samuel:23:4 @ And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender (note:)Which grows quickly, and fades soon.(:note) grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

geneva@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to (note:)But that my kingdom may continue for ever according to his promise.(:note) grow.

geneva@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with handes.

geneva@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man that shall touch them, must be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.

geneva@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines [that] were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were (note:)Meaning, fled from the battle.(:note) gone away:

geneva@2Samuel:23:10 @ He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his (note:)By a cramp which came from weariness and fighting.(:note) hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

geneva@2Samuel:23:11 @ After him was Shammah the sonne of Age the Hararite: for the Philistims assembled at a towne, where was a piece of a fielde full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistims.

geneva@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a (note:)Which has no respect for many or few, when he will show his power.(:note) great victory.

geneva@2Samuel:23:13 @ Afterward three of the thirtie captaines went downe, and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam, and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

geneva@2Samuel:23:14 @ And Dauid was then in an holde, and the garison of ye Philistims was then in Beth-lehem.

geneva@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David (note:)Being overcome with weariness and thirst.(:note) longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!

geneva@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but (note:)Bridling his affection, and also desiring God not to be offended for that rash enterprise.(:note) poured it out unto the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:23:17 @ And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? Therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.

geneva@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among the three, and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the three.

geneva@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also, and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe.

geneva@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a (note:)Which was as big as a weavers beam, (1Ch_11:23).(:note) spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

geneva@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.

geneva@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honourable than the (note:)He was more valiant than the thirty that follow and not so valiant as the six before.(:note) thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

geneva@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anethothite, (note:)Some of these had two names, (1Ch_11:29) and also many more are mentioned there.(:note) Mebunnai the Hushathite,

geneva@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriah the Hittite: (note:)These came to David, and helped restore him to his kingdom.(:note) thirty and seven in all.

geneva@2Samuel:24:1 @ And (note:)Before they were plagued with famine, (2Sa_21:1).(:note) again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and The Lord permitted Satan, as in (1Ch_21:2). he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

geneva@2Samuel:24:2 @ For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the (note:)Because he did this to determine his power and to trust in it, it offended God, for otherwise it was lawful to number the people, (Exo_30:12; Num_1:2).(:note) number of the people.

geneva@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Ioab saide vnto the King, The Lorde thy God increase the people an hundreth folde mo then they be, and that the eyes of my lorde the King may see it: but why doeth my lord the King desire this thing?

geneva@2Samuel:24:4 @ Notwithstanding the Kings worde preuailed against Ioab and against the captaines of the hoste: therefore Ioab and the captaines of the hoste went out from the presence of the King to nomber the people of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed ouer Iorden, & pitched in Aroer at the right side of the citie that is in the middes of the valley of Gad and toward Iazer.

geneva@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gilead, and to Tahtim-hodshi, so they came to Dan Iaan, and so about to Zidon,

geneva@2Samuel:24:7 @ And came to the fortresse of Tyrus and to all the cities of the Hiuites and of the Canaanites, and went towarde the South of Iudah, euen to Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Samuel:24:8 @ So when they had gone about all the lande, they returned to Ierusalem at the ende of nine moneths and twentie dayes.

geneva@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel (note:)According to Joab's count: for in all there were eleven hundred thousand, (1Ch_21:5).(:note) eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] Including the Benjamites with them, or else they had but four hundred and seventy thousand. five hundred thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:24:10 @ Then Dauids heart smote him, after that he had numbred the people: and Dauid said vnto the Lorde, I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done: therefore nowe, Lorde, I beseech thee, take away the trespasse of thy seruant: for I haue done very foolishly.

geneva@2Samuel:24:11 @ For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's (note:)Whom God had appointed for David and his time.(:note) seer, saying,

geneva@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall (note:)Three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites and this was the fourth year to which should have been added another three more years, (1Ch_21:12).(:note) 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 shall return to him that sent me.

geneva@2Samuel:24:14 @ And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let mee not fall into the hand of man.

geneva@2Samuel:24:15 @ So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from (note:)From the one side of the country to the other.(:note) Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: (note:)The Lord spared this place, because he had chosen it to build his temple there.(:note) stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

geneva@2Samuel:24:17 @ And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they (note:)David did not see the just cause why God plagued the people, and therefore he offers himself for God's correction as the only cause of this evil.(:note) done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

geneva@2Samuel:24:18 @ So Gad came the same day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Go vp, reare an altar vnto the Lord in the threshing floore of Araunah the Iebusite.

geneva@2Samuel:24:19 @ And Dauid (according to the saying of Gad) went vp, as the Lord had commanded.

geneva@2Samuel:24:20 @ And Araunah looked, and sawe the King and his seruants comming towarde him, and Araunah went out, and bowed himselfe before the King on his face to the ground,

geneva@2Samuel:24:21 @ And (note:)Called also Ornan (1Ch_21:20).(:note) Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

geneva@2Samuel:24:22 @ Then Araunah saide vnto Dauid, Let my lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes: beholde the oxen for the burnt offring, and charets, and the instruments of the oxen for wood.

geneva@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these [things] did Araunah, (note:)That is, abundantly, for as some write, he was king of Jerusalem before David won the tower.(:note) [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

geneva@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for (note:)Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600, or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels.(:note) fifty shekels of silver.

geneva@2Samuel:24:25 @ And Dauid built there an altar vnto the Lorde, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings, and the Lord was appeased toward ye lande, and the plague ceased from Israel.

geneva@1Kings:1:1 @ Now king David was (note:)He was about 70 years old, (2Sa_5:4).(:note) old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no For his natural heat was worn away with travels. heat. The Argument - Because the children of God should expect no continual rest and quietness in this world, the Holy Spirit sets before our eyes in this book the variety and change of things, which came to the people of Israel from the death of David, Solomon, and the rest of the kings, to the death of Ahab. Declaring that flourishing kingdoms, unless they are preserved by God's protection, (who then favours them when his word is truly set forth, virtue esteemed, vice punished, and concord maintained) fall to decay and come to nothing as appears by the dividing of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, who were one people before and now by the just punishment of God were made two. Judah and Benjamin were under Rehoboam, and this was called the kingdom of Judah. The other ten tribes held with Jeroboam, and this was called the kingdom of Israel. The king of Judah had his throne in Jerusalem, and the king of Israel in Samaria, after it was built by Omri Ahab's father. Because our Saviour Christ according to the flesh, comes from the stock of David, the genealogy of the kings of Judah is here described, from Solomon to Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, who reigned over Judah in Jerusalem as Ahab did over Israel in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:1:2 @ Wherefore his seruants saide vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord ye King a yong virgin, and let her stand before the King, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate.

geneva@1Kings:1:3 @ So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag (note:)A city in the tribe of Issachar, (Jos_19:18).(:note) a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

geneva@1Kings:1:4 @ And the maid was exceeding faire, and cherished the King, and ministred to him, but the King knew her not.

geneva@1Kings:1:5 @ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and (note:)Read (2Sa_15:1).(:note) fifty men to run before him.

geneva@1Kings:1:6 @ And his father would not displease him from his childehood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next after Absalom.

geneva@1Kings:1:7 @ And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah (note:)They took his part and followed him.(:note) helped [him].

geneva@1Kings:1:8 @ But Zadok the Priest, & Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the men of might, which were with Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.

geneva@1Kings:1:9 @ Then Adoniiah sacrificed sheepe and oxen, and fat cattel by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the kings sonnes, & al the men of Iudah ye Kings seruants,

geneva@1Kings:1:10 @ But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and (note:)As the Cherethites and Pelethites.(:note) the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

geneva@1Kings:1:11 @ Wherefore Nathan spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon, saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiah ye sonne of Haggith doeth reigne, and Dauid our lord knoweth it not?

geneva@1Kings:1:12 @ Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own (note:)For Adonijah will destroy you and your son, if he reigns.(:note) life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:13 @ Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomo thy sonne shall reigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah King?

geneva@1Kings:1:14 @ Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and (note:)By declaring such things, as may further the same.(:note) confirm thy words.

geneva@1Kings:1:15 @ So Bath-sheba went in vnto the King into the chamber, and the King was verie olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred vnto ye King.

geneva@1Kings:1:16 @ And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King; the King saide, What is thy matter?

geneva@1Kings:1:17 @ And shee answered him, My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne.

geneva@1Kings:1:18 @ And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest (note:)The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many who kept it from the king.(:note) [it] not:

geneva@1Kings:1:19 @ And he hath offred many oxen, and fatte cattel, and sheepe, and hath called all the sonnes of the King, and Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the captaine of the hoste: but Salomon thy seruant hath he not bidden.

geneva@1Kings:1:20 @ And thou, my lorde, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.

geneva@1Kings:1:21 @ Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (note:)And so put to death as wicked transgressors.(:note) counted offenders.

geneva@1Kings:1:22 @ And lo, while she yet talked with the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in.

geneva@1Kings:1:23 @ And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face (note:)Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy king appointed by God, as the figure of his Christ.(:note) to the ground.

geneva@1Kings:1:24 @ And Nathan saide, My lorde, O King, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall reigne after mee, and he shall sit vpon my throne?

geneva@1Kings:1:25 @ For hee is gone downe this day, and hath slaine many oxen, and fat cattel, and sheepe, and hath called al the Kings sonnes, and the captaines of the hoste, and Abiathar the Priest: and behold, they eate and drinke before him, and say, God saue King Adoniiah.

geneva@1Kings:1:26 @ But me thy seruant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and thy seruant Salomon hath he not called.

geneva@1Kings:1:27 @ Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy (note:)Meaning, that in such affairs he should undertake nothing unless he had consulted with the Lord.(:note) servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

geneva@1Kings:1:28 @ Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba; shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:29 @ And the King sware, saying, As the Lorde liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,

geneva@1Kings:1:30 @ Even as I (note:)Moved by the Spirit of God to do so, because he foresaw that Solomon would be the figure of Christ.(:note) sware unto thee by the LORD 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 day.

geneva@1Kings:1:31 @ Then Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said, God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.

geneva@1Kings:1:32 @ And King Dauid saide, Call mee Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada; they came before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:33 @ The king also said unto them, Take with you the (note:)Meaning, the king's servants and such as were of his guard.(:note) servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

geneva@1Kings:1:34 @ And let Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him there King ouer Israel, and blowe ye the trumpet, and say, God saue king Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:35 @ Then come vp after him, that hee may come and sit vpon my throne: and hee shall bee King in my steade: for I haue appointed him to be prince ouer Israel and ouer Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:1:36 @ Then Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada answered the King, and said, So be it, and the Lord God of my lord the King ratifie it.

geneva@1Kings:1:37 @ As the Lord hath bene with my lorde the King, so be he with Salomon, and exalt his throne aboue the throne of my lorde king Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:1:38 @ So Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went downe and caused Salomon to ride vpon king Dauids mule, and brought him to Gihon.

geneva@1Kings:1:39 @ And Zadok the priest took an horn of (note:)With which they were accustomed to anoint the priests and the holy instruments, (Exo_30:23).(:note) oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:40 @ And all the people came vp after him, and the people piped with pipes, and reioyced with great ioye, so that the earth rang with the sound of them.

geneva@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adoniiah and all the ghestes that were with him, heard it: (and they had made an ende of eating) and when Ioab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and vprore in the citie?

geneva@1Kings:1:42 @ And while he yet 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 (note:)He praised Jonathan, thinking to have heard good news but God wrought things contrary to his expectation, and so beat down his pride.(:note) good tidings.

geneva@1Kings:1:43 @ And Ionathan answered, and said to Adoniiah, Verely our lord King Dauid hath made Salomon King.

geneva@1Kings:1:44 @ And the King hath sent with him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they haue caused him to ride vpon the Kings mule.

geneva@1Kings:1:45 @ And Zadok the Priest, and Nathan ye Prophet haue anointed him King in Gihon: and they are gone vp from thence with ioy, and the citie is moued: this is the noise that ye haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:1:46 @ And Salomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.

geneva@1Kings:1:47 @ And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the (note:)He gave God thanks for the good success.(:note) bed.

geneva@1Kings:1:48 @ And thus sayd the King also, Blessed bee the Lorde God of Israel, who hath made one to sit on my throne this day, euen in my sight.

geneva@1Kings:1:49 @ Then all the ghestes that were with Adonijah, were afraide, and rose vp, and went euery man his way.

geneva@1Kings:1:50 @ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the (note:)Which David his father had built in the floor of Araunah, (2Sa_24:25).(:note) altar.

geneva@1Kings:1:51 @ And one tolde Salomon, saying, Beholde, Adonijah doeth feare King Salomon: for lo, he hath caught holde on the hornes of the altar, saying, Let King Salomon sweare vnto me this day, that he will not slay his seruant with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:1:53 @ Then King Salomon sent, & they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance vnto King Salomon; Salomon sayde vnto him, Go to thine house.

geneva@1Kings:2:1 @ Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

geneva@1Kings:2:2 @ I go the (note:)I am ready to die as all men must.(:note) way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

geneva@1Kings:2:3 @ And keep the (note:)He shows how hard it is to govern and that no one can do it well except he obey God.(:note) charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

geneva@1Kings:2:4 @ That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in (note:)Without hypocrisy.(:note) truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:2:5 @ Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and (note:)He shed his blood in time of peace, as if there had been war.(:note) shed the blood of war in peace, and He put the bloody sword into his sheath. put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.

geneva@1Kings:2:6 @ Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

geneva@1Kings:2:7 @ But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: (note:)That is, they dealt mercifully with me.(:note) for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

geneva@1Kings:2:8 @ And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, & I sware to him by the Lorde, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:2:9 @ Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with (note:)Let him be punished with death, see (1Ki_2:46).(:note) blood.

geneva@1Kings:2:10 @ So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:2:11 @ And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie & three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

geneva@1Kings:2:12 @ Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

geneva@1Kings:2:13 @ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, (note:)For she was afraid lest he would work treason against the king.(:note) Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

geneva@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel (note:)In sign of their favour and consent.(:note) set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:17 @ And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

geneva@1Kings:2:18 @ And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.

geneva@1Kings:2:19 @ Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and (note:)In token of reverence, and that others by his example might have her in greater honour.(:note) bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

geneva@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the (note:)Meaning, that if he would have granted Abishag, who was so dear to his father, he would later have aspired for the kingdom.(:note) kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

geneva@1Kings:2:23 @ Then King Salomon sware by the Lorde, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

geneva@1Kings:2:25 @ And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

geneva@1Kings:2:26 @ 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 (note:)When he fled before Absalom, (2Sa_15:24).(:note) barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

geneva@1Kings:2:28 @ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had (note:)He took Adonijah's part when he would have usurped the kingdom (1Ki_1:7).(:note) 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 altar.

geneva@1Kings:2:29 @ And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the (note:)Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the place.(:note) altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

geneva@1Kings:2:30 @ And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out; he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, & thus he answered me.

geneva@1Kings:2:31 @ And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and (note:)For it was lawful to take the wilful murderer from the altar, (Exo_21:14).(:note) fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

geneva@1Kings:2:32 @ And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:2:33 @ Their blood shall therefore return upon the (note:)Joab will be justly punished for the blood that he has cruelly shed.(:note) head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:34 @ So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, & smote him, and slewe him, & he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.

geneva@1Kings:2:35 @ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the (note:)And so took the office of high priest from the house of Eli, and restored it to the house of Phinehas.(:note) priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

geneva@1Kings:2:36 @ Afterwarde the King sent, & called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

geneva@1Kings:2:37 @ For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

geneva@1Kings:2:38 @ And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant doe. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalem many dayes.

geneva@1Kings:2:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the (note:)Thus God appoints the ways and means to bring his just judgments on the wicked.(:note) servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants [be] in Gath.

geneva@1Kings:2:40 @ And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and (note:)His covetous mind moved him to risk his life, rather than to lose the worldly profit he had by his servants.(:note) Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

geneva@1Kings:2:41 @ And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.

geneva@1Kings:2:42 @ And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lorde, and protested vnto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saydest vnto mee, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lorde, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

geneva@1Kings:2:44 @ The king said moreover to Shimei, (note:)For though you would deny it, your own conscience accuses you for reviling and doing wrong to my father, (2Sa_16:5).(:note) Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

geneva@1Kings:2:45 @ And let King Salomon be blessed, and the throne of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.

geneva@1Kings:2:46 @ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was (note:)Because all his enemies were destroyed.(:note) established in the hand of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:3:1 @ And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the (note:)Which was Bethlehem.(:note) city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

geneva@1Kings:3:3 @ And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his (note:)For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways, (1Ki_2:3).(:note) father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

geneva@1Kings:3:4 @ And the king went to (note:)For there the tabernacle was (2Ch_1:3).(:note) Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

geneva@1Kings:3:5 @ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee.

geneva@1Kings:3:6 @ And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast (note:)You have performed your promise.(:note) kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.

geneva@1Kings:3:7 @ And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I [am but] a little child: I know not [how] to (note:)That is, to behave himself in executing this charge of ruling.(:note) go out or come in.

geneva@1Kings:3:8 @ And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.

geneva@1Kings:3:9 @ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so (note:)Which are so many in number.(:note) great a people?

geneva@1Kings:3:10 @ And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing.

geneva@1Kings:3:11 @ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine (note:)That is, that their enemy would die.(:note) enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

geneva@1Kings:3:12 @ Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:3:13 @ And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.

geneva@1Kings:3:14 @ And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances & my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong thy dayes.

geneva@1Kings:3:15 @ And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] (note:)He knew that God had appeared to him in a dream.(:note) a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

geneva@1Kings:3:16 @ Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and (note:)By this example it appears that God kept his promise to Solomon in granting him wisdom.(:note) stood before him.

geneva@1Kings:3:17 @ And the one woman sayd, Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house.

geneva@1Kings:3:18 @ And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.

geneva@1Kings:3:19 @ And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.

geneva@1Kings:3:20 @ And she arose at midnight, and (note:)She stole the living child to avoid both the shame and punishment.(:note) took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

geneva@1Kings:3:21 @ And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had wel considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.

geneva@1Kings:3:22 @ Then the other woman sayd, Nay, but my sonne liueth, and thy sonne is dead. Againe she sayde, No, but thy sonne is dead, and mine aliue: thus they spake before the King.

geneva@1Kings:3:23 @ Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.

geneva@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, (note:)Unless God gives judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser will overthrow the just cause of the innocent.(:note) Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

geneva@1Kings:3:25 @ And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, & giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.

geneva@1Kings:3:26 @ Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and (note:)Her motherly affection appears in that she would rather endure the rigor of the law than see her child cruelly slain.(:note) in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

geneva@1Kings:3:27 @ Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

geneva@1Kings:3:28 @ And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.

geneva@1Kings:4:1 @ And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

geneva@1Kings:4:2 @ And these [were] the (note:)That is, his chief officers.(:note) princes which he had; He was the son of Achimais and Zadok's nephew. Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

geneva@1Kings:4:3 @ Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Shisha scribes, Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder,

geneva@1Kings:4:4 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and (note:)Not Abiathar whom Solomon had put from his office, (1Ki_2:27) but another of that name.(:note) Abiathar [were] the priests:

geneva@1Kings:4:5 @ And Azariah the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers, and Zabud the sonne of Nathan Priest was the Kings friend,

geneva@1Kings:4:6 @ And Ahishar was ouer the houshold: and Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tribute.

geneva@1Kings:4:7 @ And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.

geneva@1Kings:4:8 @ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:

geneva@1Kings:4:9 @ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan:

geneva@1Kings:4:10 @ The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom perteined Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

geneva@1Kings:4:13 @ The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of (note:)Which bore Jair's name, because he took them from the Canaanites, (Num_32:41).(:note) Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

geneva@1Kings:4:15 @ Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:

geneva@1Kings:4:16 @ Baanah the sonne of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth:

geneva@1Kings:4:19 @ Geber the sonne of Vri in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, and of Og King of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land.

geneva@1Kings:4:20 @ Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, (note:)They lived in all peace and security.(:note) eating and drinking, and making merry.

geneva@1Kings:4:21 @ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the (note:)Which is the Euphrates.(:note) river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

geneva@1Kings:4:22 @ And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

geneva@1Kings:4:23 @ Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

geneva@1Kings:4:24 @ For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the (note:)For they were all tributaries to him.(:note) kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

geneva@1Kings:4:25 @ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from (note:)Throughout all Israel.(:note) Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:4:26 @ And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:4:27 @ And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing.

geneva@1Kings:4:28 @ Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

geneva@1Kings:4:29 @ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and (note:)Meaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all things.(:note) largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.

geneva@1Kings:4:30 @ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the (note:)That is, the philosophers and astronomers who were judged most wise.(:note) east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:4:31 @ For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

geneva@1Kings:4:32 @ And he spake three thousand (note:)Which for the most part are thought to have perished in the captivity of Babylon.(:note) proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

geneva@1Kings:4:33 @ And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the (note:)From the highest to the lowest.(:note) hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

geneva@1Kings:4:34 @ And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:5:1 @ And Hiram King of Tyrus sent his seruants vnto Salomon, (for he had heard, that they had anoynted him King in the roume of his father) because Hiram had euer loued Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:5:4 @ But now the LORD my God hath given me (note:)He declares that he was bound to set forth God's glory for as much as the Lord had sent him rest and peace.(:note) rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

geneva@1Kings:5:5 @ And beholde, I purpose to build an house vnto ye Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, Thy sonne, whom I wil set vpon thy throne for thee, he shal build an house vnto my Name.

geneva@1Kings:5:6 @ Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give (note:)This was his equity, that he would not receive a benefit without some recompence.(:note) hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that [there is] not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

geneva@1Kings:5:7 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)In Hiram is prefigured the calling of the Gentiles who would help build the spiritual temple.(:note) Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

geneva@1Kings:5:8 @ And Hiram sent to Salomon, saying, I haue considered the things, for the which thou sentest vnto me, and will accomplish all thy desire, concerning the cedar trees and firre trees.

geneva@1Kings:5:9 @ My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive [them]: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for (note:)While my servants are occupied with your business.(:note) my household.

geneva@1Kings:5:10 @ So Hiram gaue Salomon cedar trees and firre trees, euen his full desire.

geneva@1Kings:5:11 @ And Salomon gaue Hiram twentie thousand measures of wheate for foode to his householde, & twentie measures of beaten oyle. Thus much gaue Salomon to Hiram yere by yere.

geneva@1Kings:5:12 @ And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they (note:)Concerning the furniture of wood.(:note) two made a league together.

geneva@1Kings:5:13 @ And King Salomon raised a summe out of all Israel, and the summe was thirtie thousand men:

geneva@1Kings:5:14 @ Whome he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by course: they were a moneth in Lebanon, and two moneths at home; Adoniram was ouer the summe.

geneva@1Kings:5:15 @ And Salomon had seuentie thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand masons in the mountaine,

geneva@1Kings:5:16 @ Besides the princes, whome Salomon appoynted ouer the worke, euen three thousande and three hundreth, which ruled the people that wrought in the worke.

geneva@1Kings:5:17 @ And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundation of the house, euen hewed stones.

geneva@1Kings:5:18 @ And Solomon's builders and Hiram's (note:)The Hebrew word is Giblim, which some say were excellent masons.(:note) builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:1 @ And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month (note:)Which contains part of April and part of May.(:note) Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the By which is meant the temple and the oracle. house of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:6:2 @ And the house which King Salomon built for the Lorde, was three score cubites long, and twentie broade, and thirtie cubites hie.

geneva@1Kings:6:3 @ And the (note:)Or the court where the people prayed which was before the place where the altar of burnt offerings stood.(:note) porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:4 @ And in the house he made windowes, broad without, and narrowe within.

geneva@1Kings:6:5 @ And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of (note:)When God spoke between the Cherubim, called also the most holy place.(:note) the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

geneva@1Kings:6:6 @ The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed (note:)Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.(:note) rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:7 @ And when the house was built, it was built of stone perfite, before it was brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any toole of yron heard in the house, while it was in building.

geneva@1Kings:6:8 @ The doore of the middle chamber was in the right side of the house, & men went vp with winding stayres into the middlemost, and out of the middlemost into the third.

geneva@1Kings:6:9 @ So he built the (note:)In Exodus it is called the tabernacle, and the temple is here called the sanctuary and the oracle the most holy place.(:note) house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

geneva@1Kings:6:10 @ And he built the galleries vpon al the wall of the house of fiue cubites height, and they were ioyned to the house with beames of cedar.

geneva@1Kings:6:11 @ And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,

geneva@1Kings:6:13 @ And I will (note:)According as he promised to Moses, (Exo_25:22).(:note) dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

geneva@1Kings:6:15 @ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and (note:)Meaning, to the roof which was also sealed.(:note) the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

geneva@1Kings:6:16 @ And he built twentie cubites in the sides of the house with boards of cedar, from the floore to the walles, and he prepared a place within it for the oracle, euen the most holy place.

geneva@1Kings:6:17 @ And the (note:)For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both the oracle and the temple.(:note) house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

geneva@1Kings:6:18 @ And the cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and grauen with floures: all was cedar, so that no stone was seene.

geneva@1Kings:6:19 @ And the oracle he prepared in the (note:)That is, in the most inward place of the house.(:note) house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:6:20 @ And the place of the oracle within was twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broad, and twentie cubites hie, and hee couered it with pure golde, and couered the altar with cedar.

geneva@1Kings:6:21 @ So Salomon couered the house within with pure golde: and he shut the place of the oracle with chaines of gold, and couered it with golde.

geneva@1Kings:6:22 @ And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the (note:)Meaning, the altar of incense, (Exo_30:1).(:note) whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

geneva@1Kings:6:23 @ And within the oracle he made two Cherubims of oliue tree, ten cubites hie.

geneva@1Kings:6:24 @ The wing also of the one Cherub was fiue cubites, and the wing of the other Cherub was fiue cubites: from the vttermost part of one of his wings vnto the vttermost part of the other of his wings, were ten cubites.

geneva@1Kings:6:25 @ Also the other Cherub was of ten cubites: both the Cherubims were of one measure and one sise.

geneva@1Kings:6:26 @ For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other Cherub.

geneva@1Kings:6:27 @ And he put the Cherubims within the inner house, and the Cherubims stretched out their wings, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other Cherub touched the other wall: and their other wings touched one another in the middes of the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:28 @ And he (note:)For the others which Moses made of beaten gold were taken away with the other jewels by their enemies, whom God permitted at various times to overcome them for their great sins.(:note) overlaid the cherubims with gold.

geneva@1Kings:6:29 @ And he carued all the walles of the house round about with grauen figures of Cherubims and of Palmetrees, and grauen flowres within and without.

geneva@1Kings:6:30 @ And the floore of the house hee couered with golde within and without.

geneva@1Kings:6:31 @ And in the entring of the oracle he made two doores of oliue tree: and the vpper post and side postes were fiue square.

geneva@1Kings:6:32 @ The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and (note:)So that the fashion of the carved work might still appear.(:note) spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

geneva@1Kings:6:33 @ And so made he for the doore of the Temple, postes of oliue tree foure square.

geneva@1Kings:6:34 @ But the two doores were of firre tree, the two sides of the one doore were round, and the two sides of the other doore were round.

geneva@1Kings:6:35 @ And he graued Cherubims, & palme trees, and carued floures and couered the carued worke with golde, finely wrought.

geneva@1Kings:6:36 @ And he built the inner (note:)Where the priests were, and was thus called in respect to the great court, which is called the porch of Solomon in (Act_3:11) where the people used to pray.(:note) court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

geneva@1Kings:6:38 @ And in the eleventh year, in the month (note:)Which contains part of October and part of November.(:note) Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

geneva@1Kings:7:1 @ But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he (note:)After he had built the temple.(:note) finished all his house.

geneva@1Kings:7:2 @ He built also the house (note:)Because of the beauty of the place, and great abundance of cedar trees that went into the building of it, it was compared to mount Lebanon.(:note) of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

geneva@1Kings:7:3 @ And it was couered aboue with cedar vpon the beames, that lay on the fourtie and fiue pillars, fifteene in a rowe.

geneva@1Kings:7:4 @ And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] (note:)There were as many and like proportion on the one side as the other, and at every end even three in a row one above another.(:note) against light [in] three ranks.

geneva@1Kings:7:5 @ And all the doores, and the side postes with the windowes were foure square, and windowe was ouer against windowe in three rankes.

geneva@1Kings:7:6 @ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before (note:)Before the pillars of the house.(:note) them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.

geneva@1Kings:7:7 @ Then he made a porch (note:)For his house which was at Jerusalem.(:note) for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

geneva@1Kings:7:8 @ And in his house, where he dwelt, was an other hall more inwarde then the porche which was of the same worke. Also Salomon made an house for Pharaohs daughter ( whom he had taken to wife) like vnto this porche.

geneva@1Kings:7:9 @ All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto (note:)Which were rests and stays for the beams to lie on.(:note) the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.

geneva@1Kings:7:10 @ And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, euen of stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.

geneva@1Kings:7:11 @ And (note:)From the foundation upward.(:note) above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

geneva@1Kings:7:12 @ And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, (note:)As the Lord's house was built so was this, only the great court of Solomon's house was uncovered.(:note) both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

geneva@1Kings:7:13 @ Then King Salomon sent, and set one Hiram out of Tyrus.

geneva@1Kings:7:14 @ He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and (note:)Thus when God will have his glory set forth, he raises up men, and gives them excellent gifts for the accomplishment of the same, (Exo_31:2-3).(:note) he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

geneva@1Kings:7:15 @ For he cast two pillars of brasse: ye height of a pillar was eighteene cubites, and a threede of twelue cubites did compasse either of ye pillars.

geneva@1Kings:7:16 @ And he made two chapiters of molten brasse to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of one of the chapiters was fiue cubites, and the height of the other chapiter was fiue cubites.

geneva@1Kings:7:17 @ He made grates like networke, and wrethen worke like chaynes for the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars, euen seuen for the one chapiter, and seuen for the other chapiter.

geneva@1Kings:7:18 @ So he made the pillars and two rowes of pomegranates round about in the one grate to couer the chapiters that were vpon the top; thus did he for the other chapiter.

geneva@1Kings:7:19 @ And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of (note:)As was seen commonly wrought in costly porches.(:note) lily work in the porch, four cubits.

geneva@1Kings:7:20 @ And the chapiters vpon the two pillars had also aboue, ouer against the belly within the networke pomegranates: for two hudreth pomegranates were in the two rankes about vpon either of the chapiters.

geneva@1Kings:7:21 @ And he set up the pillars in the (note:)Which was in the inner court between the temple and the oracle.(:note) porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof That is, he will stablish, that is, his promise toward this house. Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof That is, in strength: meaning the power of it will continue. Boaz.

geneva@1Kings:7:22 @ And vpon the top of the pillars was worke of lilyes: so was the workemanship of the pillars finished.

geneva@1Kings:7:23 @ And he made a molten (note:)So called for the size of the vessel.(:note) sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

geneva@1Kings:7:24 @ And vnder the brimme of it were knoppes like wilde cucumers compassing it round about, ten in one cubite, compassing the sea round about: and the two rowes of knoppes were cast, when it was molten.

geneva@1Kings:7:25 @ It stoode on twelue bulles, three looking towarde the North, and three toward the West, and three toward the South, and three towarde the East: and the sea stoode aboue vpon them, and all their hinder partes were inward.

geneva@1Kings:7:26 @ And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand (note:)Bath and ephah seem to be one measure, (Eze_45:11) a bath contains about 5 gallons.(:note) baths.

geneva@1Kings:7:27 @ And he made tenne bases of brasse, one base was foure cubites long, and foure cubites broad, and three cubites hie.

geneva@1Kings:7:28 @ And the worke of the bases was on this maner, They had borders, and the borders were betweene the ledges:

geneva@1Kings:7:29 @ And on the borders that were betweene the ledges, were lyons, bulles and Cherubims: and vpon the ledges there was a base aboue: and beneath the lyons and bulles, were addicions made of thinne worke.

geneva@1Kings:7:30 @ And euery base had foure brasen wheeles, and plates of brasse: and the foure corners had vndersetters: vnder the caldron were vndersetters molten at the side of euery addicion.

geneva@1Kings:7:31 @ And the (note:)The mouth of the great base or frame entered into the chapiter, or pillar that bore up the cauldron.(:note) mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

geneva@1Kings:7:32 @ And vnder the borders were foure wheeles, and the axeltrees of the wheeles ioyned to the base: and the height of a wheele was a cubite and halfe a cubite.

geneva@1Kings:7:33 @ And the facion of the wheeles was like the facion of a charet wheele, their axeltrees, and their naues and their felloes, and their spokes were all molten.

geneva@1Kings:7:34 @ And foure vndersetters were vpon the foure corners of one base: and the vndersetters thereof were of the base it selfe.

geneva@1Kings:7:35 @ And in the top of the base [was there] a round (note:)Which was called the pillar, chapiter or small base, in which the cauldron stood.(:note) compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.

geneva@1Kings:7:36 @ And vpon the tables of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof he did graue Cherubims, lions and palmetrees, on the side of euery one, and addicions round about.

geneva@1Kings:7:37 @ Thus made he the tenne bases, They had all one casting, one measure, and one syse.

geneva@1Kings:7:38 @ Then made he (note:)To keep waters for the use of the sacrifices.(:note) ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

geneva@1Kings:7:39 @ And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the (note:)That is, of the temple or sanctuary.(:note) house eastward over against the south.

geneva@1Kings:7:40 @ And Hiram made caldrons, and besomes, & basens, & Hiram finished all the worke that he made to King Salomon for the house of ye Lord:

geneva@1Kings:7:41 @ To wit, two pillars and two bowles of the chapiters that were on the toppe of the two pillars, and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vpon the toppe of the pillars,

geneva@1Kings:7:42 @ And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, euen two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillars,

geneva@1Kings:7:43 @ And the ten bases, and ten caldrons vpon the bases,

geneva@1Kings:7:44 @ And the sea, and twelue bulles vnder that sea,

geneva@1Kings:7:45 @ And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which (note:)By this name also Hiram the king of Tyrus was called.(:note) Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass.

geneva@1Kings:7:46 @ In the plaine of Iorden did the King cast them in clay betweene Succoth and Zarthan.

geneva@1Kings:7:47 @ And Salomon left to weigh all the vessels because of the exceeding aboundance, neyther could the weight of the brasse be counted.

geneva@1Kings:7:48 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the (note:)This was done according to the form that the Lord prescribed to Moses in Exodus.(:note) altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],

geneva@1Kings:7:49 @ And the candlestickes, fiue at the right side, and fiue at the left, before the oracle of pure gold, and the flowres, and the lampes, and the snuffers of golde,

geneva@1Kings:7:50 @ And the bowls, (note:)Some take this for some musical instrument.(:note) and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.

geneva@1Kings:7:51 @ So was finished all the worke that King Salomon made for the house of the Lorde, and Salomon brought in the things which Dauid his father had dedicated: the siluer and the golde and the vessels, and layed them among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

geneva@1Kings:8:1 @ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might (note:)For David brought it from Obed-edom, and placed it in the tabernacle which he made for it in (2Sa_6:17).(:note) bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.

geneva@1Kings:8:2 @ And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month (note:)Containing part of September and part of October, in which they held three solemn feasts, (Num_29:1).(:note) Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.

geneva@1Kings:8:3 @ And all the Elders of Israel came and the Priests tooke the Arke.

geneva@1Kings:8:4 @ They bare the Arke of the Lorde, and they bare the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle: those did the Priestes and Leuites bring vp.

geneva@1Kings:8:5 @ And King Salomon and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, offering sheepe and beeues, which could not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.

geneva@1Kings:8:6 @ And the (note:)That is, the Kohathites, (Num_4:5).(:note) priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims.

geneva@1Kings:8:7 @ For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.

geneva@1Kings:8:8 @ And they (note:)They drew them out only far enough to be seen, for they could not pull them out completely, (Exo_25:15).(:note) drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

geneva@1Kings:8:9 @ [There was] nothing in the ark (note:)For it is likely that the enemy when they had the ark in their hands took away the rod of Aaron and the pot of manna.(:note) save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:8:10 @ And when the Priestes were come out of the Sanctuarie, the cloude filled the house of the Lorde,

geneva@1Kings:8:11 @ So that the Priestes could not stande to minister, because of the cloude: for the glorie of the Lorde had filled the house of the Lorde.

geneva@1Kings:8:14 @ And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: for all the Congregation of Israel stoode there.

geneva@1Kings:8:15 @ And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

geneva@1Kings:8:17 @ And it was in ye heart of Dauid my father to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde God of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:8:18 @ And the Lord said vnto Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to build an house vnto my Name, thou diddest well, that thou wast so minded:

geneva@1Kings:8:20 @ And the Lorde hath made good his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:8:21 @ And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein [is] the (note:)The two tables in which the articles of the covenant were written.(:note) covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:8:22 @ Then Salomon stoode before the altar of the Lorde in the sight of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his handes towarde heauen,

geneva@1Kings:8:23 @ And he said, LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with (note:)Truthfully and without hypocrisy.(:note) all their heart:

geneva@1Kings:8:24 @ Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hande, as appeareth this day.

geneva@1Kings:8:26 @ And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.

geneva@1Kings:8:28 @ But haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lorde, my God, to heare the cry and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day:

geneva@1Kings:8:29 @ That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

geneva@1Kings:8:30 @ Heare thou therefore the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, which pray in this place, & heare thou in the place of thine habitation, euen in heauen, and when thou hearest, haue mercie.

geneva@1Kings:8:31 @ If any man trespass against his neighbour, (note:)That is, the judge or neighbours.(:note) and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:32 @ Then hear thou in heaven, and (note:)That is, make it known.(:note) do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

geneva@1Kings:8:33 @ When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and (note:)Acknowledge your just judgment and praise you.(:note) confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:34 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the lande, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.

geneva@1Kings:8:35 @ When heaven is (note:)So that there is a drought to destroy the fruit of the land.(:note) shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

geneva@1Kings:8:36 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and pardon the sinne of thy seruants and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught the the good way wherein they may walke) and giue raine vpon the land that thou hast giuen to thy people to inherite.

geneva@1Kings:8:37 @ When there shalbe famine in the land, when there shalbe pestilence, when there shall be blasting, mildewe, grashopper or caterpiller, when their enemie shall besiege them in the cities of their lande, or any plague, or any sickenesse,

geneva@1Kings:8:38 @ What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own (note:)For such are most suitable to receive God's mercies.(:note) heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:39 @ Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be mercifull, and doe, and giue euery man according to all his wayes, as thou knowest his heart, (for thou only knowest the heartes of all the children of men)

geneva@1Kings:8:42 @ (When they shal heare of thy great name, and of thy mightie hande, and of thy stretched out arme) and shall come and pray in this house,

geneva@1Kings:8:43 @ Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy (note:)That this is the true religion with which you will be worshipped.(:note) name.

geneva@1Kings:8:44 @ When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lorde towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

geneva@1Kings:8:45 @ Heare thou then in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and iudge their cause.

geneva@1Kings:8:46 @ If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

geneva@1Kings:8:47 @ [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee (note:)Though the temple was the chief place of prayer, yet he does not exclude them who being forced by necessity to call upon him in other places.(:note) in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

geneva@1Kings:8:48 @ And [so] return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward (note:)As Daniel did in (Dan_6:10).(:note) their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

geneva@1Kings:8:49 @ Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,

geneva@1Kings:8:50 @ And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may (note:)He understood by faith, that God of enemies would make friends with them who converted to him.(:note) have compassion on them:

geneva@1Kings:8:51 @ For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

geneva@1Kings:8:52 @ Let thine eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:8:53 @ For thou diddest separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

geneva@1Kings:8:54 @ And it was [so], that when Solomon had made an (note:)Solomon is a figure of Christ, who continually is the mediator between God and his Church.(:note) end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

geneva@1Kings:8:55 @ And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying,

geneva@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the Lorde that hath giuen rest vnto his people Israel, according to all that hee promised: there hath not fayled one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his seruant.

geneva@1Kings:8:58 @ That he may (note:)He concludes that man of himself is enemy to God, and that all obedience to his law proceeds from his mercy.(:note) incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

geneva@1Kings:8:59 @ And these my wordes, which I haue prayed before the Lorde, be neere vnto the Lorde our God day and night, that he defende the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel alway as the matter requireth,

geneva@1Kings:8:60 @ That all the people of ye earth may knowe, that the Lord is God, and none other.

geneva@1Kings:8:61 @ Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lorde our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

geneva@1Kings:8:62 @ Then the King and all Israel with him offred sacrifice before the Lorde.

geneva@1Kings:8:63 @ And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the (note:)Before the oracle where the ark was.(:note) house of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:8:64 @ The same day did the King halowe the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lorde: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meate offrings, and the fat of the peace offeringes, because the brasen altar that was before the Lorde, was too litle to receiue the burnt offerings, and the meate offerings, and the fat of the peace offrings.

geneva@1Kings:8:65 @ And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of (note:)That is, from North to South: meaning all the country.(:note) Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, Seven days for the dedication, and seven for the feast. seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.

geneva@1Kings:8:66 @ And the eight day he sent the people away: and they thanked the King and went vnto their tentes ioyous and with glad heart, because of al the goodnesse that the Lord had done for Dauid his seruant, and for Israel his people.

geneva@1Kings:9:1 @ When Salomon had finished the building of the house of ye Lorde, & the kings palace, & all that Salomon desired and minded to do,

geneva@1Kings:9:3 @ And the Lord sayd vnto him, I haue heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I haue halowed this house (which thou hast built) to put my Name there for euer, and mine eyes, and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

geneva@1Kings:9:4 @ And (note:)If you walk in my fear, and withdraw yourself from the common manner of men, who follow their sensualities.(:note) if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

geneva@1Kings:9:6 @ [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will (note:)God declares that disobedience against him, is the cause of his displeasure, and so of all misery.(:note) not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

geneva@1Kings:9:7 @ Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a (note:)The world will make a mockery of you for the vile contempt and abusing of God's most liberal benefit.(:note) proverb and a byword among all people:

geneva@1Kings:9:8 @ Euen this hie house shall bee so: euery one that passeth by it, shalbe astonied, and shall hisse, and they shal say, Why hath the Lord done thus vnto this land and to this house?

geneva@1Kings:9:9 @ And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and haue taken holde vpon other gods, & haue worshipped them, and serued them, therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them all this euill.

geneva@1Kings:9:10 @ And at the ende of twentie yeeres, when Salomon had buylded the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the Kings palace,

geneva@1Kings:9:11 @ (For the which Hiram the King of Tyrus had brought to Salomon timber of cedar, and firre trees, and golde, and whatsoeuer he desired) then King Salomon gaue to Hiram twentie cities in the land of Galil.

geneva@1Kings:9:12 @ And Hiram came out from Tyrus to see the cities which Salomon had giuen him, & they pleased him not.

geneva@1Kings:9:13 @ Therefore hee sayde, What cities are these which thou hast giuen me, my brother? And hee called them the land of Cabul vnto this day.

geneva@1Kings:9:14 @ And Hiram sent to the king (note:)For his tribute toward the building.(:note) sixscore The common talent was about 60 pound weight. talents of gold.

geneva@1Kings:9:15 @ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and (note:)Millo was as the town house or place of assembly which was open above.(:note) Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

geneva@1Kings:9:16 @ Pharaoh King of Egypt had come vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites, that dwelt in the citie, and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter Salomons wife.

geneva@1Kings:9:17 @ (Therefore Salomon builte Gezer and Beth-horon the nether,

geneva@1Kings:9:18 @ And Baalath and Tamor in the wildernes of the land,

geneva@1Kings:9:19 @ And all the cities (note:)Cities for his ammunition.(:note) of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

geneva@1Kings:9:20 @ [And] all the people [that were] (note:)These were as bondmen and paid what was required, either labour or money.(:note) left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

geneva@1Kings:9:21 @ To wit, their children that were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Salomo make tributaries vnto this day.

geneva@1Kings:9:22 @ But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no bondmen: but they were men of warre and his seruants, and his princes, & his captaines, and rulers of his charets and his horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:9:23 @ These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, (note:)The overseers of Solomon's works were divided into three parts: the first contained 3300, the second 300, and the third 250 who were Israelites. Here are the two last parts, which make 550. See (2Ch_8:10).(:note) five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

geneva@1Kings:9:24 @ And Pharaohs daughter came vp from the citie of Dauid vnto the house which Salomon had built for her: then did he buylde Millo.

geneva@1Kings:9:25 @ And thrise a yere did Salomon offer burnt offringes and peace offrings vpon the altar which he built vnto the Lord: and hee burnt incense vpon the altar that was before the Lorde, when hee had finished the house.

geneva@1Kings:9:26 @ Also King Salomon made a nauie of ships in Ezeon-geber, which is beside Eloth, and the brinke of the red Sea, in the land of Edom.

geneva@1Kings:9:27 @ And Hiram sent with the nauie his seruats, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruants of Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:9:28 @ And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, (note:)In (2Ch_8:18), 30 more are mentioned who seem to have been employed for their wages.(:note) four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:1 @ And when the queen of (note:)Josephus says that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that Sheba was the name of the chief city of Meroe, which is an island of the Nile.(:note) Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

geneva@1Kings:10:2 @ And she came to Ierusalem with a verie great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours, and golde exceeding much, and precious stones: and shee came to Salomon, & communed with him of all that was in her heart.

geneva@1Kings:10:3 @ And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.

geneva@1Kings:10:4 @ Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,

geneva@1Kings:10:5 @ And the (note:)That is, the whole order, and trade of his house.(:note) meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

geneva@1Kings:10:6 @ And shee sayde vnto the King, It was a true worde that I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:10:8 @ Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy (note:)But much more happy are they, who hear the wisdom of God revealed in his word.(:note) wisdom.

geneva@1Kings:10:9 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which (note:)It is a chief sign of God's favour, when godly and wise rulers fit in the throne of justice.(:note) delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do This is the reason kings are appointed. judgment and justice.

geneva@1Kings:10:10 @ And she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such aboudance of sweete odours, as the Queene of Sheba gaue to King Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:12 @ And the King made of ye Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for ye Kings palace, and made harpes and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seene vnto this day.

geneva@1Kings:10:13 @ And King Salomo gaue vnto the Queene of Sheba, whatsoeuer she would aske, besides that, which Salomon gaue her of his kingly liberalitie: so she returned and went to her owne countrey, both shee, and her seruantes.

geneva@1Kings:10:14 @ Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold,

geneva@1Kings:10:15 @ Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the (note:)That is, Arabia, which for the great abundance of all things was called Happy.(:note) country.

geneva@1Kings:10:16 @ And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:

geneva@1Kings:10:17 @ And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

geneva@1Kings:10:18 @ Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.

geneva@1Kings:10:19 @ The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind: and [there were] (note:)As the chair bows, or places to lean upon.(:note) stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

geneva@1Kings:10:20 @ And there stoode twelue lions on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

geneva@1Kings:10:21 @ And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:22 @ For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of (note:)By Tharshish is meant Cilicia, which was abundant in the variety of precious things.(:note) Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

geneva@1Kings:10:23 @ So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:10:24 @ And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

geneva@1Kings:10:25 @ And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses & mules, from yeere to yeere.

geneva@1Kings:10:26 @ Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.

geneva@1Kings:10:27 @ And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.

geneva@1Kings:10:28 @ Also Salomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linen: the Kings marchants receiued the linen for a price.

geneva@1Kings:10:29 @ There came vp & went out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth and fiftie and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.

geneva@1Kings:11:1 @ But king Solomon loved many (note:)Who were idolaters.(:note) strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;

geneva@1Kings:11:3 @ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred (note:)To whom belonged no dowry.(:note) concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

geneva@1Kings:11:4 @ For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not (note:)He did not serve God with a pure heart.(:note) perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:5 @ For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after (note:)Who was also called Molech in (1Ki_11:7). See also (2Ki_23:10).(:note) Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

geneva@1Kings:11:7 @ Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the (note:)Thus the scripture calls whatever man reveres and serves as God.(:note) abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

geneva@1Kings:11:8 @ And so did he for all his outlandish wiues, which burnt incense and offered vnto their gods.

geneva@1Kings:11:10 @ And had giuen him a charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods: but he kept not that, which the Lorde had commaunded him.

geneva@1Kings:11:11 @ Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as (note:)That you have forsaken me and worshipped idols.(:note) this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

geneva@1Kings:11:12 @ Notwithstanding in thy dayes I will not doe it, because of Dauid thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:

geneva@1Kings:11:13 @ Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one (note:)Because the tribes of Judah and Benjamin had their possessions mixed, they are here taken as one tribe.(:note) tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

geneva@1Kings:11:14 @ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king's (note:)Of the king of Edom's stock.(:note) seed in Edom.

geneva@1Kings:11:15 @ For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the (note:)Of the Edomites.(:note) slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

geneva@1Kings:11:16 @ (For six moneths did Ioab remaine there, and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom)

geneva@1Kings:11:17 @ That Hadad (note:)Thus God reserved this idolater as scourge to punish his people's sins.(:note) fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.

geneva@1Kings:11:18 @ And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran, and tooke men with them out of Paran, and came to Egypt vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, which gaue him an house, and appointed him vitailes, and gaue him lande.

geneva@1Kings:11:19 @ And Hadad (note:)God brought him honour, that his power might be more able to compass his enterprises against Solomon's house.(:note) found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

geneva@1Kings:11:20 @ And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his sonne, whome Tahpenes wayned in Pharaohs house: and Genubath was in Pharaohs house among the sonnes of Pharaoh.

geneva@1Kings:11:21 @ And when Hadad heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioab the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad sayde to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may goe to mine owne countrey.

geneva@1Kings:11:22 @ But Pharaoh saide vnto him, What hast thou lacked with me, that thou wouldest thus go to thine owne countrey? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me goe.

geneva@1Kings:11:23 @ And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which (note:)When David had defeated Hadadezer and his army.(:note) fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

geneva@1Kings:11:24 @ And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, (note:)That is, the men whom he had gathered to him.(:note) and reigned in Damascus.

geneva@1Kings:11:26 @ And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda Salomons seruant (whose mother was called Zeruah a widowe) lift vp his hand against the King.

geneva@1Kings:11:27 @ And this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the King, When Salomon built Millo, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:28 @ And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him (note:)He was overseer of Solomon's works for the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh.(:note) ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

geneva@1Kings:11:29 @ And at that time, when Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem, the Prophet Ahiiah the Shilonite founde him in the way, hauing a newe garment on him, and they two were alone in ye field.

geneva@1Kings:11:30 @ And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and (note:)By these visible signs the prophets would more deeply print their message into the hearts of those to whom they were sent.(:note) rent it [in] twelve pieces:

geneva@1Kings:11:31 @ And said to Ieroboam, Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, Beholde, I wil rent the kingdome out of ye hands of Salomon, and will giue ten tribes to thee.

geneva@1Kings:11:32 @ But he shall haue one tribe for my seruant Dauids sake, and for Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

geneva@1Kings:11:33 @ Because they haue forsaken me, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth the god of the Zidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and haue not walked in my wayes (to do right in mine eyes, & my statutes, & my lawes) as did Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:34 @ But I will not take the whole kingdome out of his hande: for I will make him prince all his life long for Dauid my seruants sake, whome I haue chosen, and who kept my commandements and my statutes.

geneva@1Kings:11:35 @ But I will take the kingdome out of his sonnes hand, and will giue it vnto thee, euen the ten tribes.

geneva@1Kings:11:36 @ And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a (note:)He refers to the Messiah, who would be the bright star that would shine through all the world.(:note) light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

geneva@1Kings:11:37 @ And I wil take thee, and thou shalt reigne, euen as thine heart desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.

geneva@1Kings:11:38 @ And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and doe right in my sight, to keepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israel vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:11:39 @ And I will (note:)For this idolatry that Solomon has committed.(:note) for this afflict the seed of David, For the whole spiritual kingdom was restored in the Messiah. but not for ever.

geneva@1Kings:11:40 @ Salomon sought therefore to kill Ieroboam, and Ieroboam arose, and fled into Egypt vnto Shishak King of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntil the death of Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:11:41 @ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the (note:)Which it is thought was lost in their captivity.(:note) book of the acts of Solomon?

geneva@1Kings:11:43 @ And Salomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@1Kings:12:1 @ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king

geneva@1Kings:12:2 @ And whe Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat heard of it (who was yet in Egypt, whither Ieroboam had fled from king Salomon, & dwelt in Egypt)

geneva@1Kings:12:3 @ Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,

geneva@1Kings:12:4 @ Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, (note:)Do not oppress us with such high taxes, which we are not able to pay.(:note) lighter, and we will serve thee.

geneva@1Kings:12:5 @ And he said vnto them, Depart yet for three dayes, then come againe to me; the people departed.

geneva@1Kings:12:6 @ And King Rehoboam tooke counsell with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while he yet liued, and sayde, What counsell giue ye, that I may make an answere to this people?

geneva@1Kings:12:7 @ And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a (note:)They showed him that there was no way to win the people's hearts but to grant them their just petition.(:note) servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

geneva@1Kings:12:8 @ But he forsooke the counsell that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsell of the yong men that had bene brought vp with him, and waited on him.

geneva@1Kings:12:9 @ And he said unto them, (note:)There is nothing harder for them that are in authority than to control their desires and follow good counsel.(:note) What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

geneva@1Kings:12:10 @ And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little [finger] shall be (note:)I am much more able to keep you in subjection than my father was.(:note) thicker than my father's loins.

geneva@1Kings:12:12 @ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had (note:)The people declare their obedience in this that they attempted nothing before the king gave them just opportunity.(:note) appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

geneva@1Kings:12:13 @ And the king answered the people sharpely, and left the old mens counsell that they gaue him,

geneva@1Kings:12:14 @ And spake to them after the counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I will make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

geneva@1Kings:12:15 @ And the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of the Lorde, that he might perfourme his saying, which the Lorde had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

geneva@1Kings:12:18 @ Nowe the King Rehoboam sent Adoram the receiuer of the tribute, and all Israel stoned him to death: then King Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Kings:12:20 @ And when all Israel had heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent and called him vnto the assemblie, and made him King ouer all Israel: none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely.

geneva@1Kings:12:21 @ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he (note:)For as yet he did not realize that the Lord had so appointed it.(:note) assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:12:23 @ Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and vnto all the house of Iudah and Beniamin, and the remnant of the people, saying,

geneva@1Kings:12:24 @ Thus saith the (note:)Who of his just judgment will punish the trespasser, and of his mercy spare the innocent people.(:note) LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:12:25 @ Then Ieroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein, and went fro thence, and built Penuel.

geneva@1Kings:12:26 @ And Ieroboam thought in his heart, Nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:12:27 @ If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD (note:)He feared least his people should have by this means been enticed to rebel against him.(:note) at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

geneva@1Kings:12:28 @ Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, (note:)So crafty are carnal persuasions of princes, when they will make a religion serve their appetite.(:note) It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:12:29 @ And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other set he in Daniel.

geneva@1Kings:12:30 @ And this thing turned to sinne: for the people went (because of the one) euen to Daniel.

geneva@1Kings:12:31 @ And he made an (note:)That is, a temple, where altars were built for idolatry.(:note) house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

geneva@1Kings:12:32 @ And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the (note:)Because he would bind the people's devotion to his idolatry even more, he made a new holy day, besides those that the Lord had appointed in the law.(:note) fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

geneva@1Kings:12:33 @ And he offered vpon the altar, which he had made in Beth-el, the fifteenth day of the eight moneth, (euen in the moneth which he had forged of his owne heart) and made a solemne feast vnto the children of Israel: and he went vp to the altar, to burne incense.

geneva@1Kings:13:1 @ And, behold, there came (note:)That is, a prophet.(:note) a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Not that that was called Luz in Benjamin, but another of that name. Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

geneva@1Kings:13:2 @ And he cryed against the altar by the comandement of the Lorde, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a child shalbe borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiah by name, and vpon thee shall he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vpon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.

geneva@1Kings:13:3 @ And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This [is] the (note:)By this sign you will know that the Lord has sent me.(:note) sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that [are] upon it shall be poured out.

geneva@1Kings:13:4 @ And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, (note:)The wicked rage against the prophets of God, when they declare God's judgment to them.(:note) Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

geneva@1Kings:13:5 @ The altar also claue asunder, and the ashes fell out from the altar, according to the signe, which the man of God had giuen by the commandement of the Lord.

geneva@1Kings:13:6 @ And the king answered and said unto the man of God, (note:)Though the wicked humble themselves for a time when they feel God's judgment, they return to their old malice and declare that they are but vile hypocrites.(:note) Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before.

geneva@1Kings:13:7 @ Then the King sayde vnto the man of God, Come home with mee, that thou mayest dyne, and I will giue thee a reward.

geneva@1Kings:13:10 @ So he went another way and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

geneva@1Kings:13:11 @ And an olde Prophet dwelt in Beth-el, and his sonnes came and tolde him all ye woorkes, that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the wordes which he had spoken vnto the King, tolde they their father.

geneva@1Kings:13:12 @ And their father sayde vnto them, What way went he? and his sonnes shewed him what waye the man of God went, which came from Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:13:13 @ And hee saide vnto his sonnes, Saddle mee the asse. Who sadled him the asse, and hee rode thereon,

geneva@1Kings:13:14 @ And went after the man of God, & found him sitting vnder an oke: and he saide vnto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Iudah? And he sayd, Yea.

geneva@1Kings:13:15 @ Then he said unto him, (note:)This he did of a simple mind, thinking it his duty to declare friendship to a prophet.(:note) Come home with me, and eat bread.

geneva@1Kings:13:18 @ He said unto him, I [am] a prophet also as thou [art]; and an (note:)His fault is here double, first in that he did not permit the prophet to obey God's express commandment, and next that he pretended to have a revelation to the contrary.(:note) 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 him.

geneva@1Kings:13:19 @ So he went againe with him, and did eate bread in his house, and dranke water.

geneva@1Kings:13:20 @ And as they sate at the table, the worde of the Lorde came vnto the Prophet, that brought him againe.

geneva@1Kings:13:21 @ And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)God would reprove his folly by him who caused him to err.(:note) Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

geneva@1Kings:13:22 @ But camest backe againe, and hast eaten bread and drunke water in the place (whereof he did say vnto thee, Thou shalt eate no bread nor drinke any water) thy carkeis shall not come vnto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

geneva@1Kings:13:23 @ And when he had eaten bread & drunke, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the Prophet whome he had brought againe.

geneva@1Kings:13:24 @ And when he was gone, (note:)By this fearful example, God sets forth how dangerous it is for men to behave coldly, or deceitfully in the charge to which God has called them.(:note) 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.

geneva@1Kings:13:25 @ And beholde, men that passed by, sawe the carkeis cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corps: and they came and tolde it in ye towne where the olde Prophet dwelt.

geneva@1Kings:13:26 @ And when the Prophet that brought him backe againe from the waye, hearde thereof, hee sayde, It is the man of God, who hath bene disobedient vnto the commandement of the Lorde: therefore the Lorde hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him and slayne him, according to the worde of the Lorde, which hee spake vnto him.

geneva@1Kings:13:27 @ And he spake to his sonnes, saying, Saddle me the asse; they sadled him.

geneva@1Kings:13:28 @ And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had (note:)To declare that this was only the judgment of God: for if the lion had done it for hunger, he would also have devoured the body.(:note) not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

geneva@1Kings:13:29 @ And the Prophet tooke vp the body of the man of God, & layed it vpon the asse, & brought it againe, and the olde Prophet came to the citie, to lament and burie him.

geneva@1Kings:13:30 @ And he laid his carcase in his (note:)Which he had prepared for himself.(:note) own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!

geneva@1Kings:13:31 @ And when he had buried him, hee spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, burie ye mee also in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buried: lay my bones beside his bones.

geneva@1Kings:13:32 @ For that thing which he cried by the word of the Lorde against the altar that is in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the hie places, which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to passe.

geneva@1Kings:13:33 @ After this thing Jeroboam (note:)So the wicked do not profit by God's threatenings, but go backward and become worse and worse, (2Ti_3:13).(:note) returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.

geneva@1Kings:13:34 @ And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to roote it out, and destroy it from the face of the earth.

geneva@1Kings:14:2 @ And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, (note:)His own conscience bore witness to him that the prophet of God would not satisfy his desires, who was a wicked man.(:note) and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there [is] Ahijah the prophet, which told me that [I should be] king over this people.

geneva@1Kings:14:3 @ And take with (note:)According to the custom when they went to ask counsel of prophets, (1Sa_9:7).(:note) thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

geneva@1Kings:14:4 @ And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.

geneva@1Kings:14:5 @ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he [is] sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be] (note:)Than the wife of Jeroboam.(:note) another [woman].

geneva@1Kings:14:6 @ And it was [so], when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou (note:)For God often discloses to his own the craft and subtilty of the wicked.(:note) wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavy [tidings].

geneva@1Kings:14:7 @ Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted (note:)Who was but a servant.(:note) thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

geneva@1Kings:14:8 @ And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commaundements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,

geneva@1Kings:14:9 @ But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and (note:)That is, two calves.(:note) molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

geneva@1Kings:14:10 @ Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that (note:)Every male even to the dogs, (1Sa_25:22).(:note) pisseth against the wall, [and] him that As well him that is in the stronghold, as him that is abroad. is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

geneva@1Kings:14:11 @ Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: (note:)They will lack the honour of burial in token of God's curse.(:note) for the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@1Kings:14:12 @ Vp therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feete enter into the citie, the childe shall die.

geneva@1Kings:14:13 @ And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found (note:)In the midst of the wicked, God has some on whom he bestows his mercies.(:note) [some] good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

geneva@1Kings:14:14 @ Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: (note:)The Lord will begin to destroy it out of hand.(:note) but what? even now.

geneva@1Kings:14:15 @ For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the (note:)Meaning the Euphrates.(:note) river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

geneva@1Kings:14:16 @ And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who (note:)The people will not be excused when they do evil at the commandment of their governors.(:note) made Israel to sin.

geneva@1Kings:14:17 @ And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,

geneva@1Kings:14:18 @ And they buried him, and all Israel lamented him; according to the word of the Lord, which hee spake by the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the Prophet.

geneva@1Kings:14:19 @ And the rest of Ieroboams actes, how hee warred, and howe hee reigned, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:14:20 @ And the days which Jeroboam reigned [were] two and twenty years: and he (note:)The Lord smote him and he died, (2Ch_13:20).(:note) slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:14:21 @ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen (note:)And died about four years before Jeroboam.(:note) years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

geneva@1Kings:14:22 @ And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.

geneva@1Kings:14:23 @ For they also made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree.

geneva@1Kings:14:24 @ And there were also sodomites in the (note:)Where idolatry reigns, all horrible vices are committed, till at length God's just judgment destroys them completely.(:note) land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:14:25 @ And in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusale,

geneva@1Kings:14:26 @ And tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house, and tooke away all: also he caried away all the shields of golde which Salomon had made.

geneva@1Kings:14:27 @ And King Rehoboam made for them brasen shieldes, and committed them vnto ye hands of the chiefe of the garde, which wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

geneva@1Kings:14:28 @ And when the King went into the house of the Lorde, the garde bare them, and brought them againe into the gard chamber.

geneva@1Kings:14:29 @ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in (note:)Which were called the books of Shemaiah and Iddo the prophets, (2Ch_12:15).(:note) the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

geneva@1Kings:14:30 @ And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam (note:)That is, all the days of Rehoboam's life.(:note) all [their] days.

geneva@1Kings:14:31 @ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an (note:)Whose idolatry Rehoboam her son followed.(:note) Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:15:1 @ And in the eighteene yere of King Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:15:2 @ Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of (note:)Some think that this was Absalom Solomon's son.(:note) Abishalom.

geneva@1Kings:15:3 @ And hee walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfit with the Lord his God as the heart of Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:15:4 @ Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a (note:)Meaning, a son to reign over Judah.(:note) lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

geneva@1Kings:15:5 @ Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.

geneva@1Kings:15:6 @ And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam as long as he liued.

geneva@1Kings:15:7 @ The rest also of the actes of Abiiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? There was also warre betweene Abiiam, and Ieroboam.

geneva@1Kings:15:8 @ And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@1Kings:15:9 @ And in the twentie yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel reigned Asa ouer Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:15:10 @ And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his (note:)That is, his grandmother, as David is often called the father of those who are his grandchildren.(:note) mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

geneva@1Kings:15:11 @ And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:15:12 @ And he tooke away the Sodomites out of the lande, and put away all the idoles that his fathers had made.

geneva@1Kings:15:13 @ And also Maachah his mother, even her he (note:)Neither kindred nor authority should be regarded when they blaspheme God and become idolaters, but must be punished.(:note) removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.

geneva@1Kings:15:14 @ But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was (note:)Though he permitted them to worship God in other places than he had appointed it came from ignorance, and not from malice.(:note) perfect with the LORD all his days.

geneva@1Kings:15:15 @ Also he brought in the holy vessels of his father, & the things that he had dedicated vnto ye house of the Lord, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

geneva@1Kings:15:16 @ And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes.

geneva@1Kings:15:17 @ And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built (note:)For the same reason that Jeroboam did, because the people should not go up to Jerusalem, least they follow Asa.(:note) Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

geneva@1Kings:15:18 @ Then Asa tooke all the siluer and the gold that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, & the treasures of the kings house, and deliuered them into the handes of his seruantes, and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezion king of Aram that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

geneva@1Kings:15:19 @ [There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may (note:)And vex me no longer.(:note) depart from me.

geneva@1Kings:15:20 @ So Ben-hadad hearkened vnto King Asa, and sent the captaines of the hosts, which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote lion, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, & all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

geneva@1Kings:15:21 @ And when Baasha heard thereof, hee left buylding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

geneva@1Kings:15:22 @ Then king Asa assembled al Iudah, none excepted; they tooke the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had buylt, & King Asa built with them Geba of Beniamin and Mizpah.

geneva@1Kings:15:23 @ The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his (note:)He had gout and put his trust physicians rather than in the Lord, (2Ch_16:12).(:note) feet.

geneva@1Kings:15:24 @ And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his (note:)His great-grandfather.(:note) father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:15:25 @ And Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam began to reigne ouer Israel the second yere of Asa King of Iudah, and reigned ouer Israel two yeere.

geneva@1Kings:15:26 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of his father, and in his sinne wherewith he made Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:15:27 @ And Baasha the sonne of Ahijah of ye house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha slue him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistims: for Nadab and all Israel layde siege to Gibbethon.

geneva@1Kings:15:29 @ And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he (note:)So God stirred up one tyrant to punish the wickedness of another.(:note) smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

geneva@1Kings:15:30 @ Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his (note:)By causing the people to commit idolatry with his calves, and so provoking God to anger.(:note) provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

geneva@1Kings:15:31 @ And the residue of the actes of Nadab, & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:15:32 @ And there was warre betweene Asa & Baasha King of Israel, all their dayes.

geneva@1Kings:15:33 @ In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in (note:)Which was the place where the kings of Israel remained.(:note) Tirzah, twenty and four years.

geneva@1Kings:15:34 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of Ieroboam, & in his sinne, wherewith he made Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:16:3 @ Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make (note:)Meaning, the house of Baasha.(:note) thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

geneva@1Kings:16:4 @ He that dyeth of Baashas stocke in the citie, him shal the dogs eate: and that man of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.

geneva@1Kings:16:5 @ And the rest of the actes of Baasha & what he did, & his power, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:6 @ So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@1Kings:16:7 @ And also (note:)That is, the prophet did his message.(:note) by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed Meaning, Nadab Jeroboam's son. him.

geneva@1Kings:16:8 @ In the sixe and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah began Elah ye sonne of Baasha to reigne ouer Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two yeere.

geneva@1Kings:16:9 @ And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, (note:)The Chaldee text has this, «Drinking till he was drunk in the temple of Arza the idol by his house in Tirzah».(:note) drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.

geneva@1Kings:16:10 @ And Zimri came and smote him & killed him, in the seuen and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah, and reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:16:11 @ And when he was King, and sate on his throne, he slew al the house of Baasha, not leauing thereof one to pisse against a wall, neither of his kinsfolkes nor of his friendes.

geneva@1Kings:16:12 @ Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the (note:)Both Hanani his father and he were prophets.(:note) prophet,

geneva@1Kings:16:13 @ For all the sinnes of Baasha, and sinnes of Elah his sonne, which they sinned & made Israel to sinne, and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel with their vanities.

geneva@1Kings:16:14 @ And the rest of the actes of Elah, & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:15 @ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] encamped (note:)The siege had continued from the time of Nadab Jeroboam's son.(:note) against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.

geneva@1Kings:16:16 @ And the people of the hoste heard saye, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slayne the King. Wherefore all Israel made Omri the captaine of the hoste, king ouer Israel that same day, euen in the hoste.

geneva@1Kings:16:17 @ And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged (note:)Where Zimri holed up.(:note) Tirzah.

geneva@1Kings:16:18 @ And when Zimri saw, that the citie was taken, he went into the palace of the Kings house, and burnt himselfe, and the Kings house with fire, and so dyed,

geneva@1Kings:16:19 @ For his sinnes which hee sinned, in doing that which is euil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinnes which he did, causing Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:16:20 @ And the rest of the actes of Zimri, and his treason that hee wrought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:21 @ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: (note:)That is, the people who were not at the siege of Gibbethon: for there they had chosen Omri.(:note) half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

geneva@1Kings:16:23 @ In the one and thirtie yeere of Asa King of Iudah bega Omri to reigne ouer Israel, & reigned twelue yeere. Sixe yeere reigned he in Tirzah.

geneva@1Kings:16:24 @ And he bought the mountaine Samaria of one Shemer for two talents of siluer, & buylt in the mountaine, & called the name of the citie, which he buylt, after the name of Shemer lord of the mountaine, Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:16:25 @ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did (note:)For such is the nature of idolatry, that the superstition of it daily increases, and the older it is, the more abominable it is before God and his Church.(:note) worse than all that [were] before him.

geneva@1Kings:16:27 @ And the rest of the actes of Omri, that hee did, and his strength that he shewed, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:28 @ So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in (note:)He was the first king that was buried in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tirzah.(:note) Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:16:29 @ Nowe Ahab the sonne of Omri began to reigne ouer Israel, in the eyght & thirtie yeere of Asa king of Iudah: and Ahab the sonne of Omri reigned ouer Israel in Samaria two & twety yere.

geneva@1Kings:16:30 @ And Ahab the sonne of Omri did worse in ye sight of the Lord then al that were before him.

geneva@1Kings:16:31 @ And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took (note:)By whose influence he fell into wicked and strange idolatry and cruel persecution.(:note) to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

geneva@1Kings:16:33 @ And Ahab made a groue, & Ahab proceeded, & did prouoke the Lord God of Israel more then all the kings of Israel that were before him.

geneva@1Kings:16:34 @ In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build (note:)See (Jos_6:26).(:note) Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

geneva@1Kings:17:1 @ And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I (note:)That is, whom I serve.(:note) stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but But as I will declare it by God's revelation. according to my word.

geneva@1Kings:17:2 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,

geneva@1Kings:17:3 @ Go hence, and turne thee Eastwarde, and hide thy selfe in the riuer Cherith, that is ouer against Iorden,

geneva@1Kings:17:4 @ And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the (note:)To strengthen his faith against persecution, God promises to feed him miraculously.(:note) ravens to feed thee there.

geneva@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went & did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.

geneva@1Kings:17:6 @ And the rauens brought him bread & flesh in the morning, and bread & flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.

geneva@1Kings:17:7 @ And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.

geneva@1Kings:17:8 @ And the (note:)As the troubles of the saints of God are many, so his mercy is always at hand to deliver them.(:note) word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

geneva@1Kings:17:9 @ Vp, & get thee to Zarephath, which is in Zidon, and remaine there: beholde, I haue commanded a widow there to sustaine thee.

geneva@1Kings:17:10 @ So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there (note:)All this was to strengthen the faith of Elijah, to the intent that he would look for nothing worldly, but only trust God's providence.(:note) gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

geneva@1Kings:17:11 @ And as she was going to fet it, he called to her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine hand.

geneva@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and (note:)For there is no hope of any more sustenance.(:note) die.

geneva@1Kings:17:13 @ And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, come, do as thou hast sayd, but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, and bring it vnto mee, and afterward make for thee, and thy sonne.

geneva@1Kings:17:15 @ And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat (note:)That is, till he had rain and food on the earth.(:note) [many] days.

geneva@1Kings:17:16 @ The barrell of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by the hand of Eliiah.

geneva@1Kings:17:17 @ And it came to pass after these things, [that] the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no (note:)God would test whether she had learned by his merciful providence to make him her only stay and comfort.(:note) breath left in him.

geneva@1Kings:17:18 @ And she said vnto Eliiah, What haue I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slay my sonne?

geneva@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said vnto her, Giue me thy sonne; he tooke him out of her bosome, and caryed him vp into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him vpon his owne bed.

geneva@1Kings:17:20 @ And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also (note:)He was afraid lest God's name be blasphemed and his ministry contemned, unless he continued his mercies as he had begun them, especially while he remained there.(:note) brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

geneva@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himselfe vpon the childe three times, and called vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.

geneva@1Kings:17:22 @ Then the Lord heard the voyce of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.

geneva@1Kings:17:23 @ And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliiah sayd, Behold, thy sonne liueth.

geneva@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this (note:)It is hard to depend on God, unless we are confirmed by miracles.(:note) I know that thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy mouth [is] truth.

geneva@1Kings:18:1 @ And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the (note:)After that he departed from the river Cherith.(:note) third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

geneva@1Kings:18:2 @ And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah (note:)God had begun to work his fear in his heart, but had not yet brought him to the knowledge which is also required of the godly: that is, to profess his Name openly.(:note) feared the LORD greatly:

geneva@1Kings:18:4 @ For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lorde, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.)

geneva@1Kings:18:5 @ And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.

geneva@1Kings:18:6 @ And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe.

geneva@1Kings:18:7 @ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah (note:)God often pities the wicked for the sake of the godly, and causes Elijah to meet with Obadiah, that the blessing might be known to be granted for the sake of God's children.(:note) met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Art] thou that my lord Elijah?

geneva@1Kings:18:8 @ And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.

geneva@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

geneva@1Kings:18:10 @ As the Lorde thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whither my lorde hath not sent to seeke thee: and when they sayd, He is not here, he tooke an othe of the kingdome and nation, if they had not found thee.

geneva@1Kings:18:11 @ And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lorde, Beholde, Eliiah is here.

geneva@1Kings:18:12 @ And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant (note:)I am not of the wicked persecutors that you should procure to me such displeasure, but serve God and favour his children.(:note) fear the LORD from my youth.

geneva@1Kings:18:13 @ Was it not tolde my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundreth men of the Lordes Prophets by fifties in a caue, and fed them with bread & water?

geneva@1Kings:18:14 @ And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.

geneva@1Kings:18:15 @ And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew (note:)By my presence I will declare that you have told him the truth.(:note) myself unto him to day.

geneva@1Kings:18:16 @ So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Eliiah.

geneva@1Kings:18:17 @ And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

geneva@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but (note:)The true ministers of God should not only not permit falsehoods, but should boldly reprove the wicked slanderers without respect of persons.(:note) thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

geneva@1Kings:18:19 @ Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal foure hundreth and fiftie, and the prophets of the groues foure hundreth, which eate at Iezebels table.

geneva@1Kings:18:20 @ So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel.

geneva@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long (note:)Be consistent in religion and do not be indifferent, whether you follow God or Baal, or whether you serve God wholly or in part, (Zep_1:5).(:note) halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

geneva@1Kings:18:22 @ Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundreth and fiftie men.

geneva@1Kings:18:23 @ Let them therefore giue vs two bullockes, and let them chuse the one, & cut him in pieces, and lay him on the wood, but put no fire vnder, and I will prepare the other bullocke, and lay him on the wood, and will put no fire vnder.

geneva@1Kings:18:24 @ And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth (note:)By sending down fire from heaven to burn the sacrifice.(:note) by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

geneva@1Kings:18:25 @ And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you a bullocke, and prepare him first, (for ye are many) and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.

geneva@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they (note:)As men possessed by some strange spirit.(:note) leaped upon the altar which was made.

geneva@1Kings:18:27 @ And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be (note:)He mocks their beastly madness, who think that by any instance or suit, the dead and vile idols can help their worshippers in their necessity.(:note) awaked.

geneva@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and launcers, till the blood gushed out vpon them.

geneva@1Kings:18:29 @ And when midday was passed, & they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice, there was neither voyce, nor one to answere, nor any that regarded.

geneva@1Kings:18:30 @ And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me; all the people came to him; he repayred the altar of the Lorde that was broken downe.

geneva@1Kings:18:31 @ And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)

geneva@1Kings:18:32 @ And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lorde: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede.

geneva@1Kings:18:33 @ And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, & layd him on the wood,

geneva@1Kings:18:34 @ And said, Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood. Againe he said, Doe so againe; they did so the second time; he sayde, Doe it the third time; they did it the third time.

geneva@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar; and he (note:)By this he declared the excellent power of God, who contrary to nature could make the fire burn even in the water, so that they should have no opportunity to doubt that he is the only God.(:note) filled the trench also with water.

geneva@1Kings:18:36 @ And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.

geneva@1Kings:18:37 @ Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou [art] the LORD God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back (note:)Though God permits his to run in blindness and error for a time, yet eventually he calls them home to him by some notorious sign and work.(:note) again.

geneva@1Kings:18:38 @ Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offring, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked vp the water that was in the ditche.

geneva@1Kings:18:39 @ And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and saide, The Lord is God, the Lord is God.

geneva@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not (note:)He commanded them that as they were truly persuaded to confess the only God: so they should serve him with all their power, and destroy the idolaters his enemies.(:note) one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

geneva@1Kings:18:41 @ And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne.

geneva@1Kings:18:42 @ So Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmel: and he crouched vnto the earth, & put his face betweene his knees,

geneva@1Kings:18:43 @ And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again (note:)As God's spirit moved him to pray, so was he strengthened by the same that he did not faint, but continued still till he had obtained.(:note) seven times.

geneva@1Kings:18:44 @ And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not.

geneva@1Kings:18:45 @ And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.

geneva@1Kings:18:46 @ And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran (note:)He was so strengthened by God's spirit that he ran faster than the chariot was able to run.(:note) before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

geneva@1Kings:19:1 @ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the (note:)That is, of Baal.(:note) prophets with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:19:2 @ Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, (note:)Though the wicked rage against God's children, yet he holds them back so they cannot execute their malice.(:note) 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 this time.

geneva@1Kings:19:3 @ When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.

geneva@1Kings:19:4 @ 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, (note:)It is so hard to control our impatience in affliction, that the saints could not overcome the same.(:note) take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers.

geneva@1Kings:19:5 @ And as he lay and slept vnder the iuniper tree, behold now, an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp, and eate.

geneva@1Kings:19:6 @ And when he looked about, behold, there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot of water at his head: so he did eate and drinke, and returned and slept.

geneva@1Kings:19:7 @ And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat; because (note:)He declares that unless God had nourished him miraculously it would have been impossible for him to have gone on this journey.(:note) the journey [is] too great for thee.

geneva@1Kings:19:8 @ Then he arose, and did eate and drinke, and walked in the strength of that meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, vnto Horeb the mount of God.

geneva@1Kings:19:9 @ And there he entred into a caue, & lodged there: and beholde, the Lorde spake to him, and said vnto him, What doest thou here, Eliiah?

geneva@1Kings:19:10 @ And he said, I have (note:)He complains that the more zealous he was to maintain God's glory, the more cruelly he was persecuted.(:note) 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.

geneva@1Kings:19:11 @ 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] (note:)For the nature of man is not able to come near God, if he appeared in his strength and full majesty, and therefore he mercifully submits himself to our limitations.(:note) not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake:

geneva@1Kings:19:12 @ And after the earthquake came fire: but the Lorde was not in the fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.

geneva@1Kings:19:13 @ And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here, Eliiah?

geneva@1Kings:19:14 @ And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: (note:)So should not depend on the multitude in maintaining God's glory, but because our duty requires us to do it.(:note) because 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.

geneva@1Kings:19:15 @ And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.

geneva@1Kings:19:16 @ And Iehu the sonne of Nimshi shalt thou anoynt King ouer Israel: and Elisha the sonne of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou anoynt to be Prophet in thy roume.

geneva@1Kings:19:17 @ And him that escapeth from the sworde of Hazael, shall Iehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Iehu, shall Elisha slay.

geneva@1Kings:19:18 @ Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, (note:)He declares that wicked deceivers and idolaters are not his.(:note) all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

geneva@1Kings:19:19 @ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: & Eliiah went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him.

geneva@1Kings:19:20 @ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, (note:)Though this natural affection is not to be contemned, yet it should not move us when God calls us to serve him.(:note) Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

geneva@1Kings:19:21 @ And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the (note:)He would not stay till wood was brought, so great was his desire to follow his calling.(:note) instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

geneva@1Kings:20:1 @ And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two (note:)That is, governors and rulers of provinces.(:note) kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

geneva@1Kings:20:2 @ And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israel, into the citie,

geneva@1Kings:20:3 @ And sayd vnto him, Thus sayth Ben-hadad, Thy siluer & thy golde is mine: also thy women, and thy fayre children are mine.

geneva@1Kings:20:4 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, (note:)I am content to obey and pay tribute.(:note) I [am] thine, and all that I have.

geneva@1Kings:20:5 @ And when the messengers came againe, they said, Thus commandeth Ben-hadad, & saith, When I shal send vnto thee, and command, thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde, and thy women, and thy children,

geneva@1Kings:20:7 @ Then the King of Israel sent for all the Elders of the land, & sayd, Take heede, I pray you, and see how he seeketh mischiefe: for he sent vnto me for my wiues, and for my children, and for my siluer, and for my golde, and I denyed him not.

geneva@1Kings:20:8 @ And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken (note:)They thought it their duty to risk their lives, rather than grant that thing which was not lawful, only to satisfy the lust of a tyrant.(:note) not [unto him], nor consent.

geneva@1Kings:20:9 @ Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lorde the King, All that thou didddest sende for to thy seruant at the first time, that I will doe, but this thing I may not do; the messengers departed, and brought him an answere.

geneva@1Kings:20:10 @ And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the (note:)Much less will there be found any prey that is worth anything, when they are so many.(:note) dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

geneva@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that (note:)Do not boast before the victory is won.(:note) putteth it off.

geneva@1Kings:20:12 @ And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his seruants, Bring forth your engines, and they set them against the citie.

geneva@1Kings:20:13 @ And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know (note:)Before God went about with signs and miracles to pull Ahab from his impiety, and now again with wonderful victories.(:note) that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:20:14 @ And Ahab sayd, By whome? And he sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, By the seruants of the princes of the prouinces. He sayde againe, Who shall order the battel? And he answered, Thou.

geneva@1Kings:20:15 @ Then he nombred the seruantes of the princes of the prouinces, and they were two hundreth, two and thirtie: and after them he nombred the whole people of all the children of Israel, euen seuen thousand.

geneva@1Kings:20:16 @ And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and the Kings: for two and thirtie Kings helped him.

geneva@1Kings:20:17 @ And the (note:)That is, young men trained in the service of princes.(:note) young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:20:18 @ And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue.

geneva@1Kings:20:19 @ So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them.

geneva@1Kings:20:20 @ And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the (note:)They who were appointed for the preservation of his person.(:note) horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:20:21 @ And the King of Israel went out, & smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites.

geneva@1Kings:20:22 @ (For there had come a Prophet to the King of Israel, and had sayd vnto him, Goe, be of good courage, and consider, and take heede what thou doest: for when the yeere is gone about, the King of Aram wil come vp against thee)

geneva@1Kings:20:23 @ And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their (note:)Thus the wicked blaspheme God in their fury, who nonetheless he does not permit to go unpunished.(:note) 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 stronger than they.

geneva@1Kings:20:24 @ And this doe, Take the Kings away, euery one out of his place, & place captaines for them.

geneva@1Kings:20:25 @ And nomber thy selfe an armie, like the armie that thou hast lost, with such horses, & such charets, & we wil fight against them in the plaine, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them: and he hearkened vnto their voyce, and did so.

geneva@1Kings:20:26 @ And after the yeere was gone about, Ben-hadad nombred the Aramites, and went vp to Aphek to fight against Israel.

geneva@1Kings:20:27 @ And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all (note:)All those who were in the battle of the previous years, (1Ki_20:15).(:note) present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

geneva@1Kings:20:28 @ And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have 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 (note:)Who has the same power in the valley as on the hills and can also destroy a multitude with few as with many.(:note) I [am] the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:20:29 @ And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, & in the seuenth day the battel was ioyned: and the children of Israel slew of the Aramites an hundreth thousand footemen in one day.

geneva@1Kings:20:30 @ But the rest fled to Aphek into the citie: & there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men that were left: and Ben-hadad fled into the citie, and came into a secret chamber.

geneva@1Kings:20:31 @ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our (note:)In sign of submission and that we have deserved death, if he will punish us with rigour.(:note) loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

geneva@1Kings:20:32 @ Then they gyrded sackecloth about their loynes, & put ropes about their heads, and came to the King of Israel, and sayd, Thy seruant Ben-hadad sayth, I pray thee, let me liue: and he sayd, Is he yet aliue? he is my brother.

geneva@1Kings:20:33 @ Now the men did diligently observe whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother (note:)He is alive.(:note) Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

geneva@1Kings:20:34 @ And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in (note:)You shall appoint in my chief city what you will, and I will obey you.(:note) 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 sent him away.

geneva@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, (note:)By this external sign he would more likely touch the king's heart.(:note) Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

geneva@1Kings:20:36 @ Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall (note:)Because you have transgressed the commandment of the Lord.(:note) slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

geneva@1Kings:20:37 @ Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee; the man smote him, and in smiting wounded him.

geneva@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, (note:)By this parable he makes Ahab condemn himself who made a covenant with God's enemy, and let him escape whom God had appointed to be slain.(:note) 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 silver.

geneva@1Kings:20:40 @ And as thy seruant had here and there to do, he was gone: And the King of Israel said vnto him, So shall thy iudgement be: thou hast giuen sentence.

geneva@1Kings:20:41 @ And hee hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face: and the King of Israel knewe him that he was of the Prophets:

geneva@1Kings:20:42 @ And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let goe out of thine handes a man whom I appoynted to dye, thy life shall goe for his life, and thy people for his people.

geneva@1Kings:20:43 @ And the King of Israel went to his house heauie and in displeasure, & came to Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:21:2 @ And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, (note:)Though Ahab's tyranny is condemned by the Holy Spirit, yet he was not so rigorous that he would take from another man his right without full recompense.(:note) 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 thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

geneva@1Kings:21:3 @ And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord keepe me from giuing the inheritance of my father vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:21:4 @ And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down (note:)Thus the wicked do not consider what is just and lawful, but fret inwardly when they cannot have their inordinate lusts satisfied.(:note) upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

geneva@1Kings:21:6 @ And he said vnto her, Because I spake vnto Naboth the Izreelite, & sayd vnto him, Giue me thy vineyard for money, or if it please thee, I will giue thee another vineyard for it: but he answered, I wil not giue thee my vineyarde.

geneva@1Kings:21:7 @ And Jezebel his wife said unto him, (note:)As though she said, «You do not know what it means to reign. Command and do not beg».(:note) Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

geneva@1Kings:21:8 @ So she wrote letters in Ahabs name, and sealed them with his seale, and sent the letters vnto the Elders, and to the nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Naboth.

geneva@1Kings:21:9 @ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a (note:)For then they used to enquire of men's faults: for no one could truly fast if he was a notorious sinner.(:note) fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

geneva@1Kings:21:10 @ And set two wicked men before him, & let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye.

geneva@1Kings:21:11 @ And the (note:)Thus the worldlings contrary to God's commandment, who does not consent to the shedding of innocent blood, would rather obey the wicked commandments of princes than the just laws.(:note) men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

geneva@1Kings:21:12 @ They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,

geneva@1Kings:21:13 @ And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.

geneva@1Kings:21:14 @ Then they sent to Iezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned and is dead.

geneva@1Kings:21:15 @ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, (note:)This example of monstrous cruelty the Holy Spirit leaves to us, to the intent that we should abhor all tyranny, and especially in those whom nature and kind should move to be pitiful and inclined to mercy.(:note) Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

geneva@1Kings:21:16 @ And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he rose to go downe to the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite, to take possession of it.

geneva@1Kings:21:17 @ And the word of the Lord came vnto Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

geneva@1Kings:21:19 @ And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Do you think to have an advantage by murdering an innocent?(:note) Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, This was fulfilled in Joram his son (2Ki_9:25-26). In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

geneva@1Kings:21:20 @ And Ahab sayd to Eliiah, Hast thou found mee, O mine enemie? And he answered, I haue found thee: for thou hast solde thy selfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord.

geneva@1Kings:21:21 @ Beholde, I will bring euill vpon thee, and wil take away thy posteritie, and wil cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel,

geneva@1Kings:21:22 @ And I wil make thine house like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah, for the prouocation wherewith thou hast prouoked, and made Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:21:23 @ And also of Iezebel spake the Lorde, saying, The dogs shall eate Iezebel, by the wall of Izreel.

geneva@1Kings:21:24 @ The dogs shall eate him of Ahabs stocke, that dyeth in the citie: and him that dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.

geneva@1Kings:21:25 @ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did (note:)By the wicked counsel of his wife he became a vile idolater, and cruel murderer, as one that gave himself wholly to serve sin.(:note) sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

geneva@1Kings:21:27 @ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went (note:)In token of mourning, or as some read, barefooted.(:note) softly.

geneva@1Kings:21:28 @ And the worde of the Lord came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

geneva@1Kings:22:1 @ And they continued (note:)Ben-hadad the king of Syria, and Ahab made a peace which endured three years.(:note) three years without war between Syria and Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:2 @ And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah (note:)To see and visit him.(:note) came down to the king of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that (note:)The kings of Syria kept Ramoth before this league was made by Benhadad: therefore he did not think he was bound by it to restore it.(:note) Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

geneva@1Kings:22:4 @ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, (note:)I am ready to join and go with you, and all of mine is at your command.(:note) I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

geneva@1Kings:22:5 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, (note:)He seemed that he would not go to war unless God approved it, yet when Michaiah advised the opposite he would not obey.(:note) Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

geneva@1Kings:22:6 @ Then the king of Israel gathered the (note:)Meaning the false prophets, who were liars and served for money whom Jezebel had assembled and kept after the death of those whom Elijah slew.(:note) prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

geneva@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the (note:)Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God's ministers, but contemned them.(:note) LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?

geneva@1Kings:22:8 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but (note:)By which we see that the wicked cannot abide to hear the truth, but hate the prophets of God and molest them.(:note) I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

geneva@1Kings:22:9 @ Then the king of Israel called an (note:)Read (Gen_37:36).(:note) officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.

geneva@1Kings:22:10 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their (note:)In their kingly apparel.(:note) robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

geneva@1Kings:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him (note:)The true prophets of God were accustomed to use signs for the confirmation of their doctrine, (Isa_20:2; Jer_7:2) in which the false prophets imitated them, thinking by it to make their doctrine more believable.(:note) horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

geneva@1Kings:22:12 @ And all the prophets prophecied so, saying, Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the Kings hand.

geneva@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with (note:)This is the common argument of the wicked, who think that no one should speak against anything if the majority approves of it, be they ever so ungodly.(:note) one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.

geneva@1Kings:22:14 @ And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.

geneva@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, (note:)He speaks this in derision, because the king attributed so much to the false prophets, meaning that by experience he should discern that they were liars.(:note) Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

geneva@1Kings:22:16 @ And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?

geneva@1Kings:22:17 @ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, (note:)It is better for them to return home than to be punished and scattered because they go to war without God's counsel and approval.(:note) These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

geneva@1Kings:22:18 @ (And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)

geneva@1Kings:22:19 @ And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the (note:)Meaning, his angels.(:note) host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

geneva@1Kings:22:20 @ And the Lord sayd, Who shall entise Ahab that he may go and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one said on this maner, and another sayd on that maner.

geneva@1Kings:22:21 @ And there came forth a spirit, and (note:)Here we see that though the devil is always ready to bring us to destruction, yet he has no more power than God gives him.(:note) stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

geneva@1Kings:22:22 @ And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a (note:)I will cause all his prophets to tell lies.(:note) lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

geneva@1Kings:22:23 @ Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath appoynted euill against thee.

geneva@1Kings:22:24 @ But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (note:)Thus the wicked would that none were in the favour of God but they, and that God has given his graces to none so much as to them.(:note) Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

geneva@1Kings:22:25 @ And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

geneva@1Kings:22:26 @ And the King of Israel sayd, Take Michaiah, and cary him vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie, and vnto Ioash the Kings sonne,

geneva@1Kings:22:27 @ And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with (note:)Let him waste away with hunger and be fed with a small portion of bread and water.(:note) bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

geneva@1Kings:22:28 @ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, (note:)That when you see these things come to pass you may give God the glory, and know that I am his true prophet.(:note) Hearken, O people, every one of you.

geneva@1Kings:22:29 @ So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

geneva@1Kings:22:30 @ And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, I will change mine apparell, and will enter into the battell, but put thou on thine apparell; the King of Israel changed himselfe, and went into the battel.

geneva@1Kings:22:31 @ And the King of Aram commaunded his two and thirtie captaines ouer his charets, saying, Fight neither with small, nor great, saue onely against the King of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:32 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it [is] the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat (note:)That is, to the Lord for help.(:note) cried out.

geneva@1Kings:22:33 @ And when the captaines of the charets saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

geneva@1Kings:22:34 @ Then a certaine man drewe a bow mightily and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine. Wherefore he sayde vnto his charet man, Turne thine hand and cary me out of the hoste: for I am hurt.

geneva@1Kings:22:35 @ And the battle increased that day: and the (note:)That is, Ahab, king of Israel.(:note) king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

geneva@1Kings:22:36 @ And there went a proclamation throughout the (note:)Of the Israelites.(:note) host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

geneva@1Kings:22:37 @ So the King died, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the King in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:22:38 @ And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria, and the dogs licked vp his blood (and they washed his armour) according vnto the word of the Lord which he spake.

geneva@1Kings:22:39 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahab and all that he did, and the yuorie house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:22:40 @ So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:22:41 @ And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne vpon Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:42 @ Iehoshaphat was fiue and thirty yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem; his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

geneva@1Kings:22:43 @ And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless (note:)Meaning, that he was led with an error, thinking that they might still sacrifice to the Lord in those places, as they did before the temple was built.(:note) the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

geneva@1Kings:22:44 @ And Iehoshaphat made peace with the King of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:45 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat, and his worthy deedes that he did, and his battels which he fought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@1Kings:22:46 @ And the Sodomites, which remayned in the dayes of his father Asa, he put cleane out of the land.

geneva@1Kings:22:47 @ [There was] then no king in Edom: a (note:)In the time of this king, Idumea was subject to Judah, and was governed by whom they of Judah appointed.(:note) deputy [was] king.

geneva@1Kings:22:48 @ Jehoshaphat made ships of (note:)By Tharshish the scripture means Cilicia and all the Mediterranean Sea.(:note) Tharshish to go to Josephus writes that Ophir is in India, where the Egyptians and Arabians traffic for gold. Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

geneva@1Kings:22:50 @ And Iehoshaphat did sleepe with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, and Iehoram his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:22:51 @ Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the seuenteenth yeere of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, and reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:52 @ But he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:22:53 @ For he serued Baal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done.

geneva@2Kings:1:1 @ Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (note:)The Argument - This second book contains the acts of the kings of Judah and Israel: that is, of Israel, from the death of Ahab to the last king Hoshea, who was imprisoned by the king of Assyria, and his city Samaria taken, and the ten tribes led into captivity by the just plague of God for their idolatry and disobedience to God. Also of Judah, from the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat to Zedekiah, who for contemning the Lord's commandment by his prophets, and neglecting his many admonitions by famine and other means was taken by his enemies, saw his sons most cruelly slain before his face, and his own eyes put out, as the Lord had declared to him before by his prophet Jeremiah. By the just vengeance of God for contempt of his word Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple burnt, and he and all his people were led away captives into Babylon. In this book are notable examples of God's favour toward those rulers and people who obey his prophets, and embrace his word: and contrariwise of his plagues on those who neglect his ministers, and do not obey his commandments.(:note)

geneva@2Kings:1:2 @ And (note:)So that he was punished for his idolatry in two ways: for the Moabites which were wont to pay him tribute rebelled and he fell out a window which was high in his house to give light beneath.(:note) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of The Philistines who lived at Ekron worshipped this idol, the god of flies, thinking that he could preserve them from the biting of flies: or else he was so called, because flies were drawn in great abundance by the blood of the sacrifices that were offered to that idol. Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

geneva@2Kings:1:3 @ But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, (note:)He shows that idolaters do not have the true God, or else they would seek none but him alone.(:note) [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

geneva@2Kings:1:5 @ And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?

geneva@2Kings:1:6 @ And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Ignorance is the mother of error and idolatry.(:note) [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

geneva@2Kings:1:7 @ And he saide vnto them, What maner of man was he which came and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

geneva@2Kings:1:8 @ And they answered him, [He was] an (note:)Some think that this meant his garments, which were rough and made of hair.(:note) hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.

geneva@2Kings:1:9 @ Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top (note:)That is, Carmel.(:note) of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

geneva@2Kings:1:10 @ And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. (note:)He declares the power God's word has in the mouth of his servants, when they threaten God's judgments against the wicked.(:note) And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

geneva@2Kings:1:11 @ Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, (note:)He spoke this in mockery, and therefore provoked God's wrath so much more.(:note) O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

geneva@2Kings:1:12 @ And Elijah answered and said unto them, (note:)Meaning, that God would show by effect whether he was a true prophet or not.(:note) If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

geneva@2Kings:1:13 @ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my (note:)Which humble myself before God and his servant.(:note) life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be That is, spare my life, and do not let me die as the other two. precious in thy sight.

geneva@2Kings:1:14 @ Beholde, there came fire downe from the heauen and deuoured the two former captaines ouer fiftie with their fifties: therefore let my life nowe be precious in thy sight.

geneva@2Kings:1:15 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be (note:)Thus the Lord gives boldness to his, that they fear not the threatenings of tyrants, who otherwise of themselves are afraid to do God's message.(:note) not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

geneva@2Kings:1:16 @ And he saide vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Because thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, (was it not because there was no God in Israel to inquire of his worde?) therefore thou shalt not come downe off the bed, on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death.

geneva@2Kings:1:17 @ So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And (note:)Jehoshaphat going to battle against the Syrians, made his son Jehoram king in the 17th year of his reign: and in the 18th year which was the second year of his son, Jehoram the son of Ahab reigned in Israel: and in the fifth year of this Jehoram Jehoshaphat died, and the kingdom of Judah was confirmed to his son.(:note) Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

geneva@2Kings:2:1 @ And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from (note:)Which was the place where the children of Israel were circumcised after they came over Jordan and had been forty years in the wilderness, (Jos_5:9).(:note) Gilgal.

geneva@2Kings:2:2 @ Then Eliiah saide to Elisha, Tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. But Elisha said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came downe to Beth-el.

geneva@2Kings:2:3 @ And the (note:)So called, because they are begotten anew as it were by the heavenly doctrine.(:note) sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from That is, from being your head any more: for to be as the head, is to be the master, as to be at the feet, is to be a scholar. thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I For the Lord had revealed it to him. know [it]; hold ye your peace.

geneva@2Kings:2:4 @ Againe Eliiah saide vnto him, Elisha, tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho: But he said, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came to Iericho.

geneva@2Kings:2:5 @ And the sons of the prophets that [were] at (note:)Not only at Bethel, but at Jericho and other places were there prophets, who had scholars, whom they instructed and brought up in the true fear of God.(:note) Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.

geneva@2Kings:2:6 @ Moreouer Eliiah saide vnto him, Tarie, I pray thee, here: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iorden. But he saide, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they went both together.

geneva@2Kings:2:7 @ And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophets went and stoode on the other side a farre off, and they two stoode by Iorden.

geneva@2Kings:2:8 @ And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped [it] together, and smote the (note:)That is, of Jordan.(:note) waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

geneva@2Kings:2:9 @ 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, (note:)Let your spirit have double force in me, because of these dangerous times: or let me have twice as much as the rest of the prophets: or if your spirit were to be divided into three parts, let me have two.(:note) let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

geneva@2Kings:2:10 @ And he saide, Thou hast asked an hard thing: yet if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt haue it so: & if not, it shal not be.

geneva@2Kings:2:11 @ 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 by a whirlwind into (note:)Thus God has left a testimony in all ages (both before the law, in the law and in the gospel).(:note) heaven.

geneva@2Kings:2:12 @ And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

geneva@2Kings:2:13 @ He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.

geneva@2Kings:2:14 @ After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:2:15 @ And when the sons of the prophets which [were] to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The (note:)The Spirit of prophecy was given to him as it was to Elijah.(:note) spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

geneva@2Kings:2:16 @ 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, (note:)Because the fact was extraordinary, they doubted where he had gone, but Elisha was assured that he was taken up to God.(:note) Ye shall not send.

geneva@2Kings:2:18 @ Therefore they returned to him, (for he taryed at Iericho) and he said vnto them, Did not I say vnto you, Goe not?

geneva@2Kings:2:19 @ And the men of the citie saide vnto Elisha, Beholde, we pray thee: the situation of this citie is pleasant, as thou, my lorde, seest, but the water is naught, and the ground baren.

geneva@2Kings:2:20 @ Then he saide, Bring me a newe cruse, and put salt therein; they brought it to him.

geneva@2Kings:2:21 @ And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast (note:)Thus God gave him power, even contrary to nature, to make the water profitable for man's use, which before was hurtful.(:note) the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [land].

geneva@2Kings:2:23 @ And he went vp from thence vnto Beth-el; as he was going vp the way, litle children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and saide vnto him, Come vp, thou balde head, come vp, thou balde head.

geneva@2Kings:2:24 @ And he turned back, and looked on them, and (note:)Perceiving their malicious heart against the Lord and his word, he asks God to avenge the injury done to him.(:note) cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

geneva@2Kings:2:25 @ So he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:3:1 @ Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the (note:)Read the annotation in (2Ki_1:17).(:note) eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

geneva@2Kings:3:2 @ And he wrought euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not like his father nor like his mother: for he tooke away the image of Baal that his father had made.

geneva@2Kings:3:4 @ And (note:)This was done after David had made the Moabites tributaries to his successors.(:note) Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

geneva@2Kings:3:6 @ Therefore King Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season, and nombred all Israel,

geneva@2Kings:3:7 @ And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: (note:)Read (1Ki_22:4).(:note) I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, [and] my horses as thy horses.

geneva@2Kings:3:8 @ Then said he, What way shall we goe vp? And he answered, The way of the wildernesse of Edom.

geneva@2Kings:3:9 @ So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the (note:)Meaning the viceroy, or lieutenant of the king of Judah, (1Ki_22:47).(:note) king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

geneva@2Kings:3:10 @ Therefore the King of Israel sayde, Alas, that the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hand of Moab.

geneva@2Kings:3:11 @ But 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 (note:)That is, who was his servant.(:note) poured water on the hands of Elijah.

geneva@2Kings:3:12 @ And Jehoshaphat said, (note:)He is able to instruct us what God's will is in this point.(:note) The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

geneva@2Kings:3:13 @ And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, (note:)He knew that this wicked king would have but used his counsel to serve his turn, and therefore, he disdained to answer him.(:note) 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, The wicked do not esteem the servants of God unless they are driven by every necessity and fear of the present danger. Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

geneva@2Kings:3:14 @ 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 (note:)God suffers his word to be declared to the wicked because of the godly that are among them.(:note) not look toward thee, nor see thee.

geneva@2Kings:3:15 @ But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel (note:)He sang songs to God's glory, and so stirred up the prophets heart to prophecy.(:note) played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

geneva@2Kings:3:16 @ And he saide, Thus saith the Lorde, Make this valley full of ditches.

geneva@2Kings:3:17 @ For thus saith the Lorde, Ye shall neither see winde nor see raine, yet the valley shalbe filled with water, that ye may drinke, both ye and your cattel, and your beastes.

geneva@2Kings:3:18 @ And this is [but] a (note:)He will not only miraculously give you waters, but your enemies also into your hand.(:note) light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

geneva@2Kings:3:19 @ And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and (note:)Though God bestows his benefits for a time on the enemies, yet he has his seasons, when he will take them away to the intent they might see his vengeance which is prepared for them.(:note) mar every good piece of land with stones.

geneva@2Kings:3:20 @ And in the morning whe the meat offring was offred, beholde, there came water by the way of Edom: and the countrey was filled with water.

geneva@2Kings:3:21 @ And when al the Moabites heard that the Kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that was able to put on harnesse, & vpwarde, and stood in their border.

geneva@2Kings:3:22 @ And they rose earely in the morning, when the sunne arose vpon the water, and the Moabites saw the water ouer against them, as red as blood.

geneva@2Kings:3:23 @ And they said, (note:)The sudden joy of the wicked is but a preparation for their destruction, which is at hand.(:note) This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

geneva@2Kings:3:24 @ 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 (note:)Meaning, they followed them into the towns.(:note) went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.

geneva@2Kings:3:25 @ 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 of water, and felled all the good trees: only in (note:)Which was one of the principle cities of the Moabites, in which they left nothing but the walls.(:note) Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.

geneva@2Kings:3:26 @ And when the King of Moab saw that the battel was too sore for him, he tooke with him seuen hudreth men that drew the sword, to break through vnto the King of Edom: but they could not.

geneva@2Kings:3:27 @ Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and (note:)Some refer it to the king of Edom's son, whom they say he had taken in that skirmish: but rather it seemed to be his own son, whom he offered to his gods to pacify them: which barbarous cruelty moved the Israelites hearts of pity to depart.(:note) offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.

geneva@2Kings:4:2 @ And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a (note:)Thus God permits his to be brought many times to extreme necessity, before he helps them, that afterward they may praise his mercy even more.(:note) pot of oil.

geneva@2Kings:4:3 @ And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.

geneva@2Kings:4:4 @ And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into (note:)The Prophet declares by this to her, that God never fails to provide for his servants, their wives and children, it they trust in him.(:note) all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

geneva@2Kings:4:5 @ So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes; they brought to her, and she powred out.

geneva@2Kings:4:6 @ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil (note:)Or ceased to increase.(:note) stayed.

geneva@2Kings:4:7 @ Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the (note:)God here not only provided for his servant, that his debts should be paid and so kept his doctrine and profession without slander, but also for his wife and children.(:note) rest.

geneva@2Kings:4:8 @ And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.

geneva@2Kings:4:9 @ And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.

geneva@2Kings:4:10 @ Let us make a (note:)Which would be separate from the rest of the house, that he might more conveniently give himself to study and prayers.(:note) little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

geneva@2Kings:4:11 @ And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,

geneva@2Kings:4:12 @ And sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite: and when hee called her, she stood before him.

geneva@2Kings:4:13 @ And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; (note:)Thus the servants of God are not unthankful for the benefits they receive.(:note) what [is] to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I I am content with what God has sent me, and can lack nothing that one can do for another. dwell among mine own people.

geneva@2Kings:4:14 @ And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath (note:)Which was shameful and therefore he would that his master should pray to God for her that she might be fruitful.(:note) no child, and her husband is old.

geneva@2Kings:4:15 @ Then said he, Cal her; hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore.

geneva@2Kings:4:16 @ And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne; she sayd, Oh my Lorde, thou man of God, doe not lye vnto thine handmayd.

geneva@2Kings:4:18 @ And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.

geneva@2Kings:4:19 @ And he said unto his father, (note:)His head was hurt badly and therefore he cried.(:note) My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

geneva@2Kings:4:20 @ And hee tooke him & brought him to his mother, and hee sate on her knees till noone, and dyed.

geneva@2Kings:4:21 @ Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.

geneva@2Kings:4:22 @ Then she called to her husband, & sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.

geneva@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? [it is] neither (note:)For at such times the people were wont to resort to the prophets for doctrine and consolation.(:note) new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well.

geneva@2Kings:4:24 @ Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.

geneva@2Kings:4:25 @ So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel; when the man of God sawe her ouer against him, he sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.

geneva@2Kings:4:26 @ Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? and is the child in health? And she answered, We are in health.

geneva@2Kings:4:27 @ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she (note:)In token of humility and joy that she had met with him.(:note) caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.

geneva@2Kings:4:29 @ Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: (note:)Make such speed that nothing may stop you in the way, (Luk_10:4).(:note) if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

geneva@2Kings:4:30 @ And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.

geneva@2Kings:4:31 @ But Gehazi was gone before them, & had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.

geneva@2Kings:4:32 @ Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.

geneva@2Kings:4:33 @ He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up, and (note:)Elijah did the same to the widow's son at Zarephath (1Ki_17:21) and Paul in (Act_20:10) signifying the care that should be in them, who bear the word of God and are distributors of spiritual life.(:note) lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

geneva@2Kings:4:35 @ Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed (note:)Meaning, often.(:note) seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

geneva@2Kings:4:36 @ Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him; he said vnto her, Take thy sonne.

geneva@2Kings:4:37 @ And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.

geneva@2Kings:4:38 @ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the (note:)That is, in the land of Israel.(:note) land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

geneva@2Kings:4:39 @ And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a (note:)Which the apothecaries call colloquintida, and is most vehement and dangerous in purging.(:note) wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not.

geneva@2Kings:4:40 @ So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O [thou] man of God, [there is] (note:)They feared that they were poisoned because of the bitterness.(:note) death in the pot. And they could not eat [thereof].

geneva@2Kings:4:41 @ Then he said, Bring meale; hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.

geneva@2Kings:4:42 @ Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, & brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske; hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.

geneva@2Kings:4:43 @ And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and (note:)It is not the quantity of bread that satisfies, but the blessing that God gives.(:note) shall leave [thereof].

geneva@2Kings:4:44 @ So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:5:1 @ Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given (note:)Here it appears that among the infidels God has his, and also that the infidels esteem those who do good to their country.(:note) deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.

geneva@2Kings:5:2 @ And the Aramites had gone out by bands, and had taken a litle mayde of the land of Israel, and shee serued Naamans wife.

geneva@2Kings:5:3 @ And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the (note:)Meaning Elisha.(:note) prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

geneva@2Kings:5:4 @ And (note:)That is, Naaman told it to the king of Syria.(:note) [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:5:5 @ And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and (note:)To give this as a present to the prophets.(:note) took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

geneva@2Kings:5:6 @ And brought the letter to the King of Israel to this effect, Now when this letter is come vnto thee, vnderstand, that I haue sent thee Naaman my seruant, that thou maiest heale him of his leprosie.

geneva@2Kings:5:7 @ And when the King of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and sayde, Am I God, to kil and to giue life, that hee doth send to mee, that I should heale a man from his leprosie? wherfore consider, I pray you, and see howe he seeketh a quarel against me.

geneva@2Kings:5:8 @ And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, (note:)The prophet rebukes the king because he did not consider that God was true in his promise, and therefore would not leave his Church destitute of a prophet, whose prayers he would hear, and to whom others could have recourse for comfort.(:note) Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

geneva@2Kings:5:9 @ Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his charets, and stoode at the doore of the house of Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:5:10 @ And Elisha sent a messenger vnto him, saying, Go and wash thee in Iorden seuen times, and thy flesh shall come againe to thee, and thou shalt be clensed.

geneva@2Kings:5:11 @ But Naaman was (note:)Man's reason murmurs when it considers only the signs and outward things, and has no regard for the word of God, which is contained there.(:note) wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

geneva@2Kings:5:12 @ Are not Abanah and Pharpar, riuers of Damascus, better then all the waters of Israel? may I not washe mee in them, and bee cleansed? so hee turned, and departed in displeasure.

geneva@2Kings:5:13 @ And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, (note:)This declares that servants should reverence and love their masters as children their fathers, and likewise masters toward their servants, must be affectioned as toward their children.(:note) My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

geneva@2Kings:5:14 @ Then went he downe, and washed him selfe seuen times in Iorden, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came againe, like vnto ye flesh of a litle child, & he was cleane.

geneva@2Kings:5:15 @ And hee turned againe to the man of God, hee, and all his companie, and came and stood before him, and sayd, Behold, now I knowe that there is no God in all the world, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a reward of thy seruant.

geneva@2Kings:5:16 @ But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; (note:)So the Lord commands that they that receive freely, should also give freely.(:note) but he refused.

geneva@2Kings:5:18 @ In this thing the LORD (note:)He feels his conscience is wounded by being present at idols service, and therefore desires God to forgive him, lest others by his example might fall to idolatry: for as for his own part he confesses that he will never serve any but the true God.(:note) pardon thy servant, [that] when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

geneva@2Kings:5:19 @ And he said unto him, (note:)The prophet did not approve his act, but after the common manner of speech he bids him farewell.(:note) Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

geneva@2Kings:5:20 @ And Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God sayde, Beholde, my master hath spared this Aramite Naaman, receiuing not those things at his hand that he brought: as the Lord liueth, I will runne after him, and take somewhat of him.

geneva@2Kings:5:21 @ So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, (note:)Declaring by it, the honour and affection he bore to the prophet his master.(:note) he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?

geneva@2Kings:5:22 @ And he answered, All is well: my master hath set me, saying, Behold, there be come to me, euen nowe from mount Ephraim two yong men of the children of the Prophets: giue them, I pray thee, a talent of siluer, & two change of garmets.

geneva@2Kings:5:23 @ And Naaman saide, Yea, take two talents: and he compelled him, and bound two talents of siluer in two bagges, with two change of garments, and gaue them vnto two of his seruants, that they might beare them before him.

geneva@2Kings:5:24 @ And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and (note:)Naaman's servants.(:note) they departed.

geneva@2Kings:5:25 @ Then he went in, and stoode before his master; Elisha said vnto him, Whence commest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy seruant went no whither.

geneva@2Kings:5:26 @ And he said unto him, (note:)Was I not present with you in spirit?(:note) 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 That is, money to buy possessions with: meaning that it is detestable in the servants of God to have covetous minds. oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

geneva@2Kings:5:27 @ The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy (note:)To be an example to all, by whose covetousness God's word might be slandered.(:note) seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

geneva@2Kings:6:1 @ And the children of the Prophets saide vnto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the place where we dwell with thee, is too litle for vs.

geneva@2Kings:6:2 @ Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a (note:)Or a piece of wood fit to build with.(:note) beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

geneva@2Kings:6:3 @ And one said, Vouchsafe, I pray thee, to go with thy seruants, and he answered, I will goe.

geneva@2Kings:6:5 @ And as one was felling of a tree, the yron fell into the water: then he cryed, and said, Alas master, it was but borowed.

geneva@2Kings:6:6 @ 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 (note:)God wrought this miraculously to confirm the authority of Elisha, to whom he had given such abundance of his Spirit.(:note) swim.

geneva@2Kings:6:7 @ Then he saide, Take it vp to thee; he stretched out his hand, and tooke it.

geneva@2Kings:6:8 @ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In (note:)Meaning, that he would lie in ambush and take the Israelites unawares.(:note) such and such a place [shall be] my camp.

geneva@2Kings:6:10 @ And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and (note:)The wicked conspire nothing so craftily, but God can reveal it to his servants, and cause their counsel to be disclosed.(:note) saved himself there, not once nor twice.

geneva@2Kings:6:11 @ And the heart of the King of Aram was troubled for this thing: therefore he called his seruants and saide vnto them, Will ye not shewe me, which of vs bewrayeth our counsel to the king of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:6:12 @ 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 (note:)There is nothing so secret that you can go about, but he knows it, and reveals it to his king.(:note) bedchamber.

geneva@2Kings:6:13 @ And he said, Goe, and espie where he is, that I may sende and fetch him; one tolde him, saying, Beholde, he is in Dothan.

geneva@2Kings:6:14 @ Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a (note:)Though it was nothing in man's judgment to have taken Elisha, yet the wicked doubt, and think they are never able to prepare enough power, though it be but against one or a few.(:note) great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

geneva@2Kings:6:15 @ And when the seruant of the man of God arose earely to goe out, beholde, an hoste compassed the citie with horses and charets. Then his seruant sayde vnto him, Alas master, howe shall we doe?

geneva@2Kings:6:16 @ And he answered, (note:)For he was assured of God's help, and that millions of angels camped about the godly to deliver them.(:note) Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.

geneva@2Kings:6:17 @ And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, (note:)That he may behold how you have prepared an army to rescue us.(:note) that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:6:18 @ And when (note:)Meaning the Syrians his enemies, who came down thinking themselves sure of him.(:note) they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:6:19 @ And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way, neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led (note:)Thus he did being led by the Spirit of God, and not because he sought his own revenge, but only to set forth the glory of God.(:note) them to Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:6:20 @ And when they were come to Samaria, Elisha saide, Lorde, open their eyes that they may see; the Lorde opened their eyes, and they saw, & beholde, they were in the mids of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:6:21 @ And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, (note:)The wicked use reverent and grave words toward the servants of God, when they think to have any blessing from them, though in their heart they cannot abide them.(:note) My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?

geneva@2Kings:6:22 @ And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: doest thou not smite them that thou hast taken with thy sworde, and with thy bowe? but set bread and water before them, that they may eate and drinke and goe to their master.

geneva@2Kings:6:23 @ And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no (note:)For this gentle intreaty and the miracle wrought by the prophet, did more for peace than if they had been overcome in battle for they did not return at that time to fight against Israel, or in that king's days.(:note) more into the land of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:6:24 @ But afterward Ben-hadad King of Aram gathered all his hoste, and went vp, and besieged Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:6:25 @ And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's (note:)The Hebrews write, that they burned it in the seige for lack of wood.(:note) dung for five [pieces] of silver.

geneva@2Kings:6:26 @ And as the King of Israel was going vpon the wall, there cryed a woman vnto him, saying, Helpe, my lord, O King.

geneva@2Kings:6:27 @ And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the (note:)Meaning, any kind of food as corn and wine.(:note) barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

geneva@2Kings:6:28 @ Also the King said vnto her, What ayleth thee? And she answered, This woman sayde vnto me, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him to day, and we will eate my sonne to morowe,

geneva@2Kings:6:29 @ So we sod my sonne, and did eate him: & I saide to her the day after, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him, but she hath hid her sonne.

geneva@2Kings:6:30 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within (note:)Thus hypocrites when they feel God's judgments think to please him with outward ceremonies whom in prosperity they will not know.(:note) upon his flesh.

geneva@2Kings:6:31 @ And he saide, God doe so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the sonne of Shaphat shall stande on him this day.

geneva@2Kings:6:32 @ But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a (note:)Meaning, Jehoram Ahab's son, who killed the prophets and caused Naboth to be stoned.(:note) murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

geneva@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what (note:)So the wicked fall into a rage and desperation, if they do not find a quick remedy for their afflictions.(:note) should I wait for the LORD any longer?

geneva@2Kings:7:1 @ Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, (note:)The godly are always assured of God's help in their necessity, but the times and hours are only revealed by God's Spirit.(:note) To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:7:2 @ Then a lord on whose hand the king (note:)To whom the king gave the charge and oversight of things as in (2Ki_7:17).(:note) leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make He mocked at the prophets words saying, that if God rained down corn from heaven, yet this could not come to pass. windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not Your infidelity will be punished in this when you see this miracle, and yet not partake of it. eat thereof.

geneva@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men at the (note:)For it was commanded in the law that they should dwell apart, and not among their brethren, (Lev_13:46).(:note) entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

geneva@2Kings:7:4 @ If we say, We will enter into the citie, the famine is in the citie, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we dye also. Nowe therefore come, and let vs fall into the campe of the Aramites: if they saue our liues, we shall liue: and if they kill vs, we are but dead.

geneva@2Kings:7:5 @ So they rose vp in the twilight, to goe to the campe of the Aramites: and when they were come to the vtmost part of the campe of the Aramites, loe, there was no man there.

geneva@2Kings:7:6 @ For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a (note:)Thus God needs no great preparation to destroy the wicked. Though they are many he can scatter them with a small noise, or shaking of a leaf.(:note) noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

geneva@2Kings:7:7 @ Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it [was], and (note:)The wicked need no greater enemy than their own conscience to pursue them.(:note) fled for their life.

geneva@2Kings:7:8 @ And when these lepers came to the vtmost part of the campe, they entred into one tent, and did eate and drinke, and caryed thence siluer and golde, and raiment, and went and hid it: after they returned, and entred into another tent, and caryed thence also, and went and hid it.

geneva@2Kings:7:9 @ Then saide one to another, We doe not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we holde our peace. If we tary till day light, some mischiefe will come vpon vs. Nowe therefore, come, let vs goe, and tell the Kings housholde.

geneva@2Kings:7:10 @ So they came, and called vnto the porters of the citie, and tolde them, saying, We came to the campe of the Aramites, and loe, there was no man there, neither voyce of man, but horses tyed and asses tyed: and the tents are as they were.

geneva@2Kings:7:11 @ And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.

geneva@2Kings:7:12 @ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, (note:)He mistrusted the prophets words, and therefore could believe nothing, as they who are more prudent than godly always cast more doubt than is needed.(:note) 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 into the city.

geneva@2Kings:7:13 @ And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the (note:)There are no more left, but they, or the rest are consumed by the famine, as the rest of the people.(:note) multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

geneva@2Kings:7:14 @ So they tooke two charets of horses, and the King sent after the hoste of the Aramites, saying, Goe and see.

geneva@2Kings:7:15 @ And they went after them vnto Iorden, and loe, all the way was full of clothes and vessels which the Aramites had cast from them in their hast: & the messengers returned, and told ye King.

geneva@2Kings:7:16 @ 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, (note:)Which he spoke by the mouth of Elisha, (2Ki_7:1).(:note) according to the word of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:7:17 @ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people (note:)As the people pressed out of the gate to run to the Syrian's tents, where they had heard meat and great spoil was left.(:note) trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

geneva@2Kings:7:18 @ And it came to passe, as the man of God had spoken to the King, saying, Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine floure shall be at a shekel, to morowe about this time in the gate of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:7:19 @ But the prince had answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lorde would make windowes in the heauen, coulde it come so to passe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate thereof.

geneva@2Kings:7:20 @ And so it came vnto him: for the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.

geneva@2Kings:8:1 @ 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 (note:)Where you can find a convenient place to dwell, where there is plenty.(:note) canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

geneva@2Kings:8:2 @ And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God, and went both shee and her housholde and soiourned in the lande of the Philistims seuen yeeres.

geneva@2Kings:8:3 @ And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth (note:)That is, to complain of them who had taken her possessions while she was absent.(:note) to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

geneva@2Kings:8:4 @ And the King talked with Gehazi the seruant of the man of God, saying, Tell mee, I pray thee, all the great actes, that Elisha hath done.

geneva@2Kings:8:5 @ And it came to pass, as he was telling (note:)God's wonderful providence appears in this, that he caused the king to desire to hear him, whom before he contemned and also hereby prepared an entrance to the poor widows suit.(:note) 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.

geneva@2Kings:8:6 @ And 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 (note:)The king caused that to be justly restored which was wrongfully withheld from her.(:note) fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

geneva@2Kings:8:7 @ Then Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad the King of Aram was sicke, and one told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

geneva@2Kings:8:8 @ And the king sayd vnto Hazael, Take a present in thine hande, and goe meete the man of God, that thou mayest inquire of ye Lord by him, saying, Shall I recouer of this disease?

geneva@2Kings:8:9 @ So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every (note:)Of all the chiefest and precious things of the country.(:note) good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

geneva@2Kings:8:10 @ And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly (note:)Meaning that he would recover of this disease: but he knew that this messenger Hazael would slay him to obtain the kingdom.(:note) recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

geneva@2Kings:8:11 @ And hee looked vpon him stedfastly, till Hazael was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

geneva@2Kings:8:12 @ And Hazael sayde, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I knowe the euill that thou shalt do vnto the children of Israel: for their strong cities shalt thou set on fire, and their yong men shalt thou slay with the sworde, and shalt dash their infantes against the stones, and rent in pieces their women with child.

geneva@2Kings:8:13 @ And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant (note:)That I should be without all humanity and pity.(:note) a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

geneva@2Kings:8:14 @ So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What saide Elisha to thee? And he answered, Hee tolde mee that thou shouldest recouer.

geneva@2Kings:8:15 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and (note:)Under pretence to refresh or ease him, he suffocated him with his cloak.(:note) spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:8:16 @ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat [being] then king of Judah, (note:)Read (2Ki_1:17).(:note) Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

geneva@2Kings:8:17 @ He was two and thirtie yere olde, when he began to reigne: and hee reigned eight yeere in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:8:18 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the (note:)The Holy Spirit shows by this the danger of joining with infidels.(:note) daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:8:19 @ Yet the Lord would not destroy Iudah, for Dauid his seruants sake, as he had promised him to giue him a light, and to his children for euer.

geneva@2Kings:8:20 @ In his days Edom (note:)Which had been subject from David's time until this time of Jehoram.(:note) revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

geneva@2Kings:8:21 @ Therefore Ioram went to Zair, and all his charets with him, and he arose by night, & smote the Edomites which were about him with the captains of the charets, and the people fled into their tents.

geneva@2Kings:8:22 @ Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then (note:)This was a city in Judah given to the Levites, (Jos_21:13) that later turned from king Jehoram, because of his idolatry.(:note) Libnah revolted at the same time.

geneva@2Kings:8:23 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioram and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:8:24 @ And Ioram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid; Ahaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:8:27 @ And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did euill in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab: for hee was the sonne in law of the house of Ahab.

geneva@2Kings:8:28 @ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in (note:)Which was a city in the tribe of Gad beyond Jordan.(:note) Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

geneva@2Kings:8:29 @ And king Joram went back to be healed in (note:)This is a city belonging to the tribe of Issachar.(:note) Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

geneva@2Kings:9:1 @ And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, (note:)Prepare yourself to go diligently about your business for in those countries they used long garments which they tucked up when they went about earnest business.(:note) Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

geneva@2Kings:9:2 @ And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and leade him to a secret chamber.

geneva@2Kings:9:3 @ Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayth the Lorde, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel. Then open the doore, and flee without any tarying.

geneva@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting; he sayde, I haue a message to thee, O captaine; Iehu sayd, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, O captaine.

geneva@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have (note:)This anointing was for kings, priests and prophets which were all figures of Messiah, in whom these three offices were accomplished.(:note) anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, [even] over Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:7 @ And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.

geneva@2Kings:9:8 @ For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:9 @ And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.

geneva@2Kings:9:10 @ And the dogges shall eate Iezebel in the fielde of Izreel, and there shalbe none to burie her; he opened the doore, and fled.

geneva@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came forth to the (note:)That is, the rest of the army, whom he called his brethren before, (2Ki_9:2).(:note) servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this The world always holds the ministers of God is this estimation and has always slandered the children of God (they called the Son of God a deceiver, and said he had the devil) therefore they should not be discouraged. mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

geneva@2Kings:9:12 @ And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saieth the Lorde, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:13 @ Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehu is King.

geneva@2Kings:9:14 @ So Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram: (Now Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael King of Aram.

geneva@2Kings:9:15 @ And King Ioram returned to bee healed in Izreel of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, when hee fought with Hazael King of Aram) and Iehu sayde, If it be your mindes, let no man depart and escape out of the citie, to goe and tell in Izreel.

geneva@2Kings:9:16 @ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And (note:)God had thus ordained as in (2Ch_12:7), that this wicked and idolatrous king, who was more ready to please wicked Joram than to obey the will of God, would perish with him, by whose means he thought to have been stronger.(:note) Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

geneva@2Kings:9:17 @ And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, & sayd, I see a companie; Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?

geneva@2Kings:9:18 @ So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me; the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.

geneva@2Kings:9:19 @ Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu answered, What hast thou to doe with peace? turne behinde me.

geneva@2Kings:9:20 @ 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 Nimshi; for he driveth (note:)As one that went earnestly about his business.(:note) furiously.

geneva@2Kings:9:21 @ Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready; Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite.

geneva@2Kings:9:22 @ And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] (note:)Meaning, since God is their enemy because of their sins, he will always stir up someone to avenge his cause.(:note) peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?

geneva@2Kings:9:23 @ Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason.

geneva@2Kings:9:24 @ But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.

geneva@2Kings:9:25 @ Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lorde layed this burden vpon him.

geneva@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his (note:)By this it is evident that Jezebel caused both Naboth and his sons to be put to death, that Ahab might enjoy his vineyard more quietly: else his children might have claimed possession.(:note) 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 of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:9:27 @ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to (note:)After he was wounded in Samaria, he fled to Megiddo, a city of Judah.(:note) Megiddo, and died there.

geneva@2Kings:9:28 @ And his seruants caried him in a charet to Ierusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.

geneva@2Kings:9:29 @ And in the (note:)That is, eleven whole years: for in (2Ki_8:25) when he said he began to reign in the twelfth year of Joram, he takes a partial year for a whole.(:note) eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

geneva@2Kings:9:30 @ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and (note:)Being of a harsh and cruel nature, she would still retain her royal state and dignity.(:note) looked out at a window.

geneva@2Kings:9:31 @ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] (note:)As if to say, «Can a traitor or anyone who rises against his superior succeed?», see (1Ki_16:10).(:note) Zimri peace, who slew his master?

geneva@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayd, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her Eunuches looked vnto him.

geneva@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: (note:)This he did by the moving of the Spirit of God, that her blood would be shed, who had shed the blood of innocents, to be a spectacle and example of God's judgment for all tyrants.(:note) and [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

geneva@2Kings:9:34 @ And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] a (note:)That is, of the king of Zidon, (1Ki_16:31).(:note) king's daughter.

geneva@2Kings:9:35 @ And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.

geneva@2Kings:9:36 @ Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him; he said, This is the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by his seruant Eliiah the Tishbite, saying, In the fielde of Izreel shall ye dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel.

geneva@2Kings:9:37 @ And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; [so] that they shall not say, (note:)Thus God's judgments appear even in this world against those who suppress his word and persecute his servants.(:note) This [is] Jezebel.

geneva@2Kings:10:1 @ And Ahab had seventy (note:)The Scripture calls them sons who are either children or nephews.(:note) sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's [children], saying,

geneva@2Kings:10:2 @ Nowe when this letter commeth to you, (for ye haue with you your masters sonnes, yee haue with you both charets and horses, and a defenced citie, and armour)

geneva@2Kings:10:3 @ Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and (note:)He wrote this, to prove them whether they would take his side or not.(:note) set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

geneva@2Kings:10:4 @ But they were exceedingly afraid, and saide, Behold two Kings coulde not stande before him, how shall we then stand?

geneva@2Kings:10:5 @ And he that was gouernour of Ahabs house, and he that ruled the citie, and the Elders, & the bringers vp of the children sent to Iehu, saying, We are thy seruants, and will doe all that thou shalt bid vs: we will make no King: do what seemeth good to thee.

geneva@2Kings:10:6 @ Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, (note:)God as a just judge punishes the wicked children of wicked parents to the third and fourth generations.(:note) take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

geneva@2Kings:10:7 @ And when the letter came to them, they tooke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuentie persons, and layde their heads in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreel.

geneva@2Kings:10:8 @ Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the Kings sonnes; he sayd, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning.

geneva@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye [be] (note:)You cannot justly condemn me for the king's death, seeing as you have done the same to his posterity: for the Lord commanded me, and moved you to carry out his judgment.(:note) righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

geneva@2Kings:10:11 @ So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his (note:)Meaning, the idolatrous priests.(:note) priests, until he left him none remaining.

geneva@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose, and departed and came to Samaria. And as Iehu was in the way by an house where the shepheards did shere,

geneva@2Kings:10:13 @ He met with the brethre of Ahaziah king of Iudah, and sayd, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah, and goe downe to salute the children of the King and the children of the Queene.

geneva@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; (note:)Thus God's vengeance is on them who have any part or familiarity with the wicked.(:note) neither left he any of them.

geneva@2Kings:10:15 @ And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him: and he (note:)For he feared God, and lamented the wickedness of those times: therefore Jehu was glad to join with him: of Rechab read (Jer_35:2).(:note) saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give [me] thine hand. And he gave [him] his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

geneva@2Kings:10:16 @ And he sayde, Come with me, and see the zeale that I haue for the Lord: so they made him ride in his charet.

geneva@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake to Eliiah.

geneva@2Kings:10:18 @ And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served (note:)Here Baal is taken for Ashtaroth the idol of the Zidonians, who Jezebel caused to be worshipped, as it is also so used in (1Ki_22:53).(:note) Baal a little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much.

geneva@2Kings:10:20 @ And Iehu sayd, Proclaime a solemne assemblie for Baal; they proclaimed it.

geneva@2Kings:10:21 @ So Iehu sent vnto all Israel, and all the seruants of Baal came, and there was not a man left that came not; they came into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was full from ende to ende.

geneva@2Kings:10:23 @ And 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 (note:)Thus God would have his servants preserved and idolaters destroyed, as in his law he gives express command, (Deu_13:5).(:note) servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

geneva@2Kings:10:24 @ And when they went in to make sacrifice and burnt offering, Iehu appoynted foure score men without, and sayd, If any of the men whome I haue brought into your hands, escape, his soule shalbe for his soule.

geneva@2Kings:10:25 @ 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 to the (note:)Which was near Samaria.(:note) city of the house of Baal.

geneva@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought out the images of the temple of Baal, and burnt them.

geneva@2Kings:10:27 @ And they destroyed the image of Baal, and threwe downe the house of Baal, & made a iakes of it vnto this day.

geneva@2Kings:10:29 @ But fro the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which made Israel to sinne, Iehu departed not fro them, neither from the golden calues that were in Beth-el and that were in Daniel.

geneva@2Kings:10:30 @ 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 (note:)Thus God approves and rewards his zeal, in executing God's judgment, though his wickedness was later punished.(:note) children of the fourth [generation] shall sit on the throne of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:10:32 @ In those dayes the Lorde began to lothe Israel, and Hazael smote them in all the coastes of Israel,

geneva@2Kings:10:33 @ From Iorden Eastward, euen all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, & them that were of Manasseh, from Aroer (which is by the riuer Arnon) and Gilead and Bashan.

geneva@2Kings:10:34 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehu, and all that he did, and all his valiant deedes, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:10:35 @ And Iehu slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in Samaria, and Iehoahaz his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:10:36 @ And the time that Iehu reigned ouer Israel in Samaria is eight and twentie yeeres.

geneva@2Kings:11:1 @ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the (note:)Meaning, all the posterity of Jehoshaphat, to whom the kingdom belonged: thus God used the cruelty of this woman to destroy the family of Ahab.(:note) seed royal.

geneva@2Kings:11:2 @ But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, (note:)The Lord promised to maintain the family of David, and not to quench the light of it, therefore he moved the heart of Jehosheba to preserve him.(:note) took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons [which were] slain; and they hid him, [even] him and his nurse, in Where the priests slept. the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

geneva@2Kings:11:3 @ And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord sixe yeere: and Athaliah did reigne ouer the land.

geneva@2Kings:11:4 @ And the seventh year (note:)The chief priest, Jehosheba's husband.(:note) Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

geneva@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of (note:)Of the Levites, who had charge of the keeping of the temple, and kept watch by course.(:note) you that enter in on the sabbath shall That no one should come on them, while they were crowning the king. even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

geneva@2Kings:11:6 @ And a third part [shall be] at the gate of (note:)Called the east gate of the temple, (2Ch_23:5).(:note) Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

geneva@2Kings:11:7 @ And two parts of all you that (note:)Whose charge is ended.(:note) go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

geneva@2Kings:11:8 @ And ye shal compasse the King rounde about, euery man with his weapon in his hande, and whosoeuer commeth within the ranges, let him be slayne: be you with the King, as he goeth out and in.

geneva@2Kings:11:9 @ And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the (note:)Read (2Ki_11:5, 2Ki_11:7).(:note) sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

geneva@2Kings:11:10 @ And to the captains over hundreds did the (note:)That is, Jehoiada.(:note) priest give king David's spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:11 @ And the garde stoode, euery man with his weapon in his hande, from the right side of the house to the left side, about the altar and about the house, round about the King.

geneva@2Kings:11:12 @ And he brought forth (note:)That is, Joash, who had been kept secret six years.(:note) the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] Meaning, the law of God, which is his chief charge, and by which only his throne is established. the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

geneva@2Kings:11:13 @ And when Athaliah heard the noyse of the running of the people, shee came in to the people in the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:11:14 @ And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a (note:)Where the king's place was in the temple.(:note) pillar, as the manner [was], and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

geneva@2Kings:11:15 @ But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that (note:)To take her part.(:note) followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:16 @ Then they laid hands on her, and she went by the way, by the which the horses goe to the house of the King, and there was she slaine.

geneva@2Kings:11:17 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That both the king and the people should maintain the true worship of God and destroy all idolatry.(:note) covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the That he should govern and they obey in the fear of God. king also and the people.

geneva@2Kings:11:18 @ And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the (note:)Even in the place where he had blasphemed God, and thought to have been helped by his idol, there God poured his vengeance on him.(:note) altars. And the That is, Jehoiada. priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:19 @ Then he tooke the captaines of hudreths, and the other captaines, and the garde, and all the people of the lande: and they brought the King from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the garde to the Kings house: and he sate him downe on the throne of the Kings.

geneva@2Kings:11:20 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: (note:)Who by his cruelty and persecution had troubled the whole land.(:note) and they slew Athaliah with the sword [beside] the king's house.

geneva@2Kings:12:1 @ In the seuenth yere of Iehu Iehoash began to reigne, & reigned fourty yeres in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Kings:12:2 @ And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein (note:)As long as rulers give ear to the true ministers of God, they prosper.(:note) Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

geneva@2Kings:12:3 @ But (note:)So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be brought to the perfect obedience of God.(:note) the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

geneva@2Kings:12:4 @ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, [even] the money of every one that passeth [the (note:)That is, the money of redemption (Exo_30:12), also the money which the priest valued the vows at (Lev_27:2), and their free gift.(:note) account], the money that every man is set at, [and] all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

geneva@2Kings:12:5 @ Let the priests take [it] to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the (note:)For the temple which was built a hundred and fifty-five years before, had many things decayed in it, both by the negligence of the king's predecessors, and also by the wickedness of the idolaters.(:note) breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

geneva@2Kings:12:6 @ Yet in the three and twentieth yeere of King Iehoash the Priestes had not mended that which was decayed in the Temple.

geneva@2Kings:12:7 @ Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the [other] priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore (note:)He takes from them the ordering of the money, because of their negligence.(:note) receive no [more] money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

geneva@2Kings:12:9 @ But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the (note:)That is, on the south side.(:note) right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:12:10 @ And when they sawe there was much money in the chest, the Kinges Secretarie came vp and the hie Priest, and put it vp after that they had tolde the money that was found in the house of the Lord,

geneva@2Kings:12:11 @ And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them (note:)For the king had appointed others who were fit for that purpose, (2Ki_22:5).(:note) that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

geneva@2Kings:12:12 @ And to the masons and hewers of stone, and to bye timber and hewed stone, to repayre that was decayed in the house of the Lorde, and for all that which was layed out for the reparation of the Temple.

geneva@2Kings:12:15 @ Moreouer, they reckoned not with the men, into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workemen: for they dealt faithfully.

geneva@2Kings:12:16 @ The money of the trespasse offring and the money of ye sinne offrings was not brought into the house of the Lord: for it was the Priests.

geneva@2Kings:12:17 @ Then came vp Hazael King of Aram, & fought against Gath and tooke it, and Hazael set his face to goe vp to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:12:18 @ And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and (note:)After the death of Jehoiada, Joash fell to idolatry: therefore God rejected him, and stirred up his enemy against him, whom he pacified with the treasures of the temple: for God would not be served with those gifts, seeing the king's heart was wicked.(:note) sent [it] to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

geneva@2Kings:12:20 @ And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and (note:)Because he had put Zachariah the son of Jehoiada to death, (2Ch_24:25).(:note) slew Joash in the house of Read (2Sa_5:9). Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

geneva@2Kings:12:21 @ Euen Iozachar the sonne of Shimeath, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shomer his seruants smote him, and he dyed: & they buried him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid; Amaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:13:1 @ In the three and twentieth yeere of Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah King of Iudah, Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seuenteene yeere.

geneva@2Kings:13:2 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to (note:)By worshipping the calves Jeroboam erected in Israel.(:note) sin; he departed not therefrom.

geneva@2Kings:13:3 @ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all (note:)While Jehoahaz lived.(:note) [their] days.

geneva@2Kings:13:4 @ And Iehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord heard him: for he saw the trouble of Israel, wherewith the King of Aram troubled them.

geneva@2Kings:13:5 @ (And the LORD gave Israel a (note:)That is, Joash the son of Jehoahaz.(:note) saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel Safely and without danger. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

geneva@2Kings:13:6 @ Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, [but] walked therein: and there remained the (note:)In which they committed their idolatry, and which the Lord had commanded to be destroyed (Deu_16:21).(:note) grove also in Samaria.)

geneva@2Kings:13:7 @ Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of (note:)That is, Hazael and Benhadad his son, (2Ki_13:3). Of Hazael read (2Ki_13:22).(:note) Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

geneva@2Kings:13:8 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoahaz and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:13:9 @ And Iehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Ioash his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:13:10 @ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king (note:)His chief purpose is to describe the kingdom of Judah, and how God performed his promise made to the house of David: but in the process he shows how Israel was afflicted and punished for their great idolatry, who though they had now degenerated, yet God both by sending them many prophets and various punishments, called them to him again.(:note) of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.

geneva@2Kings:13:11 @ And did euil in the sight of the Lorde: for he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israel to sinne, but he walked therein.

geneva@2Kings:13:12 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioash and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, and how he fought against Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:13:13 @ And Ioash slept with his fathers, and Ieroboam sate vpon his seate: and Ioash was buryed in Samaria among the Kings of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:13:14 @ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, (note:)Thus they used to call the prophets and servants of God, by whom God blesses his people, as in (2Ki_2:12) meaning that they prospered their country more by their prayers than by force of arms.(:note) O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

geneva@2Kings:13:15 @ Then Elisha sayde vnto him, Take a bowe and arrowes; he tooke vnto him bowe and arrowes.

geneva@2Kings:13:16 @ And he sayde to the King of Israel, Put thine hand vpon the bowe; he put his hand vpon it; Elisha put his hands vpon the Kings hands,

geneva@2Kings:13:17 @ And he said, Open the window (note:)That is, toward Syria: so that he not only prophesied with words but also confirmed him by these signs that he would have the victory.(:note) eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].

geneva@2Kings:13:18 @ Againe he said, Take the arrowes; he tooke them; he sayde vnto the King of Israel, Smite the ground; he smote thrise, and ceased.

geneva@2Kings:13:19 @ And the man of God was (note:)Because he seemed content to have victory against the enemies of God two or three times but did not have the zeal to overcome them continually, and to destroy them completely.(:note) wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed [it]: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria [but] thrice.

geneva@2Kings:13:20 @ So Elisha dyed, and they buryed him; certaine bandes of the Moabites came into the land that yeere.

geneva@2Kings:13:21 @ And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band [of men]; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he (note:)By this miracle God confirmed the authority of Elisha, whose doctrine in his life they contemned, that at this sight they might return and embrace the same doctrine.(:note) revived, and stood up on his feet.

geneva@2Kings:13:23 @ And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as (note:)That is, until their sins were come to a full measure and there was no more hope of amendment.(:note) yet.

geneva@2Kings:13:24 @ So Hazael the King of Aram dyed: and Ben-hadad his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:13:25 @ Therefore Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz returned, and tooke out of the hand of Ben-hadad the sonne of Hazael the cities which he had taken away by warre out of the hand of Iehoahaz his father: for three times did Ioash beate him, and restored the cities vnto Israel.

geneva@2Kings:14:2 @ He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:14:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

geneva@2Kings:14:4 @ Notwithstanding the hie places were not taken away: for as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie places.

geneva@2Kings:14:5 @ And when the kingdome was confirmed in his hand, he slewe his seruants which had killed the King his father.

geneva@2Kings:14:6 @ But the children of the murderers he (note:)Because they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act.(:note) slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

geneva@2Kings:14:7 @ He slew of (note:)For the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.(:note) Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

geneva@2Kings:14:8 @ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (note:)Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another's cities.(:note) let us look one another in the face.

geneva@2Kings:14:9 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the (note:)By this parable Jehoash compares himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes and Amaziah to the thistle because he ruled over but two tribes and the wild beasts are Jehoash's soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.(:note) cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

geneva@2Kings:14:10 @ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: (note:)Brag of the victory, so that you stay at home and do not provoke me.(:note) glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?

geneva@2Kings:14:11 @ But Amaziah would not heare: therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp: and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.

geneva@2Kings:14:12 @ And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledde euery man to their tents.

geneva@2Kings:14:13 @ But Iehoash King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

geneva@2Kings:14:14 @ And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and (note:)That is, which the Israelites had given to them from Judah for an assurance of peace.(:note) hostages, and returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:14:15 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Iehoash which he did and his valiant deedes, and how he fought with Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:14:16 @ And Iehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried at Samaria among the Kings of Israel: and Ieroboam his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:14:17 @ And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel fifteene yeere.

geneva@2Kings:14:19 @ Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to (note:)Which Rehoboam built in Judah for a fortress, (2Ch_11:9).(:note) Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

geneva@2Kings:14:20 @ And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.

geneva@2Kings:14:21 @ And all the people of Judah took (note:)Who is also called Uzziah, (2Ch_26:1).(:note) Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

geneva@2Kings:14:22 @ He built (note:)Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.(:note) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

geneva@2Kings:14:23 @ In the fifteenth yeere of Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash made King ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned one and fourtie yeere.

geneva@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the (note:)Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture often repeats it in the reproach of all idolaters.(:note) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

geneva@2Kings:14:27 @ Yet the Lord had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from vnder the heauen: therefore he preserued them by the hand of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash.

geneva@2Kings:14:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and (note:)Which was also called Antiochia of Syria or Riblah.(:note) Hamath, [which belonged] to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:14:29 @ So Ieroboam slept with his fathers, euen with the Kings of Israel, and Zachariah his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:15:1 @ In the seuen and twentieth yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel, began Azariah, sonne of Amaziah King of Iudah to reigne.

geneva@2Kings:15:2 @ Sixteene yeere olde was he, when he was made King, and he reigned two and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:15:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)As long as he listened to Zachariah the prophet.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

geneva@2Kings:15:4 @ But the hie places were not put away: for the people yet offered, and burned incense in the hie places.

geneva@2Kings:15:5 @ And the LORD (note:)His father and grandfather were slain by their subjects and servants, and he because he would usurp the priest's office contrary to God's ordinance was smitten immediately by the hand of God with the leprosy, (2Ch_26:21).(:note) smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, As viceroy or deputy to his father. judging the people of the land.

geneva@2Kings:15:6 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:15:7 @ So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Iotham his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:15:8 @ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six (note:)He was the fourth in descent from Jehu, who reigned according to God's promise, but in him God began to execute his wrath against the house of Jehu.(:note) months.

geneva@2Kings:15:9 @ And did euill in the sight of the Lorde, as did his fathers: for he departed not fro the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

geneva@2Kings:15:10 @ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and (note:)Zachariah was the last in Israel, that had the kingdom by succession, save only Pekahiah the son of Menahem, who reigned only two years.(:note) slew him, and reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:15:13 @ Shallum the sonne of Iabesh began to reigne in the nine and thirtieth yeere of Vzziah King of Iudah: and he reigned the space of a moneth in Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:15:14 @ For Menahem the sonne of Gadi went vp from Tirzah, & came to Samaria, & smote Shallum the sonne of Iabesh in Samaria, & slew him, and reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:15:15 @ Cocerning the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the treason which he wrought, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:15:16 @ Then Menahem smote (note:)Which was a city of Israel that would not receive him as their king.(:note) Tiphsah, and all that [were] therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not [to him], therefore he smote [it; and] all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

geneva@2Kings:15:17 @ The nine and thirtieth yeere of Azariah King of Iudah, beganne Menahem the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned ten yeeres in Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:15:18 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, and departed not all his dayes from the sinne of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

geneva@2Kings:15:19 @ [And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the (note:)That is, of Israel.(:note) land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand Instead of seeking help from God, he went about by money to purchase the favour of this king being an infidel and therefore God forsook him, and Pul soon afterward broke his promises, destroyed his country and led his people away captive. talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

geneva@2Kings:15:20 @ And Menahem exacted the money in Israel, that all men of substance shoulde giue the King of Asshur fiftie shekels of siluer a piece: so the king of Asshur returned and taried not there in the land.

geneva@2Kings:15:22 @ And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his sonne did reigne in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:15:24 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

geneva@2Kings:15:25 @ But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with (note:)Which were of the same conspiracy.(:note) Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

geneva@2Kings:15:26 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:15:27 @ In the two and fiftieth yere of Azariah King of Iudah began Pekah the sonne of Remaliah to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned twentie yeere.

geneva@2Kings:15:28 @ And he did euil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, that made Israel to sinne.

geneva@2Kings:15:29 @ In the days of Pekah king of Israel (note:)For God stirred up Pul and Tiglathpileser against Israel for their sins, (1Ch_5:26).(:note) came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:15:30 @ And Hoshea the sonne of Elah wrought treason against Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, and smote him, and slewe him, and reigned in his stead in the twentieth yeere of Iotham the sonne of Vzziah.

geneva@2Kings:15:33 @ Fiue and twentie yeere olde was he, when he began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Ierusha the daughter of Zadok.

geneva@2Kings:15:34 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according (note:)He shows that his uprightness was not such, but that he had many great faults.(:note) to all that his father Uzziah had done.

geneva@2Kings:15:35 @ But the hie places were not put away: for the people yet offered and burnt incense in the hie places: he buylt the hyest gate of the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:15:36 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Iotham, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:15:37 @ In (note:)After the death of Jotham.(:note) those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Who in one day slew 120,000 of Judah's fighting men (2Ch_28:6), because they had forsaken the true God. Pekah the son of Remaliah.

geneva@2Kings:15:38 @ And Iotham slept with his fathers, & was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, & Ahaz his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:16:1 @ In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah (note:)This was a wicked son of a godly father, as of him again came godly Hezekiah, and of him wicked Manasseh, save that God in the end showed him mercy. Thus we see how uncertain it is to depend on the dignity of our fathers.(:note) Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

geneva@2Kings:16:2 @ Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:

geneva@2Kings:16:3 @ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to (note:)That is, offered him to Molech or made him pass between two fires, as the manner of the Gentiles was, (Lev_18:21; Deu_18:10).(:note) pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:16:4 @ Also he offred and burnt incense in the hie places & on the hilles, & vnder euery greene tree.

geneva@2Kings:16:5 @ 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 (note:)For the Lord preserved the city and his people for the sake of his promise made to David.(:note) [him].

geneva@2Kings:16:6 @ At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered (note:)Which Azariah had taken from the Syrians and fortified, (2Ki_14:22).(:note) Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

geneva@2Kings:16:7 @ So Ahaz sent (note:)Contrary to the admonition of the prophet Isaiah, (Isa_7:4).(:note) messengers to Tiglathpileser 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 of Israel, which rise up against me.

geneva@2Kings:16:8 @ And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the (note:)Thus he did not spare the temple of God from being spoiled to gain help from men and would not once lift his heart to God to desire his help or hear his prophet's counsel.(:note) house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:16:9 @ And the King of Asshur consented vnto him: and the King of Asshur went vp against Damascus; when he had taken it, he caryed the people away to Kir, and slew Rezin.

geneva@2Kings:16:10 @ And King Ahaz went vnto Damascus to meete Tiglath Pileser King of Asshur: and when King Ahaz sawe the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Vriiah the Priest the paterne of the altar, and the facion of it, and all the workemanship thereof.

geneva@2Kings:16:11 @ And Urijah the priest built an altar (note:)We see that there is no prince so wicked that he cannot find liars and false ministers to serve his purposes.(:note) according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

geneva@2Kings:16:12 @ And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered (note:)Either offerings for peace or prosperity, or thanksgiving as in (Lev_3:1) or else meaning the morning and evening offering, (Exo_29:38; Num_28:3) and thus he contemned the means and the altar which God had commanded by Solomon, to serve God after his own fantasy.(:note) thereon.

geneva@2Kings:16:13 @ And hee burnt his burnt offering, and his meate offring, and powred his drinke offring, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offrings besides the altar,

geneva@2Kings:16:14 @ And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the (note:)That is, at the right hand, as men went into the temple.(:note) north side of the altar.

geneva@2Kings:16:15 @ And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the (note:)Here he establishes by commandment his own wicked proceedings, and abolishes the commandment and ordinance of God.(:note) brasen altar shall be for me to enquire [by].

geneva@2Kings:16:16 @ And Vriiah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.

geneva@2Kings:16:17 @ And King Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and tooke the caldrons from off them, and tooke downe the sea from the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.

geneva@2Kings:16:18 @ And the (note:)Or tent, in which they lay on the sabbath, who had served their week in the temple and so departed home.(:note) covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD Either to flatter the king of Assyria, when he should thus see him change the ordinance of God or else that the temple might be a refuge for him if the king should suddenly assault his house. for the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:16:20 @ And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:17:1 @ In the twelft yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah began Hoshea the sonne of Elah to reigne in Samaria ouer Israel, and reigned nine yeeres.

geneva@2Kings:17:2 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, (note:)Though he invented no new idolatry or impiety as others did, yet he sought help from the Egyptians, whom God had forbidden.(:note) but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

geneva@2Kings:17:3 @ And Shalmaneser king of Asshur came vp against him, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents.

geneva@2Kings:17:4 @ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, (note:)For he had paid tribute for eight years.(:note) as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

geneva@2Kings:17:5 @ Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.

geneva@2Kings:17:6 @ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the (note:)For at this time the Medes and Persians were subject to the Assyrians.(:note) Medes.

geneva@2Kings:17:7 @ For [so] it was, that the children of Israel had (note:)He sets forth at length the cause of this great plague and perpetual captivity, to admonish all people, and nations to cleave to the Lord God, and worship only him for fear of similar judgment.(:note) sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

geneva@2Kings:17:8 @ And walked according to the facions of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel, and after the maners of the Kings of Israel, which they vsed,

geneva@2Kings:17:9 @ And the children of Israel did secretly [those] things that [were] not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower (note:)Meaning, throughout all their borders.(:note) of the watchmen to the fenced city.

geneva@2Kings:17:10 @ And had made them images and groues vpon euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree,

geneva@2Kings:17:11 @ And there burnt incense in all the hie places, as did the heathen, whom the Lord had taken away before them, and wrought wicked things to anger the Lord,

geneva@2Kings:17:12 @ And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,

geneva@2Kings:17:13 @ Notwithstanding the Lord testified to Israel, and to Iudah by all the Prophets, & by all the Seers, saying, Turne from your euill wayes, and keepe my commandements & my statutes, according to all the Lawe, which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my seruants the Prophets.

geneva@2Kings:17:14 @ Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their (note:)So that to allege the authority of our fathers or great antiquity, except we can prove that they were godly, is but to declare that we are the children of the wicked.(:note) fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

geneva@2Kings:17:15 @ And they refused his statutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, & his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whome the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

geneva@2Kings:17:16 @ And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the (note:)That is, the sun, moon and stars, (Deu_4:19).(:note) host of heaven, and served Baal.

geneva@2Kings:17:17 @ And they caused their sons and their daughters to (note:)Read (2Ki_16:3).(:note) pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and Read of this phrase in (1Ki_21:20, 1Ki_21:25). sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

geneva@2Kings:17:18 @ Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah (note:)No whole tribe was left but Judah, and they of Benjamin and Levi who remained were counted with Judah.(:note) only.

geneva@2Kings:17:19 @ Yet Iudah kept not the commandements of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israel, which they vsed.

geneva@2Kings:17:20 @ And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his (note:)Out of the land where he showed the greatest tokens of his presence and favour.(:note) sight.

geneva@2Kings:17:22 @ For the children of Israel walked in all the sinnes of Ieroboam, which he did, and departed not therefrom,

geneva@2Kings:17:23 @ Vntill the Lord put Israel away out of his sight, as he had said by all his seruants the Prophets, and caryed Israel away out of their land to Asshur vnto this day.

geneva@2Kings:17:24 @ And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from (note:)Of these people came the Samaritans, of which mention is so often made in the gospel, and with whom the Jews would have nothing to do, (Joh_4:9).(:note) Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

geneva@2Kings:17:25 @ And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they (note:)That is, they served him not: therefore, lest they should blaspheme him, as though there were no God, because he chastised the Israelites, he shows his mighty power among them by this strange punishment.(:note) feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.

geneva@2Kings:17:26 @ Wherefore they spake to the King of Asshur, saying, The nations which thou hast remoued, and placed in the cities of Samaria, knowe not the maner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and behold, they slay them, because they knowe not the maner of the God of the land.

geneva@2Kings:17:27 @ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God (note:)That is, how to worship him: thus the wicked rather than losing their conveniences will change to all religions.(:note) of the land.

geneva@2Kings:17:28 @ So one of the Priestes, which they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they shoulde feare the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:17:30 @ And the men of Babylon made (note:)Meaning that every country served the idol that was most esteemed in the place to which they came.(:note) Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

geneva@2Kings:17:31 @ And the Auims made Nibhaz, and Tartak: and the Sepharuims burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech, and Anammelech the gods of Sepharuaim.

geneva@2Kings:17:32 @ Thus they feared the Lorde, and appoynted out Priestes out of them selues for the hie places, who prepared for them sacrifices in the houses of the hie places.

geneva@2Kings:17:33 @ They (note:)That is, they had a certain knowledge of God, and feared him because of the punishment, but they continued to be idolaters as do the papists who worship both God and idols: but this is not to fear God, as appears in (2Ki_17:34).(:note) feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

geneva@2Kings:17:34 @ Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after (note:)He means by this the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments.(:note) their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

geneva@2Kings:17:35 @ And with whom the Lord had made a couenant, and charged them, saying, Feare none other gods, nor bowe your selues to them, nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them:

geneva@2Kings:17:36 @ But feare the Lorde which brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arme: him feare ye, and worshippe him, and sacrifice to him.

geneva@2Kings:17:37 @ Also keepe ye diligently the statutes and the ordinances, and the Lawe, and the commandement, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, and feare not other gods.

geneva@2Kings:17:38 @ And forget not the couenant that I haue made with you, neither feare ye other gods,

geneva@2Kings:17:39 @ But feare the Lord your God, and he will deliuer you out of the handes of all your enemies.

geneva@2Kings:17:41 @ So these (note:)That is, these strangers who were sent into Samaria by the Assyrians.(:note) nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

geneva@2Kings:18:2 @ He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twenty yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah,

geneva@2Kings:18:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)Although they of Judah were given to idolatry and impiety, as they of Israel were, yet God for the sake of his promise was merciful to the throne of David, and yet by his judgment toward the other, provoked to repentance.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

geneva@2Kings:18:4 @ He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it (note:)That is «a piece of brass»: thus he calls the serpent by contempt, which even though it was set up by the word of God, and miracles were wrought by it, when it was used for idolatry this good king destroyed it, not thinking it worthy to be called a serpent, but a piece of brass.(:note) Nehushtan.

geneva@2Kings:18:6 @ For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commaundements, which the Lord had commaunded Moses.

geneva@2Kings:18:7 @ So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all thinges, which he tooke in hande: also he rebelled against the King of Asshur, and serued him not.

geneva@2Kings:18:8 @ He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, (note:)Read (2Ki_17:9).(:note) from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

geneva@2Kings:18:9 @ And in the fourth yere of King Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea sonne of Elah King of Israel) Shalmaneser King of Asshur came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.

geneva@2Kings:18:10 @ And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere of Hoshea King of Israel was Samaria taken.

geneva@2Kings:18:11 @ Then the King of Asshur did carry away Israel vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

geneva@2Kings:18:12 @ Because they woulde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God, but transgressed his couenant: that is, all that Moses the seruant of the Lord had commanded, and would neyther obey nor doe them.

geneva@2Kings:18:13 @ Moreouer, in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against all the strong cities of Iudah, and tooke them.

geneva@2Kings:18:14 @ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, (note:)As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that no one should glory in himself.(:note) I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

geneva@2Kings:18:15 @ Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the Kings house.

geneva@2Kings:18:16 @ At the same season did Hezekiah pul off the plates of the doores of the Temple of the Lord, and the pillars (which the sayd Hezekiah King of Iudah had couered ouer) and gaue them to the King of Asshur.

geneva@2Kings:18:17 @ And the king of Assyria sent (note:)After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the tribute appointed by the king of the Assyrians, he sent his captains and army against him.(:note) Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field.

geneva@2Kings:18:18 @ And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder.

geneva@2Kings:18:19 @ And Rabshakeh sayde vnto them, Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great King, euen the great King of Asshur, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

geneva@2Kings:18:20 @ Thou sayest, (but [they are but] vain words,) [I have] (note:)You think that words will serve to persuade your people, or to move my master.(:note) counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

geneva@2Kings:18:21 @ Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon (note:)Egypt will not only be unable to help you, but will be a detriment to you.(:note) 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.

geneva@2Kings:18:22 @ 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 (note:)Thus the idolaters think that God's religion is destroyed, when superstition and idolatry are reformed.(:note) taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

geneva@2Kings:18:23 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, give (note:)Meaning, that it was best for him to yield to the king of Assyria because his power was so small that he did not have men to care for two thousand horses.(:note) 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 upon them.

geneva@2Kings:18:24 @ For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?

geneva@2Kings:18:25 @ Am I now come up without the (note:)The wicked always flatter themselves in their prosperity, that God favours them. Thus he speaks to scare Hezekiah into thinking that by resisting him he would be resisting God.(:note) LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

geneva@2Kings:18:26 @ Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.

geneva@2Kings:18:27 @ But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master & to thee to speake these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

geneva@2Kings:18:28 @ So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the king of Asshur.

geneva@2Kings:18:29 @ Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of mine hand.

geneva@2Kings:18:30 @ Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs, and this citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hand of the king of Asshur.

geneva@2Kings:18:31 @ Hearken not vnto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out to me, that euery man may eate of his owne vine, & euery man of his owne figge tree, and drinke euery man of the water of his owne well,

geneva@2Kings:18:32 @ Until (note:)He makes himself so sure, that he will not grant them a truce, unless they give themselves to him to be led away as captives.(:note) I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

geneva@2Kings:18:33 @ Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hand of the King of Asshur?

geneva@2Kings:18:34 @ Where is the god of Hamah, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah? how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand?

geneva@2Kings:18:35 @ Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the (note:)This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God sharply punished him.(:note) LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

geneva@2Kings:18:36 @ But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not.

geneva@2Kings:18:37 @ Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.

geneva@2Kings:19:1 @ And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth, and came into the house of the Lord,

geneva@2Kings:19:2 @ And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, (note:)To hear some new prophecy and to have comfort from him.(:note) to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

geneva@2Kings:19:3 @ And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to (note:)The dangers are so great, that we can neither avenge this blasphemy, or help ourselves any more than a woman in labour.(:note) the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

geneva@2Kings:19:4 @ It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the (note:)Meaning, for Jerusalem which only remained of all the cities of Judah.(:note) remnant that are left.

geneva@2Kings:19:6 @ And Isaiah said vnto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Be not afraide of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.

geneva@2Kings:19:7 @ Behold, I will send a blast (note:)The Lord can with one blast blow away all the strength of man, and turn it into dust.(:note) upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

geneva@2Kings:19:8 @ So Rabshakeh returned, and founde the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

geneva@2Kings:19:9 @ And when (note:)That is, Sennacherib.(:note) he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, For the kings of Ethiopia and Egypt joined together against the king of Assyria because of his oppression of other countries. Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

geneva@2Kings:19:10 @ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy (note:)The closer the wicked are to their destruction, the more they blaspheme.(:note) God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:19:11 @ Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all landes, how they haue destroyed them: and shalt thou be deliuered?

geneva@2Kings:19:12 @ Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelasar?

geneva@2Kings:19:13 @ Where is the King of Hamath, & the King of Arpad, and the King of the citie of Shepharuaim, Hena and Iuah?

geneva@2Kings:19:14 @ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the (note:)Before the Ark of the covenant.(:note) LORD.

geneva@2Kings:19:15 @ And Hezekiah (note:)He shows what the true refuge and help is in all dangers, that is, to flee to the Lord by earnest prayer.(:note) prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

geneva@2Kings:19:16 @ LORD, (note:)Show by effect that you will not allow your Name to be blasphemed.(:note) bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the By this title he discerns God from all idols and false gods. living God.

geneva@2Kings:19:17 @ Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes,

geneva@2Kings:19:18 @ And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.

geneva@2Kings:19:19 @ Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the (note:)He shows the reason the faithful desire God to deliver them: that is, that he may be glorified by their deliverance.(:note) kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.

geneva@2Kings:19:21 @ This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The (note:)Because as yet Jerusalem had not been taken by the enemy therefore he calls her virgin.(:note) virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

geneva@2Kings:19:22 @ Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] (note:)God counts that as an injury done to him, and will avenge what is done to any of his saints.(:note) against the Holy [One] of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:19:23 @ By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the (note:)Meaning Jerusalem, which Isaiah calls the height of his borders, that is, of Judah, (Isa_37:24).(:note) lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.

geneva@2Kings:19:24 @ I haue digged, and drunke the waters of others, and with the plant of my feete haue I dried all the floods closed in.

geneva@2Kings:19:25 @ Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? (note:)He declares that as he is the author and beginning of his Church, he will never allow it to be completely destroyed, as other cities and kingdoms.(:note) now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.

geneva@2Kings:19:26 @ Therefore their (note:)Thus he describes the wicked, who flourish for a time, and later fade and decay like flowers.(:note) inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.

geneva@2Kings:19:27 @ I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy furie against me.

geneva@2Kings:19:28 @ Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my (note:)I will bridle your rage, and turn you to and fro as it pleases me.(:note) hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

geneva@2Kings:19:29 @ And this [shall be] a (note:)God not only promised him the victory, but gives him a sign to confirm his faith.(:note) sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

geneva@2Kings:19:30 @ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take (note:)The Lord will multiply in great number that small remnant of Judah that escaped.(:note) root downward, and bear fruit upward.

geneva@2Kings:19:31 @ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the (note:)The love, that God has for his Church will overcome the counsels and enterprises of men.(:note) zeal of the LORD [of hosts] shall do this.

geneva@2Kings:19:33 @ But he shall returne the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:19:34 @ For I will defende this citie to saue it for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake.

geneva@2Kings:19:35 @ And the same night the Angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth foure score and fiue thousande: so when they rose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

geneva@2Kings:19:36 @ So Saneherib King of Asshur departed, & went his way, and returned, & dwelt in Nineueh.

geneva@2Kings:19:37 @ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (note:)This was the just judgment of God for his blasphemy, that he would be slain before the idol that he preferred to the living God, and by those who should by nature have needed his defence.(:note) smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:20:1 @ About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.

geneva@2Kings:20:2 @ Then he turned his face to the (note:)That his mind might not be troubled.(:note) wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

geneva@2Kings:20:3 @ I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a (note:)Meaning, without all hypocrisy.(:note) perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah Not so much for his own death, as for fear that idolatry would be restored which he had destroyed, and so God's Name be dishonoured. wept sore.

geneva@2Kings:20:4 @ And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,

geneva@2Kings:20:5 @ Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy (note:)Because of his true repentance and prayer, God turned away his wrath.(:note) prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the To give thanks for your deliverance. house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:20:6 @ And I wil adde vnto thy dayes fiftene yere, and wil deliuer thee & this citie out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and will defende this citie for mine owne sake, & for Dauid my seruats sake.

geneva@2Kings:20:7 @ And Isaiah said, Take a (note:)He declares that though God can heal without other medicines, he will not have these inferior means contemned.(:note) lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.

geneva@2Kings:20:8 @ For Hezekiah had saide vnto Isaiah, What shalbe the signe that the Lorde will heale me, and that I shall goe vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day?

geneva@2Kings:20:9 @ And Isaiah answered, This signe shalt thou haue of the Lorde, that the Lorde will doe that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the shadowe goe forwarde ten degrees, or go backe ten degrees?

geneva@2Kings:20:10 @ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow (note:)Let the sun go so many degrees back, that the hours may be fewer in the king's dial.(:note) return backward ten degrees.

geneva@2Kings:20:11 @ And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (note:)Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made.(:note) dial of Ahaz.

geneva@2Kings:20:12 @ At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a (note:)Moved by the favour that God showed to Hezekiah, and also because he had declared himself an enemy of Sennacherib who was now destroyed.(:note) present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

geneva@2Kings:20:13 @ 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 (note:)Being moved by ambition and vain glory, and also because he seemed to rejoice in the friendship of him who was God's enemy and an infidel.(:note) dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

geneva@2Kings:20:14 @ Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.

geneva@2Kings:20:15 @ Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed the.

geneva@2Kings:20:16 @ And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:20:17 @ Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:20:18 @ And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel.

geneva@2Kings:20:19 @ Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast (note:)He acknowledges Isaiah to be the true prophet of God and therefore humbles himself to his word.(:note) spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if Seeing that God has shown me this favour to grant me quietness during my life: for he was afraid lest the enemies would have had opportunity to rejoice if the Church had decayed in his time, because he had restored religion. peace and truth be in my days?

geneva@2Kings:20:20 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and all his valiant deedes, and howe he made a poole and a cundite, and brought water into the citie, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:20:21 @ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:21:1 @ Manasseh was twelue yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned fiftie and fiue yeere in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Hephzi-bah.

geneva@2Kings:21:2 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde after the abomination of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:21:3 @ For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had destroyed: and he erected vp altars for Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab King of Israel, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen and serued them.

geneva@2Kings:21:5 @ And he built altars for al the hoste of ye heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:21:6 @ And he made his son (note:)Read (2Ki_16:3).(:note) pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.

geneva@2Kings:21:7 @ And he set the image of the groue, that he had made, in the house, whereof ye Lord had saide to Dauid & to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

geneva@2Kings:21:8 @ Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will (note:)Therefore seeing they did not obey the commandment of God, they were justly cast from the land which they had only on condition.(:note) observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

geneva@2Kings:21:11 @ Because that Manasseh King of Iudah hath done such abominations, and hath wrought more wickedly then al that the Amorites (which were before him) did, and hath made Iudah sinne also with his idoles,

geneva@2Kings:21:12 @ 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 (note:)Meaning, that whoever hears of this great plague, will be astonished.(:note) tingle.

geneva@2Kings:21:13 @ And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line (note:)As I have destroyed Samaria and the house of Ahab so will I destroy Judah.(:note) 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.

geneva@2Kings:21:14 @ And I will forsake the (note:)Meaning, Judah and Benjamin, which were the only ones left of the rest of the tribes.(:note) 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 enemies;

geneva@2Kings:21:15 @ Because they haue done euil in my sight, and haue prouoked mee to anger, since the time their fathers came out of Egypt vntill this day.

geneva@2Kings:21:17 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasseh, and all that hee did, and his sinne that he sinned, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:21:18 @ And Manasseh slept with his fathers, & was buried in the garden of his own house, euen in the garden of Vzza: and Amon his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:21:19 @ Amon was two and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and hee reygned two yeere in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Iotbah.

geneva@2Kings:21:20 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

geneva@2Kings:21:21 @ For hee walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them.

geneva@2Kings:21:22 @ And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the (note:)That is, according to his commandment.(:note) way of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:21:23 @ And the seruantes of Amon conspired against him, and slewe the King in his owne house.

geneva@2Kings:21:24 @ And the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amon, and the people made Iosiah his sonne King in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:21:26 @ And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of Vzza: and Iosiah his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:22:1 @ Iosiah was eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and hee reigned one and thirtie yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Iedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.

geneva@2Kings:22:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and (note:)His zeal was prophesied of, and his name mentioned by Iddo the prophet, more than 300 years before, (1Ki_13:2) and being but eight years old, he sought the God of his father David, (2Ch_34:3).(:note) walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

geneva@2Kings:22:3 @ And in the eighteenth yeere of King Iosiah, the King sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah the sonne of Meshullam the chanceller to ye house of the Lord, saying,

geneva@2Kings:22:5 @ And let (note:)From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the temple remained without repairs through the negligence of the priests. This shows that they who have a charge and do not execute it should have it taken from them.(:note) them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

geneva@2Kings:22:6 @ To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire the house.

geneva@2Kings:22:7 @ Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt (note:)So God provided him with faithful servants, seeing he went about so zealously to set forth the work of God.(:note) faithfully.

geneva@2Kings:22:8 @ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the (note:)This was the copy that Moses left them, as it appears in (2Ch_34:14), which either by the negligence of the priests had been lost, or else by the wickedness of idolatrous kings had been abolished.(:note) book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

geneva@2Kings:22:9 @ So Shaphan the chanceller came to ye King, and brought him word againe, and saide, Thy seruants haue gathered the money, that was found in the house, and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:22:11 @ And when the King had heard the wordes of the booke of the Law, he rent his clothes.

geneva@2Kings:22:12 @ Therefore the King commaunded Hilkiah the Priest, & Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, and Achbor the sonne of Michaiah, and Shaphan the chanceller, and Asahiah the Kings seruant, saying,

geneva@2Kings:22:13 @ Go ye, (note:)Meaning, to some prophet to whom God reveals the knowledge of things, as in (Jer_21:8), though at other times they enquired the Lord by Urim and Thummim.(:note) enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

geneva@2Kings:22:14 @ So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the (note:)Or the house of doctrine, which was near the temple, and where the learned assembled to search the scriptures and the doctrine of the prophets.(:note) college;) and they communed with her.

geneva@2Kings:22:15 @ And shee answered them, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Tel the man that sent you to mee,

geneva@2Kings:22:17 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the (note:)The works of man's hand here signifies all that man invents beside the word of God, which are abominable in God's service.(:note) works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

geneva@2Kings:22:19 @ Because thine heart was (note:)Meaning, that he repented as they that do not repent are said to harden their heart, (Psa_95:8).(:note) tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:22:20 @ Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in (note:)Upon which we may gather that the anger of God is ready against the wicked when God takes his servants out of this world.(:note) peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

geneva@2Kings:23:1 @ And the king (note:)Because he saw the great plagues of God that were threatened, he knew no more speedy way to avoid them, than to turn to God by repentance which cannot come but from faith, and faith by hearing the word of God.(:note) sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

geneva@2Kings:23:2 @ And the King went vp into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Iudah and all the inhabitants of Ierusalem with him, and the Priests & Prophets, and all the people both smal and great: and he reade in their eares all the wordes of the booke of the couenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:23:3 @ And the king stood by (note:)Where the king had his place, (2Ki_11:14).(:note) a pillar, and made a As Joshua did, (Jos_24:22, Jos_24:25). covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

geneva@2Kings:23:4 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the (note:)Meaning, they who were next in dignity to the high priest.(:note) priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried In contempt of the altar Jeroboam had built there to sacrifice to his calves. the ashes of them unto Bethel.

geneva@2Kings:23:5 @ And he put down the (note:)Or Chemarims, meaning the priests of Baal who were called Chemarims either because they wore black garments or else were smoked with burning incense to idols.(:note) idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

geneva@2Kings:23:6 @ And he brought out the (note:)He removed the grove which idolaters for devotion had planted near the temple, contrary to the commandment of the Lord, (Deu_16:21), or as some read, the similitude of a grove which was hung in the temple.(:note) grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped [it] small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the Both in contempt of the idols and reproach of them who had worshipped them in their lives. graves of the children of the people.

geneva@2Kings:23:7 @ And hee brake downe the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.

geneva@2Kings:23:8 @ Also he brought all the priests out of the cities of Iudah, and defiled the hie places where the Priests had burnt incense, euen from Geba to Beer-sheba, and destroyed the hie places of the gates, that were in the entring in of the gate of Ioshua the gouernour of the citie, which was at the left hand of the gate of the citie.

geneva@2Kings:23:10 @ And he defiled (note:)Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifies a tabret because they smote on the tabret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, (Lev_18:21), after which Josiah commanded trash to be cast in contempt of it.(:note) Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

geneva@2Kings:23:11 @ And he took away the (note:)The idolatrous kings had dedicated horses and chariots to the sun, either to carry about the image of it as the heathen did, or else to sacrifice them as a most agreeable sacrifice.(:note) horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

geneva@2Kings:23:12 @ And the altars that were on the top of the chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings of Iudah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord did the King breake downe, and hasted thence, & cast the dust of them in the brooke Kedron.

geneva@2Kings:23:13 @ And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the (note:)That was the mount of olives, so called because it was full of idols.(:note) mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

geneva@2Kings:23:14 @ And he brake the images in pieces, & cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones of men.

geneva@2Kings:23:15 @ Moreover (note:)Which Jeroboam had built in Israel, (1Ki_12:28-29).(:note) the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.

geneva@2Kings:23:16 @ And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the (note:)According to the prophecy of Iddo, (1Ki_13:2).(:note) man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

geneva@2Kings:23:17 @ Then he sayde, What title is that which I see? And the men of the citie sayd vnto him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Iudah, and tolde these things that thou hast done to the altar of Beth-el.

geneva@2Kings:23:18 @ And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the (note:)Meaning, the prophet who came after him, and caused him to eat contrary to the command of the Lord, who were both buried in the same grave, (1Ki_13:31).(:note) prophet that came out of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:23:19 @ Iosiah also tooke away all the houses of the hie places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the Kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord, and did to them according to all the factes that he had done in Beth-el.

geneva@2Kings:23:20 @ And he sacrificed all the Priests of the hie places, that were there vpon the altars, and burnt mens bones vpon them, & returned to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:23:21 @ Then the king commanded all the people, saying, Keepe the passeouer vnto the Lorde your God, as it is written in the booke of this couenant.

geneva@2Kings:23:22 @ Surely there was not holden (note:)For the multitude and zeal of the people with the great preparation.(:note) such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

geneva@2Kings:23:23 @ And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiah was this Passeouer celebrated to the Lord in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:23:24 @ Iosiah also tooke away them that had familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images, and the idoles, and al the abominations that were espied in the lande of Iudah and in Ierusalem, to performe the wordes of the Lawe, which were written in the booke that Hilkiah the Priest found in the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:23:25 @ Like vnto him was there no King before him, that turned to the Lord with al his heart, and with all his soule, and with all his might according to all the Lawe of Moses, neither after him arose there anie like him.

geneva@2Kings:23:26 @ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the (note:)Because of the wicked heart of the people, who would not turn to him by repentance.(:note) fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

geneva@2Kings:23:27 @ Therefore the Lorde saide, I will put Iudah also out of my sight, as I haue put away Israel, and will cast off this citie Ierusalem, which I haue chosen, and the house whereof I said, My name shalbe there.

geneva@2Kings:23:28 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiah, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:23:29 @ In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah (note:)Because Pharaoh passed through his country, he was afraid Pharaoh would have done him harm and would have stopped him, yet he did not consult the Lord, and therefore was slain.(:note) went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

geneva@2Kings:23:30 @ Then his seruants caryed him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Ierusalem, and buried him in his owne sepulchre; the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and anointed him, and made him King in his fathers steade.

geneva@2Kings:23:31 @ Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and reigned three moneths in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Hamutal the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

geneva@2Kings:23:32 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his (note:)Meaning, the wicked kings before.(:note) fathers had done.

geneva@2Kings:23:33 @ And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands (note:)Which was Antiochia in Syria, also called Hamath.(:note) at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

geneva@2Kings:23:34 @ And Pharaoh Nechoh made Eliakim the sonne of Iosiah King in steade of Iosiah his father, and turned his name to Iehoiakim, and tooke Iehoahaz away, which when he came to Egypt, dyed there.

geneva@2Kings:23:35 @ And Iehoiakim gaue the siluer and the golde to Pharaoh, and taxed the land to giue the money, according to the commadement of Pharaoh: he leuyed of euery man of the people of the lande, according to his value, siluer and golde to giue vnto Pharaoh Nechoh.

geneva@2Kings:23:36 @ Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

geneva@2Kings:23:37 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his fathers had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:1 @ In his (note:)In the end of the third year of his reign and in the beginning of the fourth, (Dan_1:1).(:note) days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

geneva@2Kings:24:2 @ And the Lorde sent against him bandes of the Caldees, and bands of the Aramites, & bands of the Moabites, and bandes of the Ammonites, and he sent them against Iudah to destroy it, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruants the Prophets.

geneva@2Kings:24:3 @ Surely at the (note:)Though God used these wicked tyrants to execute his just judgments, they are not to be excused, for they proceeded from ambition and malice.(:note) commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

geneva@2Kings:24:4 @ And for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Ierusalem with innocent blood) therefore the Lord would not pardon it.

geneva@2Kings:24:5 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:24:6 @ So Jehoiakim (note:)Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they let him prisoner toward Babylon, see (Jer_22:19).(:note) slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:24:7 @ And the King of Egypt came no more out of his lande: for the King of Babel had taken from the riuer of Egypt, vnto the riuer Perath, all that pertained to the King of Egypt.

geneva@2Kings:24:8 @ Iehoiachin was eighteene yere old, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned in Ierusalem three moneths. His mothers name also was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:24:9 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his father had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:11 @ And Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel came against the citie, and his seruants did besiege it.

geneva@2Kings:24:12 @ And Jehoiachin the king of Judah (note:)That is, yielded himself to him by the counsel of Jeremiah.(:note) went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year In the reign of the king of Babylon. of his reign.

geneva@2Kings:24:13 @ And he caryed out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lorde, & the treasures of the Kings house, and brake all the vessels of gold, which Salomon King of Israel had made in the Temple of the Lorde, as the Lord had saide.

geneva@2Kings:24:14 @ And he caryed away all Ierusalem, and all the princes, and all the strong men of warre, euen ten thousande into captiuitie, and all the workemen, and cunning men: so none remained sauing the poore people of the lande.

geneva@2Kings:24:15 @ And he caryed away Iehoiachin into Babel, and the Kings mother, and the Kinges wiues, and his eunuches, and the mightie of the lande caryed he away into captiuitie from Ierusalem to Babel,

geneva@2Kings:24:16 @ And al the men of warre, euen seuen thousand, and carpenters, & lockesmithes a thousande: all that were strong and apt for warre, did the King of Babel bring to Babel captiues.

geneva@2Kings:24:17 @ And the King of Babel made Mattaniah his vncle King in his steade, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

geneva@2Kings:24:18 @ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Hamutal the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

geneva@2Kings:24:19 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:20 @ For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his (note:)Out of Jerusalem and Judah into Babylon.(:note) presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

geneva@2Kings:25:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)That is, of Zedekiah.(:note) ninth year of his reign, in the Which the Hebrews call Teber, and it contains part of December and part of January. tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

geneva@2Kings:25:3 @ And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine (note:)So much that the mothers ate their children, (Lam_4:10).(:note) prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

geneva@2Kings:25:4 @ And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the (note:)Which was a back door, or some secret gate to leave by.(:note) gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.

geneva@2Kings:25:5 @ But the armie of the Caldees pursued after the King, and tooke him in the desertes of Iericho, and all his hoste was scattered from him.

geneva@2Kings:25:6 @ So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they (note:)Or, condemned him for his perjury and treason, (2Ch_36:13).(:note) gave judgment upon him.

geneva@2Kings:25:7 @ And they slew the sonnes of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bounde him in chaines, and caried him to Babel.

geneva@2Kings:25:8 @ And in the fifth month, on the (note:)Jeremiah writes in (Jer_52:12) the tenth day, because the fire continued from the seventh day to the tenth.(:note) seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

geneva@2Kings:25:9 @ And burnt the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Ierusalem, and all the great houses burnt he with fire.

geneva@2Kings:25:10 @ And all the armie of the Caldees that were with the chiefe stewarde, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about.

geneva@2Kings:25:11 @ Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that (note:)While the siege endured.(:note) fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

geneva@2Kings:25:12 @ But the chiefe steward left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to till the land.

geneva@2Kings:25:13 @ Also the pillars of brasse that were in the house of the Lorde, and the bases, and the brasen Sea that was in the house of the Lorde, did the Caldees breake, and caried the brasse of them to Babel.

geneva@2Kings:25:14 @ And the (note:)Of these read (Exo_27:3).(:note) pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

geneva@2Kings:25:15 @ And the asshe pannes, and the basens, and all that was of gold, and that was of siluer, tooke the chiefe steward away,

geneva@2Kings:25:16 @ With the two pillers, one Sea and the bases, which Salomon had made for the house of the Lorde: the brasse of all these vessels was without weight.

geneva@2Kings:25:17 @ The height of the one piller was eighteene cubits, and the chapiter thereon was brasse, & the height of the chapiter was with networke three cubites, and pomegranates vpon the chapiter rounde about, all of brasse: and likewise was the second piller with the networke.

geneva@2Kings:25:18 @ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the (note:)That is, one appointed to act in the place of the high priest, if he were sick or otherwise detained.(:note) second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

geneva@2Kings:25:19 @ And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and (note:)Jeremiah makes mention of seven but here he speaks of those who were the chiefest.(:note) five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city:

geneva@2Kings:25:20 @ And Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde tooke them, and brought them to the King of Babel to Riblah.

geneva@2Kings:25:21 @ And the King of Babel smote them, & slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Iudah was caried away captiue out of his owne land.

geneva@2Kings:25:22 @ Howbeit there remained people in the land of Iudah, whom Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel left, and made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan ruler ouer them.

geneva@2Kings:25:23 @ Then when all the captaines of the host & their men heard, that the king of Babel had made Gedaliah gouernour, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, & Seraiah the sonne of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, & Iaazaniah the sonne of Maachathi, they and their men.

geneva@2Kings:25:24 @ And Gedaliah (note:)That is, he exhorted them in the Name of the Lord, according to Jeremiah's counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar, seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord.(:note) sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

geneva@2Kings:25:25 @ But in the seuenth moneth Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah the sonne of Elishama of the Kings seede, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, & he died, & so did he the Iewes, and the Caldees that were with him at Mizpah.

geneva@2Kings:25:26 @ And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to (note:)Contrary to Jeremiah's counsel in Jeremiah 40-42.(:note) Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

geneva@2Kings:25:27 @ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of (note:)This long were he, his wife and his children in Babylon, whom Nebuchadnezzar's son after his father's death preferred to honour: thus by God's providence the seed of David was preserved even to Christ.(:note) Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

geneva@2Kings:25:28 @ And spake kindly to him, & set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings that were with him in Babel,

geneva@2Kings:25:29 @ And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eate bread before him, all the dayes of his life.

geneva@2Kings:25:30 @ And his (note:)Meaning, that he had standing in the court.(:note) allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:1 @ Adam, (note:)Meaning, that Seth was Adam's son, and Enoch was Seth's son.(:note) Sheth, Enosh, The Argument - The laws comprehend both these books in one, which the Grecians because of the length, divide into two: and they are called Chronicles, because they note briefly the history from Adam to the return from their captivity in Babylon. But these are not the books of Chronicles which are mentioned in the books of the kings of Judah and Israel, which set forth the story of both kingdoms, and later perished in the captivity, but an abridgement of the same, and were gathered by Ezra, as the Jews write after their return from Babylon. This first book contains a brief rehearsal of the children of Adam to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the twelve patriarchs, chiefly of Judah, and the reign of David, because Christ came from him according to the flesh. Therefore it sets forth more amply his acts both concerning civil government, and also the administration and care of things concerning religion, for the good success of which he rejoices and gives thanks to the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:4 @ Noah, (note:)It would have been sufficient to have named Shem of whom came Abraham and David, but because the world was restored by these three, mention is also made of Ham and Japheth.(:note) Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:5 @ The sonnes of Iapheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:6 @ And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashchenaz, and Iphath and Togarmah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:7 @ Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah & Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:8 @ The sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:9 @ And the sonnes of Cush, Siba and Hauilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. Also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:10 @ And Cush begat (note:)Who first lifted himself above others.(:note) Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:11 @ And Mizraim begate Ludim and Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim:

geneva@1Chronicles:1:12 @ Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whome came the Philistims, and Caphtorim.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:13 @ Also Canaan begate Zidon his first borne, and Heth,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:14 @ And the Iebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:15 @ And the Hiuuite, and the Arkite, and the Simite,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:16 @ And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:17 @ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and (note:)Of whom came the Syrians, and therefore they are called Amramites throughout all scripture.(:note) Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:18 @ And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat (note:)Of him came the Hebrews who were later called Israelites of Israel, who was Jacob and Jews of Judah because of the excellency of that tribe.(:note) Eber.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:20 @ Then Ioktan begate Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazermaueth and Ierah,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:21 @ And Hadoram and Vzal and Diklah,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:22 @ And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:23 @ And Ophir, and Hauilah and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:28 @ The sonnes of Abraham were Izhak, and Ishmael.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:29 @ These are their generations. The eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:30 @ Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:31 @ Ietur, Naphish and Kedemah: these are the sonnes of Ishmael.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:32 @ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's (note:)Read (Gen_25:4).(:note) concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:33 @ And the sonnes of Midian were Ephah, & Ephar, and Henoch, and Abida, & Eldaah: All these are the sonnes of Keturah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:34 @ And Abraham begate Izhak: the sonnes of Izhak, Esau, and Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:35 @ The sons of Esau; (note:)These were born from three different mothers, read (Gen_36:4).(:note) Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:36 @ The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and (note:)Which was Eliphaz's concubine, read (Gen_36:12).(:note) Timna, and Amalek.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:37 @ The sonnes of Reuel, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:38 @ And the sons of (note:)He is also called Seir the Horite, who inhabited mount Seir, (Gen_36:20).(:note) Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:39 @ And the sonnes of Lotan, Hori, and Homam, and Timna Lotans sister.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:40 @ The sonnes of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam; the sonnes of Zibeon, Aiah and Anah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:41 @ The sonne of Anah was Dishon; the sonnes of Dishon, Amran, and Eshban, & Ithran, and Cheran.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:42 @ The sonnes of Ezer were Bilhan, and Zaauan, and Iaakan. The sonnes of Dishon were Vz, and Aran.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:43 @ Now these [are] the (note:)He makes mention of the kings that came from Esau according to God's promise made to Abraham concerning him, that kings would come from him. These eight kings reigned one after another in Idumea to the time of David who conquered their country.(:note) kings that reigned in the land of Edom before [any] king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:44 @ And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of (note:)Which was the principal city of the Edomites.(:note) Bozrah reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:45 @ And whe Iobab was dead, Hussham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:46 @ And when Hussham was dead, Hadad the sonne of Bedad which smote Midian in the fielde of Moab, reigned in his steade, and the name of his citie was Auith.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:47 @ So Hadad dyed, and Samlah of Mashrecah reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:48 @ And Samlah dyed, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the riuer reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:49 @ And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:50 @ And Baal-hanan dyed, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his citie was Pai, & his wiues name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:51 @ Hadad dyed also, and there were dukes in Edom, duke Timna, duke Aliah, duke Ietheth,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:1 @ These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, & Zebulun,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:2 @ Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:3 @ The sons of (note:)Though Judah was not Jacob's eldest son, yet he first begins with him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ.(:note) Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:4 @ And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:6 @ And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and (note:)Of these read (1Ki_4:31).(:note) Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:7 @ And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:9 @ The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and (note:)Whom Matthew calls Aram, (Mat_1:3).(:note) Ram, and Chelubai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:10 @ And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, (note:)That is, chief of the family.(:note) prince of the children of Judah;

geneva@1Chronicles:2:11 @ And Nahshon begate Salma, and Salma begate Boaz,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:12 @ And Boaz begate Obed, and Obed begate Ishai,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:13 @ And Ishai begate his eldest sonne Eliab, & Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:15 @ Ozem the sixt, and Dauid the seuenth.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:16 @ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail; the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:17 @ And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Iether an Ishmeelite.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:18 @ And (note:)Who was called Chelubai the son of Hezron, (1Ch_2:9).(:note) Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:19 @ And when Azubah was dead, Caleb tooke vnto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:20 @ And Hur begate Vri, and Vri begate Bezaleel.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:21 @ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of (note:)Who was prince of mount Gilead, (Num_32:40).(:note) Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:22 @ And Segub begate Iair, which had three and twentie cities in the land of Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:23 @ And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, (note:)That is, the Geshurites and Syrians took the towns from Jair's children.(:note) from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:24 @ And after that Hezron was dead in (note:)Which was a town named for the husband and wife, also called Bethlehem Ephratah.(:note) Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the Meaning, the chief and prince. father of Tekoa.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:25 @ And ye sonnes of Ierahmeel the eldest sone of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozen and Ahiiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:27 @ And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeel were Maaz, and Iamin and Ekar.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:28 @ And the sonnes of Onam were Shammai and Iada; the sonnes of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:29 @ And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abiahil, and shee bare him Ahban and Molid.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:30 @ The sonnes also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:31 @ And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; (note:)Who died while his father was alive, and therefore it is said in (1Ch_2:34) that Sheshan had no sons.(:note) Ahlai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:32 @ And the sonnes of Iada the brother of Shammai were Iether and Ionathan: but Iether dyed without children.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:33 @ And the sonnes of Ionathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeel.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:34 @ And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters; Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:35 @ And Sheshan gaue his daughter to Iarha his seruant to wife, and she bare him Attai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:36 @ And Attai begate Nathan, and Nathan begate Zabad,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:37 @ And Zabad begate Ephlal, and Ephlal begate Obed,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:38 @ And Obed begate Iehu, and Iehu begate Azariah,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:39 @ And Azariah begate Helez, and Helez begate Eleasah,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:40 @ And Eleasah begate Sisamai, and Sisamai begate Shallum,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:41 @ And Shallum begate Iekamiah, and Iekamiah begate Elishama.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:42 @ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the (note:)That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince should have a fatherly care and affection for his people.(:note) father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:43 @ And the sonnes of Hebron were Korah & Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:44 @ And Shema begate Raham the father of Iorkoam: and Rekem begate Shammai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:46 @ And Ephah, Caleb's (note:)The difference between the wife and the concubine was that the wife was taken with a ceremony of marriage and her children inherited, while the concubine had no marriage ceremony, neither did her children inherit, but had a portion of goods or money given to them.(:note) concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:47 @ The sonnes of Iahdai were Regem, and Iotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:48 @ Calebs concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:49 @ She bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheua the father of Machbenah, & the father of Gibea. And Achsah was Calebs daughter.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:51 @ Salma the father of Beth-lehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:52 @ And Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim had sonnes, & he was the ouerseer of halfe Hammenoth.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:53 @ And the families of Kiriath-iearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and ye Mishraites of them came the Zarreathites, and the Eshtaulites.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:54 @ The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the (note:)The chief and principle of the house of Joab.(:note) house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:55 @ And the families of the (note:)Who were men learned and expert in the law.(:note) scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Read (Num_10:29; Jdg_1:16). Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:4 @ These sixe were borne vnto him in Hebron: and there hee reigned seuen yeere and sixe moneths: and in Ierusalem he reigned three & thirtie yeere.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:5 @ And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of (note:)Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: for they gave them various names.(:note) Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

geneva@1Chronicles:3:6 @ Ibhar also, and (note:)Elishama, or Elishua, (2Sa_5:15) and Eliphelet died, and David named those sons who were born next by the same names; in the book of kings his living children are mentioned and here both they that were alive and dead.(:note) Elishama, and Eliphelet,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:7 @ And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Iaphia,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:8 @ And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in nomber.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:9 @ These are all the sonnes of Dauid, besides the sonnes of the concubines, and Thamar their sister.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:10 @ And Salomons sonne was Rehoboam, whose sonne was Abiah, and Asa his sonne, and Iehoshaphat his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:11 @ And Ioram his sonne, and Ahaziah his sonne, and Ioash his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:12 @ And Amaziah his sonne, and Azariah his sonne, and Iotham his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:13 @ And Ahaz his sonne, and Hezekiah his sonne, and Manasseh his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:14 @ And Amon his sonne, & Iosiah his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:15 @ And the sons of Josiah [were], the (note:)So called because he was preferred for the royal dignity before his brother Jehoiakim who was the elder.(:note) firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:16 @ And the sonnes of Iehoiakim were Ieconiah his sonne, and Zedekiah his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:17 @ And the sonnes of Ieconiah, Assir & Shealtiel his sonne:

geneva@1Chronicles:3:18 @ Malchiram also & Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Iecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:19 @ And the sons of Pedaiah [were], (note:)Matthew says that Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel, meaning that he was his nephew according to the Hebrew speech: for he was Pedaiah's son.(:note) Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

geneva@1Chronicles:3:20 @ And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hazadiah, & Iushabheshed, fiue in nomber.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:21 @ And the sonnes of Hananiah were Pelatiah, & Iesaiah: the sonnes of Rephaiah, the sonnes of Arnan, the sonnes of Obadiah, the sonnes of Shechaniah.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:22 @ And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, (note:)So that Shemaiah was Shechaniah's natural son, and the other five his nephews and in all there were six.(:note) six.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:23 @ And the sonnes of Neariah were Elioenai, and Hezekiiah, and Azrikam, three.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:24 @ And the sonnes of Elioenai were Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Iohanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seuen.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:1 @ The (note:)Meaning, they came from Judah, as nephews and kinsmen: for only Pharez was his natural son.(:note) sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:2 @ And Reaiah the sonne of Shobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zoreathites.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:3 @ And these were of the father of Etam, Izreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:4 @ And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the (note:)The first born of his mother, and not the eldest of his father.(:note) firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:5 @ But Asher the father of Tekoa had two wiues, Heleah, and Naarah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:6 @ And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haashtari: these were the sonnes of Naarah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:7 @ And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:8 @ Also Coz begate Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the sonne of Harum.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:9 @ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name (note:)Otherwise called Othniel, (Jdg_1:13).(:note) Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:10 @ And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and (note:)It is to be understood that then he would accomplish his vow which he made.(:note) that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:11 @ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:12 @ And Eshton begate Beth-rapha, & Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the citie of Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:13 @ And the sonnes of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the sonne of Othniel, Hathath.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:14 @ And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the (note:)The Lord of the valley where the artificers worked.(:note) father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:15 @ And the sons of Caleb the son of (note:)Called also Esrom.(:note) Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:16 @ And the sonnes of Iehaleel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:17 @ And the sonnes of Ezrah were Iether and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon, and he begate Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:18 @ Also his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, & Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiah ye daughter of Pharaoh which Mered tooke.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:19 @ And the sonnes of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:20 @ And the sonnes of Shimon were Amnon & Rinnah, Ben-hanam & Tilon; the sonnes of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:21 @ The sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, & the families of the householdes of them that wrought fine linnen in the house of Ashbea.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:22 @ And Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and Iashubi Lehem. These also are auncient things.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:23 @ These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: (note:)They were David's gardeners and served him in his works.(:note) there they dwelt with the king for his work.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:24 @ The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] (note:)His son Obed is omitted here.(:note) Shaul:

geneva@1Chronicles:4:25 @ Whose sonne was Shallum, and his sonne, Mibsam, and his sonne Mishma.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:26 @ And the sonnes of Mishma, Hamuel was his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, and Shimei his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:27 @ And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:28 @ And they dwelt at (note:)These cities belonged to Judah, (Jos_19:2), and were given to the tribe of Simeon.(:note) Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:29 @ And at Bilhah, & at Ezem, and at Tolad,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:30 @ And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:31 @ And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of (note:)Then David restored them to the tribe of Judah.(:note) David.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:32 @ And their townes were Etam, & Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:33 @ And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogie,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:34 @ And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:35 @ And Ioel and Iehu the sonne of Ioshibiah, the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Asiel,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:36 @ And Elionai, and Iaakobah, & Ieshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, & Benaiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:37 @ And Ziza the sonne of Shiphei, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaiah, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of Shemaiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:38 @ These were famous princes in their families, and increased greatly their fathers houses.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:39 @ And they (note:)For the tribe of Simeon was so great in number, that in the time of Hezekiah they sought new dwellings to Gedor, which is in the tribe of Daniel.(:note) went to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:40 @ And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, both quiet and fruitfull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:41 @ And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, & smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:42 @ And besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rophaiah, and Vzziel the sonnes of Ishi were their captaines,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:43 @ And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were (note:)And were not slain by Saul and David.(:note) escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:1 @ Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the (note:)Because they were made two tribes, they had a double portion.(:note) sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:2 @ For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] (note:)That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_49:8), and because Christ would come from him.(:note) the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)

geneva@1Chronicles:5:3 @ The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch & Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:4 @ The sonnes of Ioel, Shemaiah his sonne, Gog his sonne, and Shimei his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:5:5 @ Michah his sonne, Reaiah his sonne, and Baal his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:5:7 @ And when his brethren in their families rekoned the genealogie of their generations, Ieiel and Zechariah were the chiefe,

geneva@1Chronicles:5:8 @ And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in (note:)These places were beyond Jordan toward the east in the land given to the Reubenites.(:note) Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

geneva@1Chronicles:5:9 @ Also Eastwarde he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes fro the riuer Perath for they had much cattel in the land of Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:10 @ And in the days of Saul they made war with the (note:)The Ishmaelites who came from Hagar Abraham's concubine.(:note) Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east [land] of Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:11 @ And the children of Gad dwelt ouer against them in the land of Bashan, vnto Salchah.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:12 @ Ioel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Iaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:13 @ And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, & Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:16 @ And they dwelt in Gilead in (note:)Both the whole country and one particular city were called Bashan.(:note) Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:17 @ All these were rekoned by genealogies in the dayes of Iotham King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam King of Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:18 @ The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure & fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:19 @ And they made war with the Hagarites, with (note:)These twelve were the sons of Ishmael, (Gen_25:15).(:note) Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:20 @ And they were (note:)That is, by the Lord who gave them the victory.(:note) helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:21 @ And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, & fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:22 @ For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the (note:)Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath Pileser.(:note) captivity.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:23 @ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto (note:)Otherwise called Baal-gad.(:note) Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:24 @ And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel & Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:25 @ But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:26 @ And the God of Israel (note:)Thus God stirred up the wicked and used them as instruments to execute his just judgment against sinners, although they were led by malice and ambition.(:note) stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:2 @ And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Vzziel.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:3 @ And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses & Miriam; the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:5 @ And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:6 @ And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:7 @ Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:8 @ And Ahitub begat (note:)Who was high priest after Abiathar was deposed, according to the prophecy of Eli the priest, (1Sa_2:31, 1Sa_2:35).(:note) Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:9 @ And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, & Azariah begate Iohanan,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:10 @ And Johanan begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed the (note:)And valiantly resisted king Uzziah, who would have usurped the priest's office (2Ch_26:17-18).(:note) priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

geneva@1Chronicles:6:11 @ And Azariah begate Amariah, & Amariah begate Ahitub,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:12 @ And Ahitub begate Zadok, & Zadok begate Shallum,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:13 @ And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:14 @ And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:15 @ And (note:)That is, he was led into captivity with his father Seraiah the high priest, (2Ki_25:18).(:note) Jehozadak went [into captivity], when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:16 @ The sonnes of Leui were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:17 @ And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:18 @ And the sonnes of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Vzziel.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:19 @ The sonnes of Merari, Mahli & Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:23 @ Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph his sonne, and Assir his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:24 @ Tahath his sonne, Vriel his sonne, Vzziah his sonne, and Shaul his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:25 @ And the sonnes of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:26 @ Elkanah. The sonnes of Elkanah, Zophai his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:28 @ And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn (note:)Who is also called Joel, (1Sa_8:2; 1Ch_6:33).(:note) Vashni, and Abiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:31 @ And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had (note:)After it was brought to the place where the temple would be built and was no longer carried to and fro.(:note) rest.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:32 @ And they ministred before the Tabernacle, euen the Tabernacle of the Congregation with singing, vntill Salomon had built ye house of the Lord in Ierusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custome.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:33 @ And these ministred with their children: of the sonnes of Kohath, Heman a singer, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Shemuel,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:39 @ And his brother (note:)Meaning, the son of Heman, (1Ch_6:33).(:note) Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:44 @ And their brethren the sonnes of Merari were on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:49 @ But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commaunded.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:53 @ Zadok his sonne, and Ahimaaz his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:54 @ Now these [are] their (note:)Or, cities which were given to the Levites.(:note) dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the They were first appointed, and prepared for. lot.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:55 @ And they gave them (note:)Which was also called Kirjatharba, (Gen_23:2; Jos_21:11).(:note) Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:56 @ But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:57 @ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of (note:)That he that had killed a man might flee to it for help till his case was tried, (Deu_19:2).(:note) refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:58 @ And (note:)Which Joshua called Holon, (Jos_15:51, Jos_21:15).(:note) Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:59 @ And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshemesh and her suburbes:

geneva@1Chronicles:6:60 @ And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and (note:)Or, Almon (Jos_21:18).(:note) Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:61 @ And unto the sons of (note:)That is, they gave a portion to the Kohathites, who were the remnant of the tribe of Levi, out of the half tribe of Manasseh and out of Ephraim, (1Ch_6:66).(:note) Kohath, [which were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely, out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:62 @ And to the sonnes of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:63 @ Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:65 @ And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:66 @ And they of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities and their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:67 @ And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:68 @ Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:69 @ And Aialon and her suburbes, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:70 @ And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Aner and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the families of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:71 @ Unto the sons of (note:)Who in the first verse is also called Gershon.(:note) Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

geneva@1Chronicles:6:72 @ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and her suburbes, Daberath and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:73 @ Ramoth also and her suburbes, and Anem with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:74 @ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbes, and Abdon and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:75 @ And Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:76 @ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilea and her suburbes, and Hammon and her suburbes, and Kiriathaim and her suburbes.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:77 @ Vnto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of ye tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:78 @ And on the other side Iorden by Iericho, euen on the Eastside of Iorden, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, and Iahzah with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:79 @ And Kedemoth with her suburbes, & Mephaath with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:80 @ And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:81 @ And Heshbon with her suburbes, and Iaazer with her suburbes.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:1 @ Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, (note:)Who also is called Job, (Gen_46:13).(:note) Jashub, and Shimron, four.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:2 @ And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, [to wit], of Tola: [they were] valiant men of might in their generations; (note:)That is, their number was found to be this big when David counted the people, (2Sa_24:1).(:note) whose number [was] in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:3 @ And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, (note:)Meaning, the four sons and the father.(:note) five: all of them chief men.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:4 @ And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers were bandes of men of warre for battel, sixe and thirtie thousand: for they had many wiues and children.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:5 @ And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:6 @ [The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and (note:)Also called Ashbel, (Gen_46:21; Num_26:38).(:note) Jediael, Who were the chief: or else there were seven in all as it appears in (Gen_46:21). three.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:7 @ And the sonnes of Bela, Ezbon, and Vzzi, and Vzziel, & Ierimoth, and Iri, fiue heads of the housholds of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekoned by their genealogies, two and twentie thousand and thirtie and foure.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:8 @ And the sonnes of Becher, Zemirah, and Ioash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Ierimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth: all these were the sonnes of Becher.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:9 @ And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:10 @ And the sonne of Iediael was Bilhan, and the sonnes of Bilhan, Ieush, and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, & Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:11 @ All these were the sonnes of Iediael, chiefe of the fathers, valiant men of warre, seuenteene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:12 @ Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of (note:)Meaning that he was not the son of Benjamin, but of Dan (Gen_46:23).(:note) Aher.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:13 @ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, (note:)These came from Dan and Naphtali, who were the sons of Bilhah, (Gen_46:23-25).(:note) the sons of Bilhah.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:15 @ And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim & Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah; the name of the second sonne was Zelophthad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:16 @ And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:17 @ And the sonne of Vlam was Bedan. These were the sonnes of Gilead the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:18 @ And (note:)Meaning, the sister of Gilead.(:note) his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:19 @ And the sonnes of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:20 @ The sonnes also of Ephraim were Shuthelah, and Bered his sonne, & Tahath his sonne, and his sonne Eladah, and Tahath his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:7:21 @ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of (note:)Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines and who slew the Ephraimites.(:note) Gath [that were] born in [that] land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:22 @ Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to comfort him.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:23 @ And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:24 @ And his daughter was Sherah, which built Beth-horon the nether, and the vpper, and Vzzen Sheerah.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:25 @ And Rephah [was] his (note:)That is, of Ephraim.(:note) son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

geneva@1Chronicles:7:28 @ And their possessions and their habitations were Beth-el, & the villages thereof, & Eastward Naaran, and Westwarde Gezer with the villages thereof, Shechem also and the villages thereof, vnto Azzah, and the villages thereof,

geneva@1Chronicles:7:29 @ And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:30 @ The sonnes of Asher were Imnah, and Isuah, & Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:31 @ And the sonnes of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, which is the father of Birzauith.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:32 @ And Heber begate Iaphlet, and Shomer, & Hotham, and Shuah their sister.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:33 @ And the sonnes of Iaphlet were Pasach, & Bimhal, and Ashuath: these were the children of Iaphlet.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:34 @ And the sonnes of Shamer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:35 @ And the sonnes of his brother Helem were Zophah, and Iimna, and Shelesh and Amal.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:36 @ The sonnes of Zophah, Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

geneva@1Chronicles:7:37 @ Bezer and Hod, and Shamma, & Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:38 @ And the sonnes of Iether, Iephunneh, and Pispa and Ara.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:39 @ And the sonnes of Vlla, Harah, & Haniel, and Rizia.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:40 @ All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre and chiefe princes, and they were rekoned by their genealogies for warre and for battell to the nomber of sixe and twentie thousand men.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:1 @ Now Benjamin (note:)He continues in the description of the tribe of Benjamin, because his purpose is to set forth the genealogy of Saul.(:note) begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:2 @ Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fift.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:3 @ And the sonnes of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:4 @ And Abishua, and Naaman and Ahoah,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:5 @ And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:6 @ And these [are] the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and (note:)Meaning, the inhabitants of the city of Geba.(:note) they removed them to Manahath:

geneva@1Chronicles:8:7 @ And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and (note:)That is, Ehud.(:note) begat Uzza, and Ahihud.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:8 @ And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them (note:)After he had put away his two wives.(:note) away; Hushim and Baara [were] his wives.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:9 @ He begate, I say, of Hodesh his wife, Iobab and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:10 @ And Ieuz and Shachia and Mirma: these were his sonnes, and chiefe fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:11 @ And of Hushim he begat Ahitub & Elpaal.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:12 @ And the sonnes of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shamed (which built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof)

geneva@1Chronicles:8:13 @ And Beriah and Shema (which were the chiefe fathers among the inhabitants of Aialon: they draue away the inhabitants of Gath)

geneva@1Chronicles:8:14 @ And Ahio, Shashak and Ierimoth,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:15 @ And Sebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:16 @ And Michael, & Ispah, & Ioha, the sonnes of Beriah,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:17 @ And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:18 @ And Ishmerai and Izliah, and Iobab, the sonnes of Elpaal,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:19 @ Iakim also, and Zichri, and Sabdi,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:20 @ And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:21 @ And Adaiah, and Beraiah, & Shimrah the sonnes of Shimei,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:22 @ And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:23 @ And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:24 @ And Hananiah, & Elam, and Antothiiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:26 @ And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:27 @ And Iaareshiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sonnes of Ieroham.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:29 @ And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maachah.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:30 @ And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:31 @ And Gidor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:32 @ And Mikloth begate Shimeah: these also dwelt with their brethren in Ierusalem, euen by their brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:33 @ And (note:)Who in (1Sa_9:2) is called Abiel.(:note) Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and He is likewise called Mephibosheth, (2Sa_9:6). Eshbaal.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:34 @ And the son of Jonathan [was] (note:)He is also called Mephibosheth, (2Sa_9:6).(:note) Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:35 @ And the sonnes of Micah were Pithon, & Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:36 @ And Ahaz begate Iehoadah, & Iehoadah begate Alemeth, and Azmaueth, and Zimri, and Zimri begate Moza,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:37 @ And Moza begate Bineah, whose sonne was Raphah, and his sonne Eleasah, and his sonne Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:38 @ And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: all these were the sonnes of Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:39 @ And the sonnes of Eshek his brother were Vlam his eldest sonne, Iehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:40 @ And the sonnes of Vlam were valiant men of warre which shot with the bow, and had many sonnes and nephewes, an hundreth and fiftie: all these were of the sonnes of Beniamin.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:1 @ So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they [were] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, [who] were (note:)Until now he has described their genealogies before they went into captivity, and now he describes their history after their return.(:note) carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:2 @ Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the (note:)Meaning, the Gibeonites, who served in the temple, read (Jos_9:23).(:note) Nethinims.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:3 @ And in Ierusalem dwelt of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin, & of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:5 @ And of Shiloni, Asaiah the eldest, and his sonnes.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:6 @ And the sonnes of Zerah, Ieuel, and their brethren sixe hundreth and ninetie.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:7 @ And of the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallu the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Hodauiah, the sonne of Hasenuah,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:8 @ And Ibneiah the sonne of Ieroham, and Elah the sonne of Vzzi, the sonne of Michri, and Meshullam the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Reuel, the sonne of Ibniiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:9 @ And their brethren according to their generations nine hundreth, fiftie and sixe: all these men were chiefe fathers in the housholdes of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:10 @ And of the Priestes, Iedaiah, and Iehoiarib, and Iachin,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:11 @ And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the (note:)That is, he was the high priest.(:note) ruler of the house of God;

geneva@1Chronicles:9:12 @ And Adaiah the sonne of Ieroham, ye sonne of Pashhur, the sonne of Malchiiah, and Maasai the sonne of Adiel, the sonne of Iahzerah, the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Meshillemith, the sonne of Immer.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:13 @ And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the (note:)To serve in the temple, every one according to his office.(:note) work of the service of the house of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:14 @ And of the Leuites, Shemaiah the sonne of Hasshub, the sonne of Azrikam, the sonne of Hashabiah of the sonnes of Merari,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:15 @ And Bakbakkar, Heresh & Galal, & Mattaniah the sonne of Micha, the sonne of Zichri, the sonne of Asaph,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:16 @ And Obadiah the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Ieduthun, and Berechiah, the sonne of Asa, the sonne of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:17 @ And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, & their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:18 @ Who hitherto [waited] in the (note:)So called because the king came into the temple by it, and not the common people.(:note) king's gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:19 @ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the (note:)Their charge was that no one should enter those places, which were only appointed for the priests to minister in.(:note) tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:20 @ And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:22 @ All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundreth & twelue, which were nombred according to their genealogies by their townes. Dauid established these and Samuel the Seer in their perpetuall office.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:24 @ The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:25 @ And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after (note:)They served weekly, as in (Exo_29:30).(:note) seven days from time to time with them.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:26 @ For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:27 @ And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:28 @ And certaine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels: for they brought them in by tale, and brought them out by tale.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:29 @ [Some] of them also [were] appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine (note:)Of which the meat offering was made, (Lev_2:8).(:note) flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:30 @ And certaine of the sonnes of the Priestes made oyntments of sweete odours.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:31 @ And Mattithiah one of the Leuites which was the eldest sonne of Shallum the Korhite, had the charge of the things that were made in the frying panne.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:32 @ And other of their brethren the sonnes of Kohath had the ouersight of the shewbread to prepare it euery Sabbath.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:33 @ And these [are] the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, [who remaining] in the chambers (note:)But were continually occupied in singing praises to God.(:note) [were] free: for they were employed in [that] work day and night.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:34 @ These were the chiefe fathers of the Leuites according to their generations, and the principall which dwelt at Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:35 @ And in Gibeon dwelt ye father of Gibeon, Ieiel, & the name of his wife was Maachah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:36 @ And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:37 @ And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:38 @ And Mikloth begate Shimeam: they also dwelt with their brethren at Ierusalem, euen by their brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:39 @ And Ner begate Kish, and Kish begate Saul, and Saul begate Ionathan and Malchishua, and Abinadab and Eshbaal.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:40 @ And the sonne of Ionathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begate Micah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:41 @ And the sonnes of Micah were Pithon, and Melech and Tahrea.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:42 @ And Ahaz begat (note:)Who was also called Jehoiada, (1Ch_8:36).(:note) Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

geneva@1Chronicles:9:43 @ And Moza begate Binea, whose sonne was Rephaiah, & his sonne was Eleasah, and his sonne Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:44 @ And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ismael, & Sheariah, and Obadiah, & Hanan: these are the sonnes of Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:1 @ Then the Philistims fought against Israel: & the men of Israel fled before the Philistims, and fell downe slaine in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:2 @ And the Philistims pursued after Saul and after his sonnes, & the Philistims smote Ionathan, and Abinadab, & Malchishua the sonnes of Saul.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:3 @ And the battel was sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:4 @ Then sayde Saul to his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust me thorowe therewith, lest these vncircumcised come and mocke at me: but his armour bearer would not, for he was sore afraid: therefore Saul tooke the sword and fell vpon it.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:5 @ And when his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon the sworde, and dyed.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:6 @ So Saul dyed and his three sonnes, and all his house, they dyed together.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:7 @ And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley, sawe how they fledde, and that Saul and his sonnes were dead, they forsooke their cities, and fled away, and the Philistims came, and dwelt in them.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:8 @ And on the morrowe when the Philistims came to spoyle them that were slaine, they found Saul and his sonnes lying in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:9 @ And when they had stript him, they tooke his head and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistims round about, to publish it vnto their idoles, and to the people.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:10 @ And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of (note:)Which was the idol of the Philistines, and from the belly downward had the form of a fish, and upward of a man.(:note) Dagon.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:12 @ Then they arose (all the valiant men) and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, and brought them to Iabesh, and buryed the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabesh, and fasted seuen dayes.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:13 @ So Saul dyed for his transgression, that he committed against the Lord, euen against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and in that he sought & asked counsel of a familiar spirit,

geneva@1Chronicles:10:14 @ And asked not of the Lorde: therefore he slewe him, and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Ishai.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:1 @ Then all Israel (note:)This was after the death of Ishbosheth Saul's son, when David had reigned over Judah seven years and six months in Hebron, (2Sa_5:5).(:note) gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:2 @ And in time past, euen when Saul was King, thou leddest Israel out & in: and the Lord thy God sayde vnto thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be captaine ouer my people Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:3 @ So came all the Elders of Israel to the King to Hebron, & Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:4 @ And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem, which is Iebus, where were the Iebusites, the inhabitants of the land.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:5 @ And the inhabitants of Iebus said to Dauid, Thou shalt not come in hither. Neuertheles Dauid tooke the towre of Zion, which is the city of Dauid.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:6 @ And Dauid sayd, Whosoeuer smiteth the Iebusites first, shalbe the chiefe and captaine. So Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah went first vp, and was captaine.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:7 @ And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:8 @ And he built the citie on euery side, from Millo euen round about, and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:9 @ And Dauid prospered, and grewe: for the Lord of hostes was with him.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:11 @ And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the (note:)Meaning, the most excellent and best esteemed for his valiantry: some read, the chief of the princes.(:note) chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:12 @ And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, which was one of the three valiant men.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:13 @ He was with Dauid at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistims were gathered together to battel: and there was a parcell of ground full of barley, & the people fled before the Philistims.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:14 @ And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, (note:)This act refers to Shammah, (2Sa_23:11), who it seems was the chiefest of these.(:note) and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:15 @ Now three of the (note:)That is, Eleazar and his two companions.(:note) thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:16 @ And when Dauid was in the hold, the Philistims garison was at Beth-lehem.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:17 @ And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:18 @ Then these three brake thorowe the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the wel of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke it and brought it to Dauid: but Dauid would not drinke of it, but powred it for an oblation to the Lord,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:19 @ And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the (note:)That is, this water, for which they risked their lives.(:note) blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:20 @ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three, & he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, and slew them, and had the name among the three.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:21 @ Among the three he was more honourable then the two, and he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the first three.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:22 @ Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a valiant man) which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, he slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also and slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in time of snowe.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:23 @ And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:25 @ Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the (note:)Meaning, those three who brought the water to David.(:note) [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:42 @ Adina the sonne of Shiza the Reubenite, a captaine of the Reubenites, and thirtie with him,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:43 @ Hanan the sonne of Maachah, and Ioshaphat the Mithnite,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:44 @ Vzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Ieiel the sonnes of Otham the Aroerite,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:45 @ Iediael the sonne of Shimri, and Ioha his brother the Tizite,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:46 @ Eliel the Mahauite, and Ieribai and Ioshauiah the sonnes of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:47 @ Eliel and Obed, and Iaasiel the Mesobaite.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:1 @ Now these [are] they that came to David to (note:)To take his part against Saul: who persecuted him.(:note) Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:2 @ [They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul's (note:)That is, of the tribe of Benjamin, of which Saul was, and in which were excellent throwers with slings, (Jdg_20:16).(:note) brethren of Benjamin.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:3 @ The chiefe were Ahiezer, and Ioash the sonnes of Shemaah a Gibeathite, and Ieziel, and Pelet the sonnes of Asinaueth, Berachah and Iehu the Antothite,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:4 @ And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a valiant man among thirtie, and aboue the thirtie, and Ieremiah, and Iehaziel, and Iohanan, and Ioshabad the Gederathite,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:5 @ Eluzai, and Ierimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:6 @ Elkanah, and Ishiah, and Azariel, and Ioezer, Iashobeam of Hakorehim,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:7 @ And Ioelah, and Zebadiah, the sonnes of Ieroham of Gedor,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:8 @ And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of (note:)Meaning, fierce and terrible.(:note) lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

geneva@1Chronicles:12:14 @ These were the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least could resist an hundreth, and the greatest a thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:15 @ These [are] they that went over Jordan in the (note:)Which the Hebrews called Nisan, or Abib, containing half March and half April, when Jordan was wont to overflow its banks, read (Jos_3:15).(:note) first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:16 @ And there came of the children of Beniamin, and Iudah to the hold vnto Dauid,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:17 @ And Dauid went out to meete them, and answered and sayde vnto them, If yee be come peaceably vnto me to helpe me, mine heart shall be knit vnto you, but if you come to betray me to mine aduersaries, seeing there is no wickednes in mine handes, the God of our fathers beholde it, and rebuke it.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:18 @ Then the (note:)The spirit of boldness and courage moved him to speak thus.(:note) spirit came upon Amasai, [who was] chief of the captains, [and he said], Thine [are we], David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace [be] unto thee, and peace [be] to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:19 @ And there fell [some] of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they (note:)They came only to help David, and not to help the Philistines, who were enemies of their country.(:note) helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to [the jeopardy of] our heads.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:20 @ As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Iozabad, and Iediael, and Michael, and Iozabad, and Elihu, and Ziltai, heads of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:21 @ And they helped David against the (note:)That is, of the Amalekites who had burned the city of Ziklag, (1Sa_30:1, 1Sa_30:9).(:note) band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:23 @ And these are the nombers of the captaines that were armed to battell, and came to Dauid to Hebron to turne the kingdome of Saul to him, according to the worde of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:24 @ The children of Iudah that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand and eight hundreth armed to the warre.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:25 @ Of the children of Simeon valiant men of warre, seuen thousand and an hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:26 @ Of the children of Leui foure thousande and sixe hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:27 @ And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the (note:)Of the Levites who came by the descent of Aaron.(:note) Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;

geneva@1Chronicles:12:28 @ And Zadok a yong man very valiant, and of his fathers housholde came two and twentie captaines.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:29 @ And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had (note:)That is, the greatest number took Saul's side.(:note) kept the ward of the house of Saul.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:30 @ And of the children of Ephraim twentie thousande, and eight hundreth valiant men and famous men in the housholde of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:31 @ And of the halfe tribe of Manasseh eighteene thousand, which were appointed by name to come and make Dauid King.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:32 @ And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the (note:)Men of good experience, who knew at all times what was to be done.(:note) times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:33 @ Of Zebulun that went out to battel, expert in warre, and in all instruments of warre, fiftie thousande which could set the battell in aray: they were not of a double heart.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:34 @ And of Naphtali a thousand captaines, and with them with shielde and speare seuen and thirtie thousande.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:35 @ And of Dan expert in battell, eyght and twentie thousande, and sixe hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:36 @ And of Asher that went out to the battell and were trained in the warres, fourtie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:37 @ And of the other side of Iorden of the Reubenites, and of the Gadites, and of the halfe tribe of Manasseh with all instruments of warre to fight with, an hundreth and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:39 @ And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their (note:)The rest of the Israelites.(:note) brethren had prepared for them.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:40 @ Moreouer they that were neere them vntill Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali brought bread vpon asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, euen meate, floure, figges, and reisins, and wine and oyle, and beeues and sheepe abundantly: for there was ioy in Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:1 @ And Dauid counselled with the captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and with all the gouernours.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:2 @ And Dauid said to all the Congregation of Israel, If it seeme good to you, and that it proceedeth of the Lorde our God, we will sende to and fro vnto our brethren, that are left in all the lande of Israel (for with them are the Priests and the Leuites in the cities and their suburbes) that they may assemble them selues vnto vs.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:3 @ And let us bring again the (note:)His first concern was to restore religion, which had in Saul's day been corrupted and neglected.(:note) ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:4 @ And all the Congregation answered, Let vs doe so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:6 @ And Dauid went vp and all Israel to Baalath, in Kiriath-iearim, that was in Iudah, to bring vp from thence the Arke of God the Lorde that dwelleth betweene the Cherubims, where his Name is called on.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:7 @ And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio (note:)The sons of Abinadab.(:note) drave the cart.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:8 @ And David and all Israel played before (note:)That is, before the Ark, where God showed himself: so that the sign is taken for the thing signified, which is common to all sacraments both in the old and new testaments.(:note) God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:9 @ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of (note:)Called also Nachon, (2Sa_6:6).(:note) Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:10 @ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died (note:)Before the Ark for usurping that which did not belong to his calling: for this charge was given to the priests, (Num_4:15), so that here all good intentions are condemned, unless they are commanded by the word of God.(:note) before God.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:11 @ And Dauid was angrie, because the Lorde had made a breach in Vzza, and he called the name of that place Perez-vzza vnto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:12 @ And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?

geneva@1Chronicles:13:13 @ So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of (note:)Who was a Levite, and called Gittite, because he dwelt at Gath.(:note) Obededom the Gittite.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:14 @ So the Arke of God remained in the house of Obed Edom, euen in his house three moneths: and the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom, and all that he had.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:1 @ Then sent Hiram the King of Tyrus messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, with masons and carpenters to builde him an house.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:2 @ And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his (note:)Because of God's promise made to the people of Israel.(:note) people Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:3 @ Also Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem, and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:4 @ And these are the names of the children which he had at Ierusalem, Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Salomon,

geneva@1Chronicles:14:5 @ And Ibhar, and Elishua, and (note:)Elpalet and Nogah are not mentioned in (2Sa_5:14), so there are only eleven and here thirteen.(:note) Elpalet,

geneva@1Chronicles:14:6 @ And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Iaphia,

geneva@1Chronicles:14:7 @ And Elishama, and Beeliada, & Eliphalet.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:9 @ And the Philistims came, and spred them selues in the valley of Rephaim.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:10 @ Then Dauid asked counsel at God, saying, Shall I goe vp against the Philistims, and wilt thou deliuer them into mine hande? And the Lorde saide vnto him, Goe vp: for I will deliuer them into thine hande.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:11 @ So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place (note:)That is, the valley of divisions, because the enemies were dispersed there like waters.(:note) Baalperazim.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:12 @ And there they had left their gods: and Dauid said, Let them euen be burnt with fire.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:13 @ Againe the Philistims came and spread them selues in the valley.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:14 @ And when Dauid asked againe counsell at God, God said to him, Thou shalt not goe vp after them, but turne away from them, that thou mayest come vpon them ouer against the mulberie trees.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:15 @ And when thou hearest the noyse of one going in the toppes of the mulberie trees, then goe out to battel: for God is gone foorth before thee, to smite the hoste of the Philistims.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:16 @ So Dauid did as God had commaunded him: and they smote the hoste of the Philistims from Gibeon euen to Gezer.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:17 @ And the fame of Dauid went out into all landes, and the Lorde brought the feare of him vpon all nations.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:1 @ And [David] made him houses in the (note:)That was in Zion (2Sa_5:7,9).(:note) city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:2 @ Then Dauid saide, None ought to carie the Arke of God, but the Leuites: for the Lorde hath chosen them to beare the Arke of the Lord, and to minister vnto him for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:3 @ And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the (note:)From the house of Obed Edom, (2Sa_6:10, 2Sa_6:12).(:note) ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:4 @ And Dauid assembled the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:5 @ Of the sonnes of Kohath, Vriel the chiefe, and his brethren sixe score.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:6 @ Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:7 @ Of the sonnes of Gershom, Ioel the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and thirtie.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:8 @ Of the sons of (note:)Who was the son of Uzziel, the fourth son of Kohath, (Exo_6:18, Exo_6:22; Num_3:30).(:note) Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

geneva@1Chronicles:15:9 @ Of the sons of (note:)The third son of Kohath, (Exo_6:18).(:note) Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

geneva@1Chronicles:15:10 @ Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Amminadab the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:11 @ And Dauid called Zadok and Abiathar the Priestes, and of the Leuites, Vriel, Asaiah and Ioel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab:

geneva@1Chronicles:15:12 @ And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: (note:)Prepare yourselves and be pure, abstain from all things by which you might be polluted, and so not able to come to the tabernacle.(:note) sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:14 @ So the Priestes and the Leuites sanctified them selues to bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:15 @ And the sonnes of the Leuites bare the Arke of God vpon their shoulders with the barres, as Moses had commanded, according to the worde of the Lorde.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:16 @ And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with (note:)These instruments and other ceremonies which they observed, were instructions of their infancy, which continued to the coming of Christ.(:note) instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:17 @ So the Leuites appointed Heman the sonne of Ioel, and of his brethren Asaph the sonne of Berechiah, and of the sonnes of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:15:18 @ And with them their brethren of the (note:)Which were inferior in dignity.(:note) second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:19 @ So Heman, Asaph and Ethan were fingers to make a sounde with cymbales of brasse,

geneva@1Chronicles:15:20 @ And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on (note:)This was an instrument of music or a certain tune, to which they sang psalms.(:note) Alamoth;

geneva@1Chronicles:15:21 @ And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the (note:)Which was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had charge.(:note) Sheminith to excel.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:22 @ And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, (note:)That is, to appoint Psalms and songs to them that sang.(:note) [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:23 @ And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the Arke.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:24 @ And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers (note:)With Berechiah and Elkanah, (1Ch_15:23).(:note) for the ark.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:25 @ So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaines of thousandes went to bring vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lord from the house of Obed Edom with ioye.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:26 @ And it came to pass, when God (note:)That is, gave them strength to execute their office.(:note) helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered Besides the bullock and the fat beast which David offered at every sixth pace, (2Sa_6:13). seven bullocks and seven rams.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:27 @ And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an (note:)Read (2Sa_6:14).(:note) ephod of linen.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:28 @ Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the Lordes couenant with shouting and sounde of cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbales, making a sound with violes and with harpes.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:29 @ And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the (note:)It was so called because it reminded the Israelites of the Lord's covenant made with them.(:note) covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:1 @ So they brought in the Arke of God, and set it in the middes of the Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it, and they offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before God.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:2 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he (note:)He called upon the Name of God, desiring him to prosper the people, and give good success to their beginnings.(:note) blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:3 @ And he dealt to euery one of Israel both man and woman, to euery one a cake of breade, and a piece of flesh, and a bottel of wine.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:4 @ And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to (note:)That is, God's benefits to his people.(:note) record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:5 @ Asaph the chiefe, and next to him Zechariah, Ieiel, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiel, & Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom, euen Ieiel with instruments, violes and harpes, and Asaph to make a sound with cymbales,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:6 @ And Benaiah and Iahaziel Priestes, with trumpets continually before the Arke of the couenant of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:7 @ Then on that day David (note:)David gave them this Psalm to praise the Lord, signifying that in all our enterprises the Name of God should be praised and called upon.(:note) delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:11 @ Seeke the Lord and his strength: seeke his face continually.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:12 @ Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the (note:)In overcoming Pharaoh, which judgments were declared by God's mouth to Moses.(:note) judgments of his mouth;

geneva@1Chronicles:16:15 @ Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commaunded to a thousand generations:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:16 @ Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:17 @ And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:18 @ Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:19 @ When ye were but (note:)Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.(:note) few, even a few, and strangers in it.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:20 @ And walked about from nation to nation, and from one kingdome to another people,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:21 @ He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved (note:)As Pharaoh and Abimelech.(:note) kings for their sakes,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:22 @ [Saying], Touch not mine (note:)My elect and those whom I have sanctified.(:note) anointed, and do my To whom God declared his word and they declared it to their posterity. prophets no harm.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:24 @ Declare his glory among the nations, and his wonderful workes among all people.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:25 @ For the Lorde is great & much to be praised, and hee is to bee feared aboue all gods.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:27 @ Prayse and glory are before him: power & beautie are in his place.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:28 @ Giue vnto the Lord, ye families of the people: giue vnto the Lord glory and power.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:29 @ Giue vnto the Lorde ye glory of his Name: bring an offring and come before him, and worship the Lorde in the glorious Sanctuarie.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:31 @ Let the (note:)He exhorts the dumb creatures to rejoice with him in considering the greatness of the grace of God.(:note) heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:32 @ Let the sea roare, and all that therein is: Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:35 @ And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] (note:)He esteems this to be the chiefest happiness of man.(:note) glory in thy praise.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:36 @ Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, (note:)He wills all the people both in heart and mouth to consent to those praises.(:note) Amen, and praised the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:37 @ Then he left there before the Arke of the Lordes couenant Asaph and his brethren to minister continually before the Arke, that which was to be done euery day:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:38 @ And Obed Edom and his brethren, three score and eight: and Obed Edom the sonne of Ieduthun, and Hosah were porters.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:39 @ And Zadok the Priest and his brethren the Priestes were before the Tabernacle of ye Lorde, in the hie place that was at Gibeon,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:40 @ To offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, vpon the burnt offring altar continually, in the morning and in the euening, euen according vnto all that is written in the law of the Lord, which hee commaunded Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:41 @ And with (note:)With Zadok and the rest of the priests.(:note) them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever;

geneva@1Chronicles:16:42 @ Euen with them were Heman & Ioduthun, to make a sound with the cornets and with the cymbales, with excellent instruments of musicke: and the sonnes of Ieduthun were at the gate.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:43 @ And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to (note:)Declaring that after our duty to God we are chiefly bound to our own house, for which as for all other things we should pray to God, and instruct our families to praise his Name.(:note) bless his house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:1 @ Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of (note:)Well built and fair.(:note) cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under That is, in tents covered with skin. curtains.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:3 @ And it came to pass the same (note:)After Nathan had spoken to David.(:note) night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:4 @ Goe, and tell Dauid my seruant, Thus saith the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from (note:)That is, in a tent which moved to and fro.(:note) tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

geneva@1Chronicles:17:6 @ Wheresoever I have (note:)Meaning, wherever his ark went, which was a sign of his presence.(:note) walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:8 @ And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:9 @ Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will (note:)Make them sure that they will not move.(:note) plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:10 @ And since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will (note:)Will give you great posterity.(:note) build thee an house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:11 @ And when thy dayes shalbe fulfilled to go with thy fathers, then will I rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and will stablish his kingdome.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:12 @ He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for (note:)That is, to the coming of Christ: for then these figures would cease.(:note) ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:13 @ I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before (note:)Which was Saul.(:note) thee:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:14 @ But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:15 @ According to all these wordes, and according to al this vision. So Nathan spake to Dauid.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:16 @ And David the king (note:)He went into the tent where the Ark was, showing what we should do when we receive any benefits from the Lord.(:note) came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me Meaning to this kingly estate. hitherto?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:17 @ And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of (note:)You have promised a kingdom that will continue to me and my posterity and that Christ will proceed from me.(:note) high degree, O LORD God.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:19 @ O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own (note:)Freely and according to the purpose of your will, without any deserving.(:note) heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:21 @ Moreouer what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whose God went to redeeme them to be his people, and to make thy selfe a Name, and to doe great and terrible things by casting out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:22 @ For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become their God.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:23 @ Therefore nowe Lorde, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant & concerning his house, be confirmed for euer, and doe as thou hast sayd,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:24 @ Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of (note:)That is, he shows himself indeed to be their God, by delivering them from dangers, and preserving them.(:note) Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:27 @ Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee for euer: for thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:1 @ Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took (note:)Which (2Sa_8:1) calls the bridle of bondage, because it was a strong town and kept the country around it in subjection.(:note) Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:2 @ And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:3 @ And Dauid smote Hadarezer King of Zobah vnto Hamath, as he went to stablish his border by the riuer Perath.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:4 @ And Dauid tooke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousand horsemen, and twentie thousand footemen, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserued of them an hundreth charets.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:5 @ Then came the Aramites of Damascus to succour Hadarezer King of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:6 @ Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD (note:)That is in all things that he attempted.(:note) preserved David whithersoever he went.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:7 @ And Dauid tooke the shieldes of gold that were of the seruants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:8 @ Likewise from (note:)Which in (2Sa_8:8) is called Betah and Berothai.(:note) Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:10 @ He sent (note:)Called also Joram (2Sa_8:10).(:note) Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and [with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:11 @ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these] nations; from (note:)Because the Edomites and the Syrians joined their power together, it is said, (2Sa_8:12) that the Amramites were spoiled.(:note) Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:12 @ Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt (note:)Which is understood that Joab slew 12,000 as is in (Psa_60:1) and Abishai the rest.(:note) eighteen thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:13 @ And he put a garison in Edom, and all the Edomites became Dauids seruantes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:14 @ So Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice to all his people.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:15 @ And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud recorder,

geneva@1Chronicles:18:16 @ And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priests, & Shausha the Scribe,

geneva@1Chronicles:18:17 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the (note:)Read (2Sa_8:18).(:note) Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:1 @ After this also Nahash the King of the children of Ammon dyed, and his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:2 @ And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his (note:)Because Nahash received David and his company, when Saul persecuted him he would now show pleasure to his son for the same.(:note) father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:3 @ But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to (note:)Thus the malicious always interpret the purpose of the godly in the worst sense.(:note) spy out the land?

geneva@1Chronicles:19:4 @ Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and (note:)They shaved off half of their beards, (2Sa_10:4).(:note) shaved them, and cut off their To put them to shame and villany, while the ambassadors should have been honoured: and because the Jews used to wear side garments and beards, they thus disfigured them, to make them odious to others. garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:5 @ And there went certaine and tolde Dauid concerning the men: and he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King saide, Tarie at Iericho, vntill your beardes be growen: then returne.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:6 @ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of (note:)Which were five in all.(:note) Zobah.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:7 @ So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before (note:)Which was a city of the tribe of Reuben beyond Jordan.(:note) Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:8 @ And when Dauid heard, he sent Ioab and all the hoste of the valiant men.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:9 @ And the children of Ammon came out, and set their battell in aray at the gate of the citie; the Kings that were come, were by them selues in the fielde.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:10 @ When Ioab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde, then he chose out of all the choyse of Israel, and set him selfe in aray to meete the Aramites.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:11 @ And the rest of the people he deliuered vnto the hande of Abishai his brother, and they put them selues in aray against the children of Ammon.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:12 @ And he saide, If Aram be too strong for me, then thou shalt succour me: and if the children of Ammon preuaile against thee, then I wil succour thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:13 @ Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our (note:)He declares that where the cause is evil, the courage cannot be valiant, and that in good causes men should be courageous, and commit the success to God.(:note) people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:14 @ So Ioab and the people that was with him, came neere before the Aramites vnto the battel, and they fled before him.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:15 @ And when the children of Ammon sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai his brother, and entred into the citie: so Ioab came to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:16 @ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the (note:)That is, Euphrates.(:note) river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:17 @ And when it was shewed Dauid, he gathered all Israel, and went ouer Iorden, and came vnto them, & put him selfe in aray against them: And when Dauid had put him selfe in battel aray to meete the Aramites, they fought with him.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:18 @ But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians (note:)For this place, read (2Sa_10:18).(:note) seven thousand [men which fought in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:19 @ And when the seruants of Hadarezer sawe that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Dauid, and serued him; the Aramites would no more succour the children of Ammon.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:1 @ And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged (note:)Which was the chief city of the Ammonites.(:note) Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:2 @ And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a (note:)Which mounts about the value of seven thousand and seventy crowns, which is about 60 pound weight.(:note) talent of gold, and [there were] precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:3 @ And he caryed away the people that were in it, and cut them with sawes, and with harowes of yron, and with axes: euen thus did Dauid with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid and all the people came againe to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:4 @ And after this also there arose warre at Gezer with the Philistims: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slewe Sippai, of the children of Haraphah, and they were subdued.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:5 @ And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew (note:)Read (2Sa_21:19).(:note) Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like a weaver's beam.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:6 @ And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, whose fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, (note:)Meaning that he had six apiece on hands and feet.(:note) six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]: and he also was the son of the giant.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:7 @ And when he reuiled Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother did slay him.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:8 @ These were borne vnto Haraphah at Gath, and fell by the hand of Dauid: and by the hands of his seruants.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:1 @ And (note:)He tempted David, in setting before his eyes his excellency and glory, his power and victories, see (2Sa_24:1).(:note) Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:2 @ And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from (note:)That is, from south to north.(:note) Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].

geneva@1Chronicles:21:3 @ And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of (note:)It was a thing indifferent and usual to number the people, but because he did it for ambitious reasons, as though his strength stood in his people, God punished him.(:note) trespass to Israel?

geneva@1Chronicles:21:4 @ Neuerthelesse the Kings word preuailed against Ioab; Ioab departed and went thorowe all Israel, and returned to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:5 @ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were (note:)Joab partly for grief and partly through negligence gathered not the whole sum as it is here declared.(:note) a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] In Samuel 30,000 more are mentioned, which was either by joining to them some of the Benjamites who were mixed with Judah, or as the Hebrews write, here the chief and princes are left out. four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:6 @ But the Leuites and Beniamin counted he not among them: for the Kings worde was abominable to Ioab.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:7 @ And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:9 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, saying,

geneva@1Chronicles:21:10 @ Goe and tell Dauid, saying, Thus saith the Lorde, I offer thee three thinges: choose thee one of them, that I may doe it vnto thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:11 @ So Gad came to Dauid, and sayde vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Take to thee

geneva@1Chronicles:21:12 @ Either three yeeres famine, or three moneths to be destroyed before thine aduersaries, and the sworde of thine enemies to take thee, or els the sworde of the Lorde and pestilence in the lande three dayes, that the Angel of the Lorde may destroy throughout all the coastes of Israel: nowe therefore aduise thee, what word I shal bring againe to him that sent me.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:13 @ And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait. Let me nowe fall into the hande of the Lorde: for his mercies are exceeding great, and let me not fall into the hande of man.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:14 @ So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel, and there fell of Israel seuentie thousande men.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:15 @ And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and (note:)Read (2Sa_24:16).(:note) as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he When God draws back his plagues, he seems to repent, read (Gen_6:6). repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:16 @ And Dauid lift vp his eyes, and sawe the Angel of the Lorde stande betweene the earth and the heauen with his sworde drawen in his hand, and stretched out towarde Ierusalem. Then Dauid and the Elders of Israel, which were clothed in sacke, fell vpon their faces.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:17 @ And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on (note:)Thus he both shows a true repentance and a fatherly care toward his people, who desire God to spare them, and to punish him and his.(:note) thy people, that they should be plagued.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:18 @ Then the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that Dauid should goe vp, and set vp an altar vnto the Lord in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:20 @ And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him (note:)If man hides himself at the sight of an angel who is a creature, how much more as a sinner able to appear before the face of God?(:note) hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:21 @ And as Dauid came to Ornan, Ornan looked and sawe Dauid, and went out of the thresshing floore, and bowed himselfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:22 @ Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an (note:)This he did by the command of God, (1Ch_21:18), or else it would have been abominable, unless he had either God's word, or revelation.(:note) altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:23 @ Then Ornan saide vnto Dauid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the King do that which seemeth him good: loe, I giue thee bullockes for burnt offrings, and thresshing instruments for wood, and wheat for meate offring, I giue it all.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:24 @ And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full (note:)That is, as much as it is worth: for having enough of his own, and yet to have taken of another man's goods to offer to the Lord would had been theft and not acceptable to God.(:note) price: for I will not take [that] which [is] thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:26 @ And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he (note:)God declared that he heard his request, in that he sent down fire from heaven for they could use no fire in sacrifice but that which was reserved still upon the altar, (Lev_6:13) and came down from heaven, (Lev_9:24) as appeared by the punishment of Nadab and Abihu, (Lev_10:1).(:note) answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:27 @ And when the Lorde had spoken to the Angel, he put vp his sworde againe into his sheath.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:29 @ (But the Tabernacle of the Lorde which Moses had made in the wildernesse, and the altar of burnt offring were at that season in the hie place at Gibeon.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:30 @ And Dauid could not go before it to aske counsel at God: for he was afraide of the sworde of the Angel of the Lorde.)

geneva@1Chronicles:22:1 @ Then David said, This [is] the (note:)That is, the place in which he will be worshipped.(:note) house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:2 @ And David commanded to gather together the (note:)Meaning, cunning men of other nations who dwelt among the Jews.(:note) strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:3 @ And David prepared iron (note:)That is, which weighed fifty shekels of gold, (2Ch_3:9).(:note) in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

geneva@1Chronicles:22:4 @ And cedar trees without nomber: for the Zidonians and they of Tyrus brought much cedar wood to Dauid.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:5 @ And Dauid saide, Salomon my sonne is yong and tender, and we must builde an house for the Lorde, magnificall, excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreyes. I will therefore nowe prepare for him. So Dauid prepared very much before his death.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:6 @ Then he called Salomon his sonne, and charged him to builde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:7 @ And Dauid said to Salomon, My sonne, I purposed with my selfe to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde my God,

geneva@1Chronicles:22:8 @ But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (note:)This declares how greatly God detests the shedding of blood, seeing David for this cause is prevented from building the temple of the Lord, though he enterprised no war, but by God's command and against his enemies.(:note) Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:9 @ Beholde, a sonne is borne to thee, which shalbe a man of rest, for I will giue him rest from all his enemies rounde about: therefore his name is Salomon: and I will sende peace and quietnes vpon Israel in his dayes.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:10 @ Hee shall builde an house for my Name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will be his father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:11 @ Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and (note:)He shows that there can be no prosperity, but when the Lord is with us.(:note) prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:12 @ Only the LORD give thee (note:)These are only the means by which kings govern their subjects correctly, and by which the realms prosper and flourish.(:note) wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:13 @ Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take heede to obserue the statutes and the iudgements which the Lorde commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and of good courage: feare not, neither bee afraide.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:14 @ Now, behold, in my (note:)For David was poor in respect to Solomon.(:note) trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:15 @ Moreouer thou hast workmen with thee enough, hewers of stone, and workemen for timber, and all men expert in euery worke.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:16 @ Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. (note:)That is, go about it quickly.(:note) Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:17 @ Dauid also commanded all the princes of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne, saying,

geneva@1Chronicles:22:18 @ [Is] not the LORD your God with you? and hath he [not] given you rest on every side? for he hath given the (note:)The nations round about.(:note) inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:19 @ Now set (note:)For else he knew that God would plague them, and not prosper their labour, unless they sought with all their hearts to set forth his glory.(:note) your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:1 @ So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:2 @ And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:3 @ And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight & thirtie thousand men.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:4 @ Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, & sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:5 @ And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lorde with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:6 @ So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:8 @ The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:9 @ The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:10 @ Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:11 @ And Iahath was the chiefe, and Zizah the seconde, but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therfore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should (note:)That is, to serve in the most holy place, and to consecrate the holy things.(:note) sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:14 @ Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the (note:)They were but of the order of the Levites and not of the priests as Aaron's sons.(:note) tribe of Levi.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:15 @ The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:17 @ And the sons of Eliezer [were], Rehabiah the (note:)The scripture calls him chief or first born even though he is alone and there is no one born after him, (Mat_1:25).(:note) chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:19 @ The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:20 @ The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first, and Isshiah the second.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:21 @ The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:22 @ And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their (note:)Meaning their cousins.(:note) brethren the sons of Kish took them.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:23 @ The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, & Eder, and Ierimoth, three.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:24 @ These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of (note:)David chose the Levites twice, first at the age of thirty as in (1Ch_23:3) and again afterward at twenty as the office required: at the beginning they had no charge in the temple before they were twenty-five years old, and had none after fifty, (Num_4:3).(:note) twenty years and upward.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:26 @ And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:27 @ Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:28 @ Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the (note:)In washing and cleansing all the holy vessels.(:note) purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

geneva@1Chronicles:23:29 @ Both for the shewbread, and for the fine floure, for the meate offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:30 @ And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks & praise to the Lorde, & likewise at euen,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:31 @ And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lorde, in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lorde,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:32 @ And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, & the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:1 @ These are also the diuisions of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:2 @ But Nadab and Abihu died (note:)While their father yet lived.(:note) before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:3 @ And Dauid distributed them, euen Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sonnes of Ithamar according to their offices in their ministration.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:4 @ And there were found mo of the sonnes of Eleazar by the number of men, then of the sonnes of Ithamar; they deuided them, to wit, among the sonnes of Eleazar, sixteene heads, according to the houshould of their fathers, and among ye sonnes of Ithamar, according to the housholde of their fathers, eight.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:5 @ Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other, and so the rulers of the Sanctuarie and the rulers of the house of God were of the sonnes of Eleazar and of the sonnes of Ithamar.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:6 @ And Shemaiah the sonne of Nethaneel the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before ye King and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, and before ye chiefe fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazar, and another reserued for Ithamar.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:17 @ The one and twentie to Iachin, the two & twentie to Gamul,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:18 @ The three and twentie to Deliah, the foure and twentie to Maaziah.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:19 @ These [were] the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under (note:)By the dignity that God gave to Aaron.(:note) Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:20 @ And of the sonnes of Leui that remained of the sonnes of Amram, was Shubael, of the sonnes of Shubael, Iedeiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:23 @ And his sonnes Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iekameam the fourth,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:26 @ The sonnes of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi, the sonne of Iaaziiah was Beno,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:27 @ The sonnes of Merari of Iahaziah were Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur and Ibri.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:30 @ The sons also of (note:)Who was the second son of Merari.(:note) Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:31 @ These likewise cast (note:)That is, every one had that honour which fell to him by lot.(:note) lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:1 @ Moreover David and the captains of the host (note:)The singers were divided into 24 courses, so that every course or order contained twelve, and in all there were 288, as in (1Ch_25:7).(:note) separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

geneva@1Chronicles:25:2 @ Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the hand of Asaph, which sang prophesies by the commission of the King.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:3 @ Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, (note:)Of which one is not here numbered.(:note) six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who Meaning, psalms and songs to praise God. prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:4 @ Of Heman, the sonnes of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Vzziel, Shebuel, and Ierimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Ioshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:5 @ All these were the sonnes of Heman, the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the horne: and God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:6 @ All these were vnder the hande of their father, singing in the house of the Lorde with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asaph, and Ieduthun, and Heman were at the Kings commandement.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:8 @ And they cast lots, (note:)Who should be in every company and course.(:note) ward against [ward], as well the Without respect to age or cunning. small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:9 @ Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to (note:)So that he served in the first turn and the rest every one as his turn followed in order.(:note) Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:

geneva@1Chronicles:25:10 @ The third, to Zaccur, he, his sonnes and his brethren were twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:11 @ The fourth, to Izri, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:12 @ The fift, to Nethaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:13 @ The sixt, to Bukkiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:14 @ The seuenth, to Iesharelah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:16 @ The ninth, to Mattaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:17 @ The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:19 @ The twelft, to Ashabiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:20 @ The thirteenth, to Shubael, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:21 @ The fourtenth, to Mattithiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:23 @ The sixteenth, to Hananiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:24 @ The seuenteenth, to Ioshbekashah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:25 @ The eighteenth, to Hanani, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:26 @ The ninteenth, to Mallothi, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:27 @ The twentieth, to Eliathah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:28 @ The one and twentieth, to Hothir, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:29 @ The two and twentieth, to Giddalti, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:30 @ The three & twentieth, to Mahazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:31 @ The foure & twentieth, to Romamti-ezer, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:1 @ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of (note:)This Asaph was not the notable musician, but another of that name also called Ebiasaph in (1Ch_6:23, 1Ch_6:37, 1Ch_9:19) and also Jasaph.(:note) Asaph.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:2 @ And the sonnes of Meshelemiah, Zechariah the eldest, Iediael the seconde, Zebadiah the third, Iathniel the fourth,

geneva@1Chronicles:26:4 @ And the sonnes of Obed Edom, Shemaiah the eldest, Iehozabad the second, Ioah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fift,

geneva@1Chronicles:26:6 @ Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that (note:)Or, like their father's house, meaning, worthy men and valiant.(:note) ruled throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:7 @ The sonnes of Shemaiah were Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad and his brethren, strong men: Elihu also, and Semachiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:8 @ All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for (note:)Fit to serve the office of the portership.(:note) strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:9 @ And of Meshelemiah sonnes and brethren, eighteene mightie men.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:10 @ And of Hosah of the sonnes of Merari, the sonnes were Shuri the chiefe, and (though he was not the eldest, yet his father made him the chiefe)

geneva@1Chronicles:26:13 @ And they cast lottes both small and great for the house of their fathers, for euery gate.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:14 @ And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, (note:)One expert and fit to keep that gate.(:note) a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:15 @ To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of (note:)This was a house where they used to resort to consult things concerning the temple, as a convocation house.(:note) Asuppim.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:16 @ To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate (note:)At which they used to cast out the filth of the city.(:note) Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:17 @ Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim (note:)Meaning two one day and two another.(:note) two [and] two.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:18 @ At (note:)Which was a house in which they kept the instruments of the temple.(:note) Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:19 @ These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Kore, and of the sonnes of Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:20 @ And of the Leuites. Ahiiah was ouer the treasures of the house of God, and ouer the treasures of the dedicate things.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:23 @ Of the (note:)These also had charge over the treasures.(:note) Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Uzzielites:

geneva@1Chronicles:26:24 @ And Shebuel the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Moses, a ruler ouer the treasures.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:25 @ And of his brethren which came of Eliezer, was Rehabiah his sonne, & Ieshaiah his sonne, and Ioram his sonne, and Zichri his sonne, and Shelomith his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:26 @ Which Shelomith and his brethren [were] over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had (note:)According as the Lord commanded, (Num_31:28).(:note) dedicated.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:27 @ (For of the battels and of the spoyles they did dedicate to maintaine the house of the Lord)

geneva@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And al that Samuel the Seer had dedicate and Saul the sonne of Kish and Abner the sonne of Ner, & Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, & whosoeuer had dedicate any thing, it was vnder the hand of Shelomith, and his brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:29 @ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business (note:)Meaning of things that were out of the city.(:note) over Israel, for officers and judges.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:30 @ [And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, [were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of (note:)That is, for the king's house.(:note) the king.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:31 @ Among the Hebronites was Iediiah the chiefest, euen the Hebronites by his generations according to the families; in the fourtieth yere of the reigne of Dauid they were sought for: and there were founde among them men of actiuitie at Iazer in Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to (note:)Both in spiritual and temporal things.(:note) God, and affairs of the king.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:1 @ Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, (note:)Who executed their charge and office, which is meant by coming in and going out.(:note) which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:2 @ Ouer the first course for the first moneth was Iashobeam the sonne of Zabdiel: and in his course were foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:4 @ And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the (note:)That is, Dodais lieutenant.(:note) ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:5 @ The captaine of the thirde hoste for the third moneth was Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the chiefe Priest: and in his course were foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:6 @ This Benaiah was mightie among thirtie and aboue the thirtie, and in his course was Amizabad his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:7 @ The fourth for the fourth moneth was Asahel the brother of Ioab, & Zebadiah his sonne after him: and in his course were foure & twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:8 @ The fift for ye fift moneth was prince Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:9 @ The sixt for the sixt moneth was Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:10 @ The seuenth for the seuenth moneth was Helez the Pelonite, of the sonnes of Ephraim: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:11 @ The eight for the eight moneth was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zarhites: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:12 @ The ninth for the ninth moneth was Abiezer the Anethothite of the sonnes of Iemini: & in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:13 @ The tenth for the tenth moneth was Maharai, the Netophathite of the Zarhites: & in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:14 @ The eleueth for the eleuenth moneth was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sonnes of Ephraim: and in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:15 @ The twelft for the twelft moneth was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: & in his course foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:17 @ Ouer the Leuites, Hashabiah the sonne of Remuel: ouer them of Aharon, and Zadok:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:21 @ Of the (note:)Which is beyond Jordan in respect to Judah, also one captain was over the Reubenites and the Gadites.(:note) half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:23 @ But Dauid tooke not the nober of them from twentie yeere olde and vnder, because the Lord had sayde that he would increase Israel like vnto the starres of the heauens.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:24 @ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, (note:)The commandment of the king was abominable to Joab, (1Ch_21:6).(:note) because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the The Hebrews make both these books of Chronicles but one, and at this verse make the middle of the book concerning the number of verses. chronicles of king David.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:25 @ And ouer the Kings treasures was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel: and ouer the treasures in the fieldes, in the cities & in the villages & in the towers was Iehonathan the sonne of Vzziah:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:26 @ And ouer the workemen in the fielde that tilled the ground, was Ezri the sonne of Chelub:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:27 @ And ouer them that dressed the vines, was Shimei the Ramathite: and ouer that which apperteined to the vines, and ouer the store of the wine was Sabdi the Shiphmite:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:28 @ And ouer the oliue trees & mulberie trees that were in the valleys, was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and ouer the store of the oyle was Ioash:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:29 @ And ouer the oxen that fed in Sharon, was Shetrai the Sharonite: and ouer the oxen in the valleyes was Shaphat the sonne of Adlai:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:30 @ And ouer the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and ouer the asses was Iehdeiah the Meronothite:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:31 @ And ouer the sheepe was Iaziz the Hagerite: all these were the rulers of the substance that was King Dauids.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:32 @ Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a (note:)That is, a man learned in the word of God.(:note) scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's To be their schoolmasters and teachers. sons:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:33 @ And Ahitophel was the Kings counseller, and Hushai the Archite the Kings friend.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:34 @ And (note:)After Ahithophel hanged himself, (2Sa_17:23), Jehoiada was made counsellor.(:note) after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:1 @ Nowe Dauid assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captaines of the bandes that serued the King, and the captaines of thousands and the captaines of hundreths, and the rulers of all the substance & possession of the King, and of his sonnes, with the eunuches, and the mightie, and all the men of power, vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:2 @ Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of (note:)Where the ark would stay and no longer move to and fro.(:note) rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

geneva@1Chronicles:28:3 @ But God sayde vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:4 @ Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of (note:)According to the prophecy of Jacob, (Gen_49:8).(:note) Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:28:6 @ And he sayd vnto me, Salomon thy sonne, he shall build mine house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:7 @ Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at (note:)If he continues to keep my law as he does now and doesn't depart from it.(:note) this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:8 @ 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 (note:)That is, of Canaan.(:note) good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for your children after you He declares that nothing can separate them from the conveniences of this land, both for themselves and their posterity except for their sins and iniquity. for ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:9 @ And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lorde searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:10 @ Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build (note:)Meaning, for his ark.(:note) an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and Put it in execution. do [it].

geneva@1Chronicles:28:11 @ Then Dauid gaue to Salomon his sonne the paterne of the porch and of the houses thereof, and of the closets thereof, and of the galleries thereof, and of the chambers thereof that are within, and of the house of the mercieseate,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:12 @ And the paterne of all that he had in his minde for the courtes of the house of the Lorde, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedicate things,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:13 @ And for the courses of the Priestes, and of the Leuites, and for all the woorke for the seruice of the house of the Lorde, and for all the vessels of the ministerie of the house of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:14 @ He gaue of golde by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of all maner of seruice, and all the vessels of siluer by weight, for all maner vessels of all maner of seruice.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:15 @ Even the weight for the (note:)That is, the ten candlesticks, (1Ki_7:49).(:note) 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 the use of every candlestick.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:16 @ And the weight of the gold for the tables of shewbread, for euery table, & siluer for the tables of siluer,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:17 @ And pure golde for the fleshhookes, and the bowles, and plates, and for basens, golde in weight for euery basen, and for siluer basens, by weight for euery basen,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:18 @ And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of (note:)Meaning, of the mercy seat that covered the ark, which was called the chariot, because the Lord declared himself there.(:note) the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:19 @ All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing (note:)For all this was left in writing in the book of the Law, (Exo_25:40), which the king was bound to put in execution, (Deu_17:19).(:note) by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:20 @ And Dauid said to Salomon his sonne, Be strong, and of a valiant courage and doe it: feare not, nor be afraide: for the Lorde God, euen my God is with thee: he will not leaue thee nor forsake thee till thou hast finished all the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:21 @ And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship (note:)That is, everyone will be ready to help you with those gifts that God has given him.(:note) every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy commandment.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:1 @ Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man, but for the (note:)Therefore it should be excellent in all points.(:note) LORD God.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:2 @ Now I haue prepared with all my power for the house of my God, golde for vessels of golde, and siluer for them of siluer, and brasse for things of brasse, yron for things of yron, & wood for things of wood, and onix stones, and stones to be set, and carbuncle stones and of diuers colours, and all precious stones, and marble stones in aboundance.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:3 @ Moreover, because I have set my (note:)His great zeal for the furtherance of the temple made him spare no expenses, but to bestow his own peculiar treasure.(:note) affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

geneva@1Chronicles:29:4 @ [Even] (note:)He shows what he had of his own store for the Lord's house.(:note) three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:5 @ The gold for [things] of gold, and the silver for [things] of silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. And who [then] is (note:)He was not only liberal himself but provoked others to set forth the work of God.(:note) willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

geneva@1Chronicles:29:6 @ So the princes of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captaines of thousands and of hundreths, with the rulers of the Kings worke, offred willingly,

geneva@1Chronicles:29:7 @ And they gaue for the seruice of the house of God fiue thousande talents of golde, and ten thousand pieces, and ten thousand talents of siluer, and eighteene thousand talents of brasse, and one hundreth thousand talents of yron.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:8 @ And they with whom [precious] stones were (note:)Meaning, they who had any.(:note) found gave [them] to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:9 @ Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with (note:)That is, with good courage and without hypocrisy.(:note) perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:10 @ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of (note:)Who revealed yourself to our father Jacob.(:note) Israel our father, for ever and ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:11 @ Thine, O Lord, is greatnesse & power, and glory, and victorie & praise: for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine: thine is the kingdome, O Lord, and thou excellest as head ouer all.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:12 @ Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:13 @ Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:14 @ But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things (note:)We gave you nothing of our own, but that which we have received from you: for whether the gifts are corporal or spiritual, we receive them all from God, and therefore must give him the glory.(:note) [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:15 @ For we [are] (note:)Therefore we have this land loaned to us for a time.(:note) strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:16 @ O Lorde our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand & all is thine.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:17 @ I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:18 @ O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the (note:)Continue then in his good mind, that they may serve you willingly.(:note) imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:19 @ And giue vnto Salomon my sonne a perfit heart to keepe thy commaundements, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to doe all things, and to builde the house which I haue prepared.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:20 @ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the (note:)That is, revered the king.(:note) king.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:21 @ And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with their (note:)Meaning, all kinds of liquor which they mingled with their sacrifices, as wine, oil, etc.(:note) drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:22 @ And they did eate and drinke before the Lord the same day with great ioy, and they made Salomon the sonne of Dauid King the seconde time, and anoynted him prince before the Lord, and Zadok for the hie Priest.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:23 @ Then Solomon sat on the (note:)This declares that the kings of Judah were figures of Christ, who was the true anointed, and to whom God gave the chief government of all things.(:note) throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:24 @ And all the princes and men of power, and all the sonnes of King Dauid submitted them selues vnder King Salomon.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:25 @ And the Lord magnified Salomon in dignitie, in the sight of all Israel, and gaue him so glorious a kingdome, as no King had before him in Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:27 @ And the space that he reigned ouer Israel, was fourtie yeere: seuen yeere reigned he in Hebron, and three and thirtie yeere reigned he in Ierusalem:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:28 @ And he dyed in a good age, full of dayes, riches and honour, and Salomon his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:29 @ Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of (note:)The books of Nathan and Gad are thought to have been lost in the captivity.(:note) Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

geneva@1Chronicles:29:30 @ With all his reign and his might, and the (note:)Meaning the troubles and griefs.(:note) times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:1 @ And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly. (note:)The Argument - This second book contains in brief the contents of the two books of the kings: that is, from the reign of Solomon to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity. In this story some things are told in more detail than in the books of the kings and therefore help greatly in the understanding of the prophets. Three things are chiefly to be considered here: First, that when the godly kings saw the plagues of God prepared against their country for sin, they turned to the Lord and by earnest prayer were heard, and the plagues removed. Secondly, while the good rulers always loved the prophets of God and were zealous to set forth his religion throughout their dominions, it offended God greatly that the wicked hated his ministers, deposed them and set up idolatry and attempted served God according to the fantasy of men. Thus we have the chief acts from the beginning of the world to the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the 32nd year of Darius, in total 3568 years and six months.(:note)

geneva@2Chronicles:1:2 @ Then Solomon (note:)That is, he proclaimed a solemn sacrifice and commanded that all should attend.(:note) spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:3 @ So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at (note:)Read (1Ki_3:4).(:note) Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle So called, because by it God showed signs of his presence to the congregation. of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:5 @ Moreover the (note:)Which was for the burnt offerings, (Exo_27:1).(:note) brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:6 @ And Salomon offred there before the Lord vpon the brasen altar that was in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: euen a thousand burnt offrings offred he vpon it.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:7 @ The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:8 @ And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:10 @ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may (note:)That I may govern this people, (1Ch_27:1; 1Ki_3:7).(:note) go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great?

geneva@2Chronicles:1:11 @ And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the (note:)That is, to be avenged on your enemies.(:note) life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

geneva@2Chronicles:1:12 @ Wisdome and knowledge is granted vnto thee, and I will giue thee riches and treasures and honour, so that there hath not bene the like among the Kings which were before thee, neither after thee shal there be the like.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:13 @ Then Salomon came from the hie place, that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:14 @ And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the (note:)Which were cities appointed to keep and maintain the chariots.(:note) chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:15 @ And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as (note:)He caused so great plenty that it was valued no more than stones.(:note) stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:16 @ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: (note:)Read (1Ki_20:28).(:note) the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:17 @ They came vp also and brought out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer, that is an horse for an hundreth and fiftie: and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites, and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:1 @ Then Salomon determined to builde an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:2 @ And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and (note:)Which is to be understood of all sorts of officers and overseers: for else the chief officers were but 3300 as in (1Ki_5:16).(:note) six hundred to oversee them.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:3 @ And Salomon sent to Huram the king of Tyrus, saying, As thou hast done to Dauid my father, and didst sende him cedar trees to buylde him an house to dwell in, so do to me.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:4 @ Behold, I buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, to sanctifie it vnto him, and to burne sweete incense before him, and for the continuall shewbread, and for the burnt offrings of the morning and euening, on the Sabbath dayes, and in the new moneths, & in the solemne feastes of the Lorde our God: this is a perpetuall thing for Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:5 @ And the house which I buylde, is great: for great is our God aboue all gods.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:6 @ But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn (note:)That is, to do the service which he has commanded, signifying that no one is able to honour and serve God in the perfection his majesty deserves.(:note) sacrifice before him?

geneva@2Chronicles:2:7 @ Sende me nowe therefore a cunning man that can worke in golde, in siluer, & in brasse, and in yron, & in purple, and crimosin & blue silke, & that can graue in grauen worke with the cunning men that are with me in Iudah & in Ierusalem, whom Dauid my father hath prepared.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:8 @ Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and (note:)Some take it for Brazil, or the wood called Ebenum, others for coral.(:note) algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants,

geneva@2Chronicles:2:9 @ That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:10 @ And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty (note:)Of «bath» read (1Ki_7:26). It is also called ephah, but an ephah measures dry things as a bath is a measure for liquids.(:note) thousand baths of oil.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:12 @ Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a (note:)The very heavens confessed that it was a singular gift of God when he gave to any nation a king that was wise and of understanding, though it appears that this Hiram had the true knowledge of God.(:note) wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:13 @ Now therefore I haue sent a wise man, and of vnderstanding of my father Hurams,

geneva@2Chronicles:2:14 @ The son of a woman of the (note:)It is also written that she was of the tribe of Naphtali, (1Ki_7:14) which may be understood that by reason of the confusion of tribes which then began to be, they married in various tribes so that by her father she might be of Dan and by her mother of Naphtali.(:note) daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:15 @ Now therefore the wheate and the barley, the oyle and the wine, which my lorde hath spoken of, let him send vnto his seruants.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:16 @ And we wil cut wood in Lebanon as much as thou shalt neede, and will bring it to thee in raftes by the sea to Iapho, so thou mayest cary them to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:17 @ And Salomon nombred al the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the nombring that his father Dauid had nombred them: & they were found an hundreth and three & fiftie thousand, and sixe hundreth.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:18 @ And he set seuentie thousande of them to the burden, and fourescore thousande to hewe stones in the mountaine, and three thousande and sixe hundreth ouerseers to cause the people to worke.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:2 @ And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:3 @ Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first (note:)According to the whole length of the temple,(:note) measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:4 @ And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the (note:)It contained as much as the breadth of the temple did, (1Ki_6:3).(:note) breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an From the foundation to the top: for in the book of the kings mention is made from the foundation to the first stage. hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:5 @ And the greater house he sieled with firre tree which he ouerlayd with good golde, & graued thereon palme trees and chaines.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:6 @ And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of (note:)Some think it is Peru.(:note) Parvaim.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:7 @ The house, I say, the beames, postes, and walles thereof & the doores thereof ouerlayde he with gold, & graued Cherubims vpon the walles.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:8 @ He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof was in the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, & the breadth thereof twentie cubites: and he ouerlayde it with the best golde, of sixe hundreth talents.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:9 @ And the weight of the nayles was fiftie shekels of golde, and hee ouerlayde the chambers with golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:10 @ And in the house of the most holy place he made two Cherubims wrought like children, and ouerlayd them with golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:11 @ And the winges of the Cherubims were twentie cubites long: the one wing was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, and the other wing fiue cubites, reaching to the wing of the other Cherub.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:13 @ The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:14 @ And he made the (note:)Which separated the temple from the most holy place.(:note) vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:15 @ Also he made before the house two pillars of (note:)Every one was eighteen cubits long, but the half cubit could not be seen, for it was hid in the roundness of the chapiter, and therefore he gives to every one only 17 and a half.(:note) thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:16 @ And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an (note:)For every pillar a hundred, read (1Ki_7:20).(:note) hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:17 @ And he set vp the pillars before the Temple, one on the right hande and the other on the left, and called that on the right hand Iachin, & that on the left hand Boaz.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:1 @ And hee made an altar of brasse twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and ten cubites hie.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:2 @ Also he made a molten (note:)A great vessel of brass, so called because of the great quantity of water which it contained, (1Ki_7:24).(:note) sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:3 @ And under (note:)Meaning, under the brim of the sea, (1Ki_7:24).(:note) it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: In the length of every cubit were ten heads or knops which in all are 300. ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:4 @ It stoode vpon twelue oxen: three looked toward the North, and three looked towarde the West, and three looked towarde the South, and three looked towarde the East, and the Sea stoode about vpon them, and all their hinder parts were inwarde.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:5 @ And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held (note:)In the first book of the kings, (1Ki_7:26), mention is only made of 2000, but the lesser number was taken there, and here according as the measures proved afterwards, is declared.(:note) three thousand baths.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:6 @ He made also ten caldrons, and put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, to wash in them, and to clense in them that which apperteined to the burnt offrings: but the Sea was for the Priests to wash in.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:7 @ And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to (note:)Even as they should be made.(:note) their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:8 @ And he made ten tables, & put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, & fiue on the left: and he made an hundreth basens of golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:9 @ Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great (note:)Called also the porch of Solomon, (Act_3:11). It is also taken for the temple where Christ preached, (Mat_21:23).(:note) court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:10 @ And he set the Sea on the right side Eastward toward the South.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:11 @ And Huram made pottes and besoms and basens, and Huram finished the worke that hee shoulde make for King Salomon for the house of God,

geneva@2Chronicles:4:12 @ To wit, two pillars, and the bowles & the chapiters on the top of ye two pillars, & two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vpon the toppe of the pillars:

geneva@2Chronicles:4:13 @ And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillars.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:14 @ He made also bases, and made caldrons vpon the bases:

geneva@2Chronicles:4:15 @ And a Sea, and twelue bulles vnder it:

geneva@2Chronicles:4:16 @ The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram (note:)Whom Solomon reverenced for the gifts that God had given him, as a father; he had the same name as Huram the king of Tyrus, his mother was a Jewess, and his father a Tyrian. Some read, for his father, the author of this work.(:note) his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:18 @ And Salomon made al these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of brasse could not be rekoned.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:19 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the (note:)In Hebrew, the bread of the faces because they were set before the ark, where the Lord showed his presence.(:note) shewbread [was set];

geneva@2Chronicles:4:20 @ Moreouer the candlestickes, with their lampes to burne them after the maner, before the oracle, of pure golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:21 @ And the floures and the lampes, and the snuffers of gold, which was fine golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:22 @ And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, [of] pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the doors of the house of the temple, [were (note:)That is, covered with plates of gold.(:note) of] gold.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:1 @ So was all the worke finished that Salomon made for the house of the Lord, and Salomon brought in the things that Dauid his father had dedicated, with the siluer and the golde, and all the vessels, and put them among the treasures of the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:2 @ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the (note:)Read (2Sa_6:12).(:note) city of David, which [is] Zion.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:3 @ Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the (note:)When the things were dedicated and brought into the temple.(:note) feast which [was] in the seventh Called in Hebrew Ethanim, containing part of September and part of October, (1Ki_8:2), which moves the Jews called the first month, because they say that the world was created in that month, and after they came from Egypt, they began at March: but because this opinion is uncertain, we always make March the first as the best writers do. month.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:4 @ And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:5 @ And they caried vp the Arke and the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle, those did the Priests and Leuites bring vp.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:6 @ And King Salomon & all the Congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him, were before ye Arke, offring sheepe & bullocks, which could not be told nor nobred for multitude.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:8 @ For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the barres thereof aboue.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:9 @ And they drewe out the barres, that the endes of the barres might bee seene out of the Arke before the Oracle, but they were not seene without: and there they are vnto this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:10 @ [There was] nothing in the ark save (note:)For Aaron's rod and manna were taken from there before it was brought to this place.(:note) the two tables which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:11 @ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present were (note:)Were prepared to serve the Lord.(:note) sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course:

geneva@2Chronicles:5:12 @ And the Leuites the singers of all sortes, as of Asaph, of Heman, of Ieduthun, and of their sonnes and of their brethren, being clad in fine linen, stoode with cymbales, and with violes and harpes at the East ende of the altar, and with them an hundreth and twentie Priestes blowing with trumpets:

geneva@2Chronicles:5:13 @ It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] (note:)They all played the same tune.(:note) as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], This was the effect of their songs, (Psa_118:1, Psa_136:1). For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;

geneva@2Chronicles:5:14 @ So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloude: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:2 @ And I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to dwell in for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:3 @ And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel (for all the Congregation of Israel stoode there )

geneva@2Chronicles:6:4 @ And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, & hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:5 @ Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no citie of al the tribes of Israel to buylde an house, that my Name might be there, neyther chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel:

geneva@2Chronicles:6:7 @ And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to builde an house vnto the Name of the Lord God of Israel,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:9 @ Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house, but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes, he shall buylde an house vnto my Name.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:10 @ And the Lorde hath performed his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and am set on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised, & haue built an house to the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:11 @ And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the (note:)Meaning the two tables, in which is contained the effect of the covenant that God made with our fathers.(:note) covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:12 @ And (note:)On a scaffold that was made for that purpose, that he praying for the whole people might be heard by all, as in (1Ki_8:22).(:note) he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

geneva@2Chronicles:6:13 @ For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and (note:)Both to give thanks for the great benefits of God bestowed on him, and also to pray for the perseverance and prosperity of his people.(:note) spread forth his hands toward heaven,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:14 @ And sayd, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heauen nor in earth, which keepest couenant, and mercie vnto thy seruants, that walke before thee with all their heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:15 @ Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as appeareth this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:17 @ And now, O Lorde God of Israel, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:18 @ (Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)

geneva@2Chronicles:6:19 @ But haue thou respect to the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:20 @ That thine (note:)That you may declare in effect that you have a continual care over this place.(:note) eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:21 @ Heare thou therefore the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, which they pray in this place: and heare thou in the place of thine habitation, euen in heauen, and when thou hearest, be mercifull.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:22 @ If a man sin against his (note:)By retaining anything from him, or by denying that which he has left him to keep, or do him any wrong.(:note) neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:23 @ Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way (note:)Meaning, to give him that which he has deserved.(:note) upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:24 @ And when thy people Israel shalbe ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and turne againe, and confesse thy Name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:25 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the land which thou gauest to them and to their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:26 @ When heauen shall be shut vp, and there shalbe no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:27 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and pardon the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walke) and giue rayne vpon thy lande, which thou hast giuen vnto thy people for an inheritance.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:28 @ When there shalbe famine in the land, when there shalbe pestilence, blasting, or mildew, when there shall be grashopper, or caterpiller, when their enemie shall besiege them in the cities of their land, or any plague or any sickenesse,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:29 @ Then what prayer and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, whe euery one shall knowe his owne plague, and his owne disease, and shall stretch forth his hands toward this house,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:30 @ Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose (note:)He declares that the prayers of hypocrites cannot be heard, nor of any but of them who pray to God with a true faith and in true repentance.(:note) heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

geneva@2Chronicles:6:31 @ That they may feare thee, and walke in thy wayes as long as they liue in the land which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:32 @ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and (note:)He shows that before God there is no deception of person, but all people who fear him and work righteousness are accepted, (Act_10:35).(:note) pray in this house;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:33 @ Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and doe according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee, that all the people of the earth may knowe thy Name, and feare thee like thy people Israel, and that they may knowe, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:34 @ If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that (note:)Meaning, that no one should enterprise any war, but at the Lord's command, that is, which is lawful by his word.(:note) thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:35 @ Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and iudge their cause.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:36 @ If they sinne against thee ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them and deliuer them vnto the enemies, and they take them and cary them away captiue vnto a land farre or neere,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:37 @ If they turne againe to their heart in the lande whither they be caryed in captiues, and turne and pray vnto thee in the lande of their captiuitie, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed and haue done wickedly,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:38 @ If they turne againe to thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the land of their captiuitie, whither they haue caryed them captiues, and pray toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, & toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I haue built for thy Name,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:39 @ Then heare thou in heauen, in the place of thine habitation their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people, which haue sinned against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:41 @ Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy (note:)That is, into your temple.(:note) resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with Let them be preserved by your power, and made virtuous and holy. salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:1 @ Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the (note:)By this God declared that he was pleased with Solomon's prayer.(:note) fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:3 @ And when all the children of Israel saw the fire, and the glory of the Lord come downe vpon the house, they bowed themselues with their faces to the earth vpon the pauement, and worshipped and praysed the Lord, saying, For he is good, because his mercy lasteth for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:4 @ Then the King and all the people offred sacrifices before the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:5 @ And King Salomon offered a sacrifice of two and twentie thousand bullockes, and an hundreth and twentie thousand sheepe. so the King and all the people dedicated the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:6 @ And the Priests waited on their offices, and the Leuites with the instruments of musicke of the Lorde, which King Dauid had made to praise the Lord, Because his mercy lasteth for euer: whe Dauid praysed God by them, the Priestes also blewe trumpets ouer against them: and all they of Israel stoode by.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:7 @ Moreouer Salomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there hee had prepared burnt offerings, and the fatte of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Salomon had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offering, and the meate offring, and the fat.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:8 @ Also at the same time Solomon kept (note:)The feast of the tabernacles which was kept in the seventh month.(:note) the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:9 @ And in the eighth day they (note:)They assembled to hear the word of God, after they had remained seven days in the booths or tabernacles.(:note) made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:10 @ And on the (note:)They had permission to depart on the 22nd day, (1Ki_8:66) but they did not leave till the next day.(:note) three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:11 @ So Salomon finished the house of the Lorde, and the Kings house, and all that came into Salomons heart to make in the house of the Lorde: and he prospered in his house.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:12 @ And the Lord appeared to Salomon by night and said to him, I haue heard thy prayer, and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:13 @ If I shut the heauen that there be no raine, or if I commaunde the grashopper to deuoure the lande, or if I sende pestilence among my people,

geneva@2Chronicles:7:14 @ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will (note:)I will cause the pestilence to cease and destroy the beasts that hurt the fruit of the earth, and send rain in due season.(:note) heal their land.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:16 @ For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:17 @ And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, to doe according vnto all that I haue commanded thee, and shalt obserue my statutes and my iudgements,

geneva@2Chronicles:7:19 @ But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worshippe them,

geneva@2Chronicles:7:20 @ Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have (note:)Declaring that God had more concern for their salvation than for the advancement of his own glory: and where men abuse those things which God has appointed to set forth his praise, he withdraws his graces.(:note) sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:21 @ And this house which is most hie, shall be an astonishment to euery one that passeth by it, so that he shall say, Why hath the Lorde done thus to this lande, and to this house?

geneva@2Chronicles:7:22 @ And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, and haue taken holde on other gods, and haue worshipped them, and serued them, therefore hath he brought all this euill vpon them.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:1 @ And it came to pass at the end of (note:)Signifying that he was 20 years in building them.(:note) twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

geneva@2Chronicles:8:2 @ That the cities which Huram had (note:)That is, which Hiram gave again to Solomon because they did not please him and therefore called them Cabul, that is, dirt or filth, (1Ki_9:13).(:note) restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:3 @ And Salomon went to Hamath Zobah, and ouercame it.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:4 @ And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the (note:)Meaning of munitions and treasures for the war.(:note) store cities, which he built in Hamath.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:5 @ Also he built (note:)That is, he repaired and fortified them, for they were built long before by Sherah a noble woman of the tribe of Ephraim, (1Ch_6:68, 1Ch_7:24).(:note) Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

geneva@2Chronicles:8:6 @ Also Baalath, and al the cities of store that Salomon had, and all the charet cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and euery pleasaunt place that Salomon had a minde to builde in Ierusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the lande of his dominion.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:7 @ And all the people that were left to ye Hittites, and ye Amorites, and Perizzites, and the Hiuuites, and the Iebusites, which were not of Israel,

geneva@2Chronicles:8:8 @ But of their children which were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel had not consumed, euen them did Salomon make tributaries vntill this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:9 @ But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no seruantes for his worke: for they were men of warre, and his chiefe princes, and the captaines of his charets and of his horsemen.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:10 @ And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] (note:)For in all there were 3300 but here he means of them who had the principal charge, (1Ki_9:23).(:note) two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:13 @ Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, (note:)Read (Leviticus. strkjv@23:1-44).(:note) three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:14 @ And he set the courses of the Priestes to their offices, according to the order of Dauid his father, and the Leuites in their watches, for to praise and minister before the Priestes euery day, and the porters by their courses, at euery gate: for so was the commandement of Dauid the man of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:15 @ And they declined not from the commandement of the King, concerning the Priests and the Leuites, touching al things, and touching the treasures.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:16 @ Now all the (note:)Both for the matte and also for the workmanship.(:note) work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:17 @ Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the (note:)Meaning, the Red Sea.(:note) sea side in the land of Edom.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:18 @ And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence (note:)Which is thought to amount to 3,600,000 crowns, for here mention is made of 30 more than are spoken of, (1Ki_9:28).(:note) four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:1 @ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to (note:)To know whether his wisdom was as great as the report was.(:note) prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:2 @ And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was (note:)There was no question so hard that he did not resolve.(:note) nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:3 @ Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

geneva@2Chronicles:9:4 @ And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his wayters, and their apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, & his burnt offrings which he offred in the house of the Lorde, and she was greatly astonied.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:5 @ And she saide to the King, It was a true worde which I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome:

geneva@2Chronicles:9:6 @ Howbeit I beleeued not their report, vntil I came, and mine eyes had seene it: & beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisedom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:7 @ Happie are thy men, and happie are these thy seruants, which stande before thee alway, and heare thy wisedome.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:8 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his (note:)Meaning, that the Israelites were God's peculiar people, and that kings are the lieutenants of God, who ought to grant to him the superiority and administer justice to all.(:note) throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:9 @ Then she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much & precious stones: neither was there such sweete odours since, as the Queene of Sheba gaue vnto King Salomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:10 @ And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought (note:)Read (2Ch_2:8, 1Ki_10:11).(:note) algum trees and precious stones.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:11 @ And the king made [of] the algum trees (note:)Or pillars: meaning the garnishing and trimming of the stairs or pillars.(:note) terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:12 @ And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, (note:)That is, which the king gave her for recompense of the treasure which she brought.(:note) beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:13 @ Also the weight of golde that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and sixe talents of golde,

geneva@2Chronicles:9:14 @ Besides that which chapmen and marchants brought: and all the Kings of Arabia, and the princes of the countrey brought golde and siluer to Salomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:15 @ And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: (note:)Which amounts to 2400 crowns of the sun.(:note)Or pounds, called mina, of which every one seemed to make a hundred shekels. six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:16 @ And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde: three hundreth shekels of golde went to one shielde, and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:17 @ And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid it with pure golde.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:18 @ And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] (note:)That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened to the throne.(:note) fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the Upon the pommels or knops. stays:

geneva@2Chronicles:9:19 @ And twelue lyons stoode there on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:20 @ And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for siluer was nothing esteemed in ye dayes of Salomo.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:21 @ For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of (note:)Which is thought by the best writers to be Cilicia, (1Ki_10:22).(:note) Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:22 @ So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:23 @ And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:24 @ And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, armour, and sweet odours, horses, and mules, from yeere to yeere.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:25 @ And Solomon had (note:)That is, ten horses in every stable, which in all amounts to 40,000 as in (1Ki_4:26).(:note) four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:26 @ And he reigned ouer all the Kings from the Riuer euen vnto the land of the Philistims, and to the border of Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:27 @ And the king made silver in Jerusalem (note:)The abundance of those temporal treasures in Solomon's kingdom is a figure of the spiritual treasures which the elect will enjoy in the heavens under the true Solomon, Christ.(:note) as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:28 @ And they brought vnto Salomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all landes.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:29 @ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer (note:)That is, who prophesied against him.(:note) against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

geneva@2Chronicles:9:30 @ And Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel fourtie yeeres.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:31 @ And Salomon slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:1 @ And Rehoboam (note:)After the death of Solomon.(:note) went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:2 @ And when Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat heard it, (which was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Salomon the King) he returned out of Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:3 @ And they sent and called him: so came Ieroboam and all Israel, and communed with Rehoboam, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:10:4 @ Thy father (note:)That is, handled us rudely, it seems that God hardened their hearts, so that they murmured without cause, which declares also the inconstancy of the people.(:note) made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:5 @ And he sayde to them, Depart yet three dayes, then come againe vnto me; the people departed.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:6 @ And King Rehoboam tooke counsel with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while hee yet liued, saying, What counsell giue ye that I may answere this people?

geneva@2Chronicles:10:7 @ And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and speake louing words to them, they will be thy seruants for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:8 @ But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that (note:)Or, that stood by him, that is, which were of his counsel and secrets.(:note) stood before him.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:9 @ And he sayd vnto them, What counsel giue ye, that we may answere this people, which haue spoken to mee, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?

geneva@2Chronicles:10:10 @ And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My (note:)Or, little finger, meaning that he was of far greater power than his father was.(:note) little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:12 @ Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the King had appointed saying, Come againe to me the third day.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:13 @ And the King answered them sharply: and King Rehoboam left the counsel of the ancient men,

geneva@2Chronicles:10:14 @ And spake to them after ye counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, but I wil incease it: my father chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:15 @ So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the (note:)God's will overrides all so that nothing can be done but according to the same, and yet man's will works by itself, so that he cannot use the excuse that his deed was of God's ordinance.(:note) cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:18 @ Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was ouer the tribute, and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died: then King Rehoboham made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:19 @ And Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:1 @ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and (note:)That is, the half tribe of Benjamin for the other half went after Jeroboam.(:note) Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against Meaning the ten tribes who rebelled. Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:3 @ Speake vnto Rehoboam, the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and to all Israel that are in Iudah, and Beniamin, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:4 @ Thus sayth the Lorde, Ye shall not goe vp, nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done of me. They obeyed therfore the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Ieroboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:5 @ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and (note:)Or, repaired them and made them strong to be more able to resist Jeroboam.(:note) built cities for defence in Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:6 @ Hee buylt also Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:7 @ And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:8 @ And Gath, and Maresha, and Ziph,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:9 @ And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:10 @ And Zorah, and Aialon, and Hebron, which were in Iudah and Beniamin, strong cities.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:11 @ And he repaired the strong holdes and put captaines in them, and store of vitaile, and oyle and wine.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:12 @ And in all cities he put shieldes & speares, and made them exceeding strong: so Iudah and Beniamin were his.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:13 @ And the Priests and the Leuites that were in all Israel, resorted vnto him out of all their coastes.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:14 @ For the Leuites left their suburbes & their possession, and came to Iudah and to Ierusalem: for Ieroboam and his sonnes had cast them out from ministring in the Priestes office vnto the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:15 @ And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the (note:)Meaning idols, (Isa_44:15).(:note) devils, and for the calves which he had made.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:16 @ And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their (note:)Who were zealous of true religion and feared God.(:note) hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:17 @ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they (note:)As long as they feared God, and set forth his word, they prospered.(:note) walked in the way of David and Solomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:18 @ And Rehoboam tooke him Mahalath ye daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Ishai,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:19 @ Which bare him sonnes Ieush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:20 @ And after her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:21 @ And Rehoboam loued Maakah ye daughter of Absalom aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, and three score concubines, and begate eyght and twentie sonnes, and three score daughters.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:22 @ And Rehoboam made (note:)Called also Abijam, who reigned three years, (1Ki_15:2).(:note) Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:23 @ And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he (note:)He gave himself to have many wives.(:note) desired many wives.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:1 @ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and (note:)For such is the inconstancy of the people, that for the most part they follow the vices of their governors.(:note) all Israel with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:3 @ With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the (note:)Who were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they lived in holes.(:note) Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:4 @ And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:5 @ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and (note:)Signifying that no calamity can come to us unless we forsake God, and that he never leaves us till we have cast him off.(:note) therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:6 @ Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] (note:)Therefore he justly punishes you for your sins.(:note) righteous.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:7 @ And when the Lorde sawe that they humbled themselues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuerance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:8 @ Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my (note:)He shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his, but to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves, and to know how much better it is to serve God than tyrants.(:note) service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:9 @ Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:10 @ In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:11 @ And when the King entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:12 @ And when he (note:)Which declares that God does not seek the death of a sinner, but his conversion, (Eze_18:32).(:note) humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:13 @ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned (note:)That is, twelve years after he had been overcome by Shishak, (2Ch_12:2).(:note) seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:14 @ And he did euill: for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:15 @ The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the booke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and Iddo the Seer, in rehearsing the genealogie? and there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:16 @ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:1 @ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over (note:)He means Judah and Benjamin.(:note) Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:2 @ He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] (note:)Or Maacah, (1Ki_15:2).(:note) Michaiah the daughter of Called also Absalom, for Absalom was her grandfather, (1Ki_15:2). Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:3 @ And Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie of valiant men of warre, euen foure hundreth thousand chosen men. Ieroboam also set the battell in aray against him with eight hundreth thousande chosen men which were strong and valiant.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:4 @ And Abijah stood up upon mount (note:)Which was one of the peaks of mount Ephraim.(:note) Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

geneva@2Chronicles:13:5 @ Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to (note:)Therefore whoever usurps it or takes it from that stock transgresses the ordinance of the Lord. Thus like a hypocrite he alleges the word of God for his advantage.(:note) David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

geneva@2Chronicles:13:6 @ And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruant of Salomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp, and hath rebelled against his lord:

geneva@2Chronicles:13:7 @ And there are gathered unto him (note:)This word in the Chaldee tongue is Racha, which our saviour uses, (Mat_5:22).(:note) vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was Meaning, in heart and courage. young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:8 @ Now therefore ye thinke that yee be able to resist against the kingdome of the Lorde, which is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye bee a great multitude, and the golden calues are with you which Ieroboam made you for gods.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:9 @ Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a (note:)He shows the nature of idolaters who take no trial of the calling, life and doctrine of their ministers, but think the most vile and greatest beasts sufficient to serve their turn.(:note) young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:10 @ But wee belong vnto the Lorde our God, and haue not forsaken him, and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord, and the Leuites in their office.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:11 @ And they burn unto the LORD every (note:)As it was appointed in the law, (Exo_29:39).(:note) morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also [set they in order] upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:12 @ And, behold, God himself [is] (note:)Because their cause was good and approved by the Lord, they did not doubt the success and victory.(:note) with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:13 @ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment (note:)Contemning the good counsel which came from the Spirit of God, he thought to have overcome by deceit.(:note) to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind them.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:14 @ Then Iudah looked, and beholde, the battel was before and behinde them, and they cried vnto the Lorde, and the Priests blewe with the trumpets,

geneva@2Chronicles:13:15 @ And the men of Iudah gaue a shoute: and euen as the men of Iudah shouted, God smote Ieroboam and also Israel before Abiiah and Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:16 @ And the children of Israel fledde before Iudah, & God deliuered them into their hande.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:17 @ And Abiiah and his people slewe a great slaughter of them, so that there fel downe wounded of Israel fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:18 @ Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, (note:)He shows that the stay of all kingdoms and assurance of victories depends on our trust and confidence in the Lord.(:note) because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:19 @ And Abiiah pursued after Ieroboam, and tooke cities from him, euen Beth-el, and the villages thereof, and Ieshanah with her villages, and Ephron with her villages.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:20 @ And Ieroboam recouered no strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah, but the Lorde plagued him, and he dyed.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:21 @ So Abiiah waxed mightie, and marryed foureteene wiues, and begate two and twentie sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:22 @ The rest of the actes of Abiiah and his maners and his sayings are written in the storie of the Prophet Iddo.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:1 @ So Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade: in whose dayes the lande was quiet ten yeere.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:2 @ And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:3 @ For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the (note:)Which were planted contrary to the Law, (Deu_16:21).(:note) groves:

geneva@2Chronicles:14:4 @ And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:5 @ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was (note:)He shows that the rest and quietness of kingdoms stands in abolishing idolatry and advancing true religion.(:note) quiet before him.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:6 @ He built also strong cities in Iudah, because the lande was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeeres: for the Lord had giuen him rest.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:7 @ Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet (note:)While we have the full government of it.(:note) before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:8 @ And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:9 @ And there came out against them Zerah the (note:)The king of Ethiopia, or Egypt.(:note) Ethiopian with an host of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Which was a city in Judah, (Jos_15:44) where Michaiah the prophet was born. Mareshah.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:10 @ Then Asa went out before him, and they set the battell in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:11 @ And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; (note:)Thus the children of God neither trust in their own power or policy, nor fear the strength and subtilty of their enemies, but consider the cause and see whether their enterprises tend to God's glory, and thereupon assure themselves of the victory by him, who alone is Almighty and can turn all flesh into dust with the breath of his mouth.(:note) let not man prevail against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:12 @ So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Iudah, and the Ethiopians fled.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:13 @ And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar; the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lorde and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:14 @ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the (note:)The Lord had stricken them with fear.(:note) fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:15 @ Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:1 @ And the Spirit of God came upon (note:)Who was called Obed as his father was, (2Ch_15:8).(:note) Azariah the son of Oded:

geneva@2Chronicles:15:2 @ And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:3 @ Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the (note:)For the space of twelve years under Rehoboam, and three years under Abijah, religion was neglected, and idolatry planted.(:note) true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:4 @ But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he (note:)He shows that despite the wickedness of tyrants and their rage, yet God has his whom he hears in their tribulation as he delivered his from Zerah king of the Ethiopians, (2Ch_14:9, 2Ch_14:12) and out of all other dangers, when they called upon the Lord.(:note) was found of them.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:5 @ And in that time there was no peace to him, that did goe out and goe in: but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:6 @ For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:7 @ Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your (note:)Your confidence and trust in God will not be frustrated.(:note) work shall be rewarded.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:8 @ And when Asa heard these wordes, and the prophesie of Obed the Prophet, he was encouraged, and tooke away the abominations out of all the lande of Iudah, and Beniamin, and out of the cities which he had taken of mount Ephraim, and he renued the altar of the Lorde, that was before the porche of the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:9 @ And he gathered all Iudah and Beniamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for there fell many to him out of Israel, when they sawe that the Lorde his God was with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:10 @ So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the (note:)Called Shiuam, containing part of May and part of June.(:note) third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:11 @ And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the (note:)Which they had taken of the Ethiopians.(:note) spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:12 @ And they made a couenant to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:13 @ That (note:)These were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to the law of God, (Deu_13:5, Deu_13:9, Deu_13:15).(:note) whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:14 @ And they sware vnto the Lorde with a loude voyce, and with shouting and with trumpets, and with cornets.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:15 @ And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was (note:)As long as they served him correctly, so long did he preserve and prosper them.(:note) found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:16 @ And also [concerning] Maachah the (note:)Or grandmother, and in this he showed that he lacked zeal, for she should have died both by the covenant, as (2Ch_15:13) and by the law of God, but he gave place to foolish pity and would also seem after a sort to satisfy the law.(:note) mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:17 @ But the high places were not (note:)Which was partly because of lack of zeal on his part, partly through the negligence of his officers and partly by the superstition of the people that all were not taken away.(:note) taken away out of Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of his promise to Jacob, therefore Israel is sometimes taken for Judah, because Judah was his chief people. Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was In respect to his predecessors. perfect all his days.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:18 @ Also he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:19 @ And there was no warre vnto the fiue and thirtieth yeere of the reigne of Asa.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:1 @ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (note:)Who reigned after Nadab the son of Jeroboam.(:note) Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built He fortified it with walls and ditches: it was a city in Benjamin near Gibeon. Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:2 @ Then Asa brought out siluer and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and of the Kings house, and sent to Benhadad King of Aram that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:16:3 @ [There is] a league between me and thee, as [there was] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, (note:)He thought to repulse his adversary by an unlawful means, that is, by seeking help from infidels, as they who seek the help of Turks, thinking by it to make themselves stronger.(:note) break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:4 @ And Benhadad hearkened vnto King Asa, and sent the captaines of the armies which hee had, against the cities of Israel; they smote Iion, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:5 @ And when Baasha heard it, he left building of Ramah, and let his worke cease.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:6 @ Then Asa the King tooke all Iudah, and caryed away the stones of Ramah and the tymber thereof, wherewith Baasha did builde, and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:7 @ And at that same time Hanani the Seer came to Asa King of Iudah, and saide vnto him, Because thou hast rested vpon the king of Aram, and not rested in the Lorde thy God, therefore is the hoste of the King of Aram escaped out of thine hande.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:8 @ The Ethiopians and the Lubims, were they not a great hoste with charets & horsemen, exceeding many? Yet because thou diddest rest vpon the Lord, he deliuered them into thine had.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:10 @ Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] (note:)Thus instead of turning to God in repentance, he disdained the admonition of the prophet, and punished him, as the wicked do when they are told of their faults.(:note) in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:11 @ And behold, the actes of Asa first and last, loe, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:12 @ And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] (note:)God plagued his rebellion and by this declared that it is nothing to begin well, unless we continue to the end, that is, zealous of God's glory and put our whole trust in him.(:note) exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the He shows that it is useless to seek the physicians unless we first seek God to purge our sins, which are the chief cause of all our diseases, and later use the help of the physicians as a means by which God works. physicians.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:13 @ So Asa slept with his fathers, and dyed in the one and fourtieth yeere of his reigne.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:14 @ And they buryed him in one of his sepulchres, which he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with sweete odours and diuers kindes of spices made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt odours for him with an exceeding great fire.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:1 @ And Iehosphat his sonne reigned in his steade, and preuailed against Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:2 @ And he put garisons in all the strong cities of Iudah, and set bandes in the lande of Iudah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:3 @ And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the (note:)That is, his virtues meaning before he had committed with Bathsheba, and against Uriah.(:note) first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Did not seek help from strange Gods. Baalim;

geneva@2Chronicles:17:4 @ But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:5 @ Therefore the Lorde stablished the kingdome in his hande, and all Iudah brought presents to Iehoshaphat, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:6 @ And his heart was (note:)He gave himself wholly to serve the Lord.(:note) lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:7 @ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to (note:)He knew it was in vain to profess religion, unless such were appointed who could instruct the people in the same, and had authority to put away all idolatry.(:note) teach in the cities of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:8 @ And with them Leuites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Iehonathan, and Adoniiah, and Tobiiah, and Tob-adoniiah, Leuites, and with the Elishama and Iehoram Priestes.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:9 @ And they taught in Iudah, and had the booke of the Lawe of the Lorde with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Iudah, and taught the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:10 @ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were] round about Judah, so that they (note:)Thus God prospers all who with a pure heart seek his glory, and keeps their enemies in fear, so that they are not able to execute their rage against them.(:note) made no war against Jehoshaphat.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:11 @ Also some of the Philistims brought Iehoshaphat giftes and tribute siluer, and the Arabians brought him flockes, seuen thousande and seuen hundreth rammes, and seuen thousande and seuen hundreth hee goates.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:12 @ So Iehoshaphat prospered and grewe vp on hie: and he built in Iudah palaces and cities of store.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:13 @ And he had great workes in the cities of Iudah, and men of warre, and valiant men in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:14 @ And these are the nombers of them after the house of their fathers, In Iudah were captaines of thousands, Adnah the captaine, & with him of valiant men three hundreth thousande.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:15 @ And at his hande Iehohanan a captaine, and with him two hundreth and fourescore thousande.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:16 @ And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, (note:)Meaning, who was a Nazarite.(:note) who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:17 @ And of Beniamin, Eliada a valiant man, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundreth thousand.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:18 @ And at his hand Iehozabad, and with him an hundreth and fourescore thousand armed to the warre.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:1 @ Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined (note:)For Joram Jehoshaphat's son married Ahab's daughter.(:note) affinity with Ahab.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:2 @ And after [certain] (note:)That is, the third year, (1Ki_22:2).(:note) years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to To recover it out of the hands of the Syrians. Ramothgilead.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:3 @ And Ahab King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Wilt thou goe with mee to Ramoth Gilead? And hee answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and wee will ioyne with thee in the warre.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:4 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the (note:)Hear the advise of some prophet to know whether it is God's will.(:note) word of the LORD to day.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:5 @ Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of (note:)Who were the prophets of Baal, signifying that the wicked esteem none but liars and such as will bear with their inordinate affections.(:note) prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:7 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I (note:)Yet the true ministers of God should not cease to do their duty, even though the wicked magistrates cannot abide them speaking the truth.(:note) hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say Meaning, that he should not refuse to hear any that was from God. so.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:8 @ And the King of Israel called an eunuche, & said, Call quickly Michaiah the sonne of Imla.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:9 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] (note:)That is, in their majesty and royal apparel.(:note) robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:10 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him (note:)Read (1Ki_22:11).(:note) horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:11 @ And all the Prophets prophesied so, saying, Go vp to Ramoth Gilead, & prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the hand of the King.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:12 @ And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one (note:)Thinking, that since four hundred prophets had agreed in one thing, that he being but one man and in least estimation, did not dare to go against it.(:note) assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:13 @ And Michaiah saide, As the Lorde liueth, whatsoeuer my God saith, that will I speake.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:14 @ And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, (note:)He spoke this in derision of the false prophets as the king well knew.(:note) Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:15 @ And the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:16 @ Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, (note:)He prophesied of how the people would be scattered and Ahab slain.(:note) These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to his house in peace.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:17 @ And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would not prophesie good vnto me, but euill?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:18 @ Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the (note:)Meaning his angels.(:note) host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:19 @ And the Lorde sayd, Who shall perswade Ahab King of Israel, that he may go vp, and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one spake and said thus, and another said that.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:20 @ Then there came forth a spirit and stoode before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him; the Lord said vnto him, Wherein?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:21 @ And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And (note:)That is, the Lord.(:note) [the LORD] said, Thou shalt entice [him], and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even] so.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:22 @ Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a (note:)To those who would not believe the truth, God sent a strong delusion, that they would believe lies, (2Th_2:10).(:note) lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:23 @ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the (note:)By this cruelty his ambition and hypocrisy was discovered; thus the hypocrites boast of the Spirit which they do not have, and declare their malice against them on whom the true Spirit is.(:note) cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:24 @ And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see that day when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:25 @ And the King of Israel sayde, Take ye Michaiah, and cary him to Amon the gouernour of the citie, and to Ioash the Kings sonne,

geneva@2Chronicles:18:26 @ And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of (note:)Keep him in prison, and let him feel hunger and thirst.(:note) affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:27 @ And Michaiah said, If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me; he saide, Heare, all ye people.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:28 @ So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:29 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will (note:)Thus the wicked think by their own subtilty to escape God's judgments which he threatens by his word.(:note) disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:30 @ And the King of Aram had commaunded the captaines of the charets that were with him, saying, Fight you not with small, nor great, but against the King of Israel onely.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:31 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat (note:)He cried to the Lord by acknowledging his fault in going with this wicked king to war against the word of the Lord by his prophet and also by desiring mercy for the same.(:note) cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:33 @ Then a certaine man drewe a bowe mightily, and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine: Therefore he saide to his charetman, Turne thine hand, and carie mee out of the host: for I am hurt.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:34 @ And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel (note:)He disguised his wound that his soldiers might fight more courageously.(:note) stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:1 @ And Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah returned safe to his house in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:2 @ And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, (note:)He declares that the wrath of God is over everyone who supports the wicked and does not show in their actions that they are enemies to everyone that hates the Lord.(:note) Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:3 @ Neuertheles good things are found in thee, because thou hast taken away ye groues out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seeke God.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:4 @ And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again (note:)He visited all his country and brought his people from idolatry to the knowledge of the true God.(:note) through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:5 @ And hee set iudges in the lande throughout all the strong cities of Iudah, citie by citie,

geneva@2Chronicles:19:6 @ And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] (note:)Both to preserve you if you do justly or to punish you, if you do the contrary.(:note) with you in the judgment.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:7 @ Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no (note:)He will declare by the sharpness of the punishment that he hates all iniquity.(:note) iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:8 @ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they (note:)The priests and Levites who should judge matters according to the word of the Lord.(:note) returned to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:9 @ And he charged them, saying, Thus shall yee doe in the feare of the Lord faithfully and with a perfite heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:10 @ And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between (note:)That is, to decide whether or not the murder was done on purpose, (Num_35:11, Deu_4:41).(:note) blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and [so] Meaning, that God would punish them most sharply if they would not execute justice correctly. wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:11 @ And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the (note:)Shall be chief overseer of the public affairs of the realm.(:note) king's matters: also the Levites [shall be] officers They will have the handling of inferior causes. before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the God will assist them that do justice. good.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:1 @ It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside the (note:)That is, who copied the Ammonites in language and apparel. The Hebrews thought that they were the Amalekites, but as it appeared by (2Ch_20:10) they were the Idumeans of mount Seir.(:note) Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:2 @ Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the (note:)Called the Dead sea, where God destroyed the five cities because of their sin.(:note) sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:3 @ And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself (note:)This declares what the fear of the godly is, which is the prick to stir them to prayer and to depend on the Lord, while it moves the wicked either to seek after worldly means and policies or else to fall into despair.(:note) to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:4 @ And Iudah gathered them selues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudah to inquire of the Lord,

geneva@2Chronicles:20:5 @ And Iehoshaphat stoode in the Congregation of Iudah and Ierusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,

geneva@2Chronicles:20:6 @ And saide, O Lorde God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? And reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? And in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:7 @ [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and (note:)He grounds his prayer on God's power, by which he is able to help and also on his mercy, which he will continue toward his, as he has once chosen them and began to show his graces toward them.(:note) gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

geneva@2Chronicles:20:8 @ And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:20:9 @ If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the (note:)Meaning war which comes by God's just judgments for our sins.(:note) sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name That is, it is here called on and you declared your presence and favour. [is] in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:10 @ And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:

geneva@2Chronicles:20:12 @ O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes (note:)We only put our trust in you, and wait for our deliverance from heaven.(:note) [are] upon thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:13 @ And all Judah stood (note:)That is, before the ark of the covenant.(:note) before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:15 @ And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the (note:)They fight against God and not against you, therefore he will fight for you.(:note) battle [is] not yours, but God's.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:16 @ To morowe goe yee downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:17 @ Ye shall not neede to fight in this battell: stand still, moue not, and behold the saluation of the Lord towardes you: O Iudah, and Ierusalem, feare ye not, neither be afraid: to morow goe out against them, and the Lord wilbe with you.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:18 @ And Jehoshaphat (note:)Declaring his faith and obedience to the word of the Lord, and giving thanks for the deliverance promised.(:note) bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:19 @ And the Leuites of the children of the Kohathites and of the childre of the Corhites stood vp to prayse the Lord God of Israel with a loude voyce on hie.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:20 @ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his (note:)Give credit to their words and doctrine.(:note) prophets, so shall ye prosper.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:21 @ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, (note:)This was a psalm of thanksgiving which they used commonly to sing when they praised the Lord for his benefits, and was made by David, (Psa. strkjv@136:1-26).(:note) Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:22 @ And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and (note:)Meaning, the Idumeans who dwelt in mount Seir.(:note) mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:23 @ For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy [them]: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to (note:)Thus the Lord according to Jehoshaphat's prayer declared his power, when he delivered his by causing their enemies to kill one another.(:note) destroy another.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:24 @ And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: & behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:25 @ And when Iehoshaphat & his people came to take away the spoyle of them, they founde among them in abundance both of substance and also of bodies laden with precious iewels, which they tooke for themselues, till they could cary no more: they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle: for it was much.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:26 @ And on the fourth day they (note:)To give thanks to the Lord for the victory: and therefore the valley was called Berachah, that is, blessing or thanksgiving, which was also called the valley of Jehoshaphat, (Joe_3:2, Joe_3:12) because the Lord judged the enemies according to Jehoshaphat's prayer.(:note) assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:27 @ Then euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem returned with Iehoshaphat their head, to goe againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the Lorde had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:28 @ And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:29 @ And the (note:)He declares by this that the works of God always bring comfort or deliverance to his, and fear or destruction to his enemies.(:note) fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:30 @ So the kingdom of Iehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:31 @ And Iehoshaphat reigned ouer Iudah, and was fiue and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne: and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:32 @ And he walked in the way of (note:)Meaning, in his virtues, and those ways in which he followed God.(:note) Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:33 @ Howbeit the high places were (note:)If the great care and diligence of this good king was not able to utterly abolish all the superstition of this people, but they still retained it, how much less are they able to reform evil, who either have little zeal, or not as he had: though here he was not to be excused?(:note) not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:34 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of Iehu the sonne of Hanani, which is mentioned in the booke of the kings of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:36 @ And he ioyned with him, to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the shippes in Ezion Gaber.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:37 @ Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast (note:)Thus God would not have his join in company with idolaters and wicked men.(:note) joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:1 @ Iehoshaphat then slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: and Iehoram his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:2 @ And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these [were] the sons of Jehoshaphat king of (note:)Read (2Ch_15:17) how by Israel he meant Judah.(:note) Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:3 @ And their father gaue them great giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with strong cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:4 @ Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and (note:)Because the wicked always live in fear, and also are ambitious, they become cruel and spare not to murder them, whom by nature they ought most to cherish and defend.(:note) slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Meaning, of Judah and Benjamin. Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:5 @ Iehoram was two and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eyght yeere in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:6 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to (note:)So that we see how it cannot be that we should join with the wicked and serve God.(:note) wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:7 @ Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to him, and to his sonnes for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:8 @ In his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:9 @ And Iehoram went forth with his princes, and all his charets with him: and hee rose vp by night, & smote Edom, which had compassed him in, and the captaines of the charets.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:10 @ So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time [also] did (note:)Read (2Ki_8:22).(:note) Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:11 @ Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit (note:)Meaning, idolatry because the idolater breaks promise with God as the adulteress does to her husband.(:note) fornication, and compelled Judah [thereto].

geneva@2Chronicles:21:12 @ And there came a writing to him from (note:)Some think that this was Elisha so called because he had the Spirit in abundance, as had Elijah.(:note) Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

geneva@2Chronicles:21:14 @ Beholde, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wiues, and all thy substance,

geneva@2Chronicles:21:15 @ And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until (note:)We see this example daily practised on them who fall away from God, and become idolaters and murderers of their brethren.(:note) thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:16 @ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that [were] near the (note:)There were other Arabians in Africa southward toward Egypt.(:note) Ethiopians:

geneva@2Chronicles:21:17 @ And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save (note:)Called also Ahaziah, as in (2Ch_22:1) or Azariah in (2Ch_22:6).(:note) Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:18 @ And after all this, the Lorde smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:19 @ And in processe of time, euen after the end of two yeeres, his guttes fell out with his disease: so he dyed of sore diseases: & his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:20 @ Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, (note:)That is, as some write, he was not regarded but deposed for his wickedness and idolatry so that his son reigned 22 years (his father yet living) without honour, and after his father's death he was confirmed to reign still, as in (2Ch_22:2).(:note) and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:1 @ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the (note:)Meaning the Philistines.(:note) Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:4 @ Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his (note:)He shows that it follows that the rulers are as their counsellors are and that there cannot be a good king who allows wicked counsellors.(:note) counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:5 @ And he walked after their counsel, & went with Iehoram the sonne of Ahab King of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead: and the Aramites smote Ioram.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:6 @ And he returned to be healed in Izreel, because of the woundes wherewith they had wounded him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael King of Aram. Nowe Azariah the sonne of Iehoram King of Iudah went downe to see Iehoram the sonne of Ahab at Izreel, because hee was diseased.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:7 @ And the destruction of Ahaziah (note:)By this we see that nothing can come to any but by God's providence and as he has appointed, and therefore he causes everything to serve his purposes.(:note) was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:8 @ Therefore when Iehu executed iudgemet vpon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Iudah and the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziah that waited on Ahaziah, he slew them also.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:9 @ And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he [is] the son of (note:)This was the just plague of God because he joined himself with God's enemies: yet God to declare the worthiness of Jehoshaphat his grandfather moved them to give him the honour of burial.(:note) Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:10 @ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and (note:)So that there would be no one to claim the crown and so she might usurp the government.(:note) destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:11 @ But Iehoshabeath the daughter of ye King, tooke Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale him from among the Kings sonnes, that shoulde be slayne, & put him & his nource in the bed chamber: so Iehoshabeath the daughter of King Iehoram the wife of Iehoiada the Priest (for shee was the sister of Ahaziah) hid him from Athaliah: so she slew him not.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:12 @ And he was with them hid in the (note:)Meaning, in the chamber where the priests and Levites slept, who kept their courses weekly in the temple.(:note) house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the That is, of Judah. land.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:1 @ And (note:)Of the reign of Athaliah or after the death of Ahaziah.(:note) in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:2 @ And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the (note:)Meaning of Judah and Benjamin. To see why they are called Israel, {{See 2Ch_15:17}}(:note) chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:3 @ And al the Congregation made a couenant with the King in the house of God: and he sayde vnto them, Behold, the Kings sonne must reigne, as the Lord hath sayd of the sonnes of Dauid.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:4 @ This is it that ye shal do, The third part of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests, and the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:5 @ And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the (note:)Which was the chief gate of the temple toward the east.(:note) foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:7 @ And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else] cometh (note:)Meaning to make any tumult, or to hinder their enterprise.(:note) into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:8 @ So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that (note:)Who had finished their course on the Sabbath and so the other part entered to keep their turn.(:note) were to go [out] on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:9 @ And Iehoiada the Priest deliuered to the captaines of hundreths speares, and shieldes, and bucklers which had bene King Dauids, and were in the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:10 @ And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the (note:)Meaning the most holy place where the ark stood.(:note) temple, by the king round about.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:11 @ Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave him] the (note:)That is, the book of the law or as some read they put on him his royal apparel.(:note) testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:13 @ And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, (note:)Declaring her vile impudency who having unjustly and by murder usurped the crown would still have defeated the true possessor and therefore called true obedience treason.(:note) Treason, Treason.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:14 @ Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso (note:)To join with her party and to maintain her authority.(:note) followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:15 @ So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:16 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That they would only serve him and renounce all idolatry.(:note) covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:17 @ Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and (note:)According to their covenant made to the Lord.(:note) brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew As the Lord commanded in his law both for the person and also the city, (Deu_13:9, Deu_13:15). Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:18 @ And Iehoiada appointed officers for the house of the Lorde, vnder the handes of the Priestes and Leuites, whome Dauid had distributed for the house of the Lorde, to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with reioycing and singing by the appoyntment of Dauid.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:19 @ And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:20 @ And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the (note:)Which was the principal gate that the king might be seen by all the people.(:note) high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:21 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, (note:)For where a tyrant and an idolater reigns there can be no peace for the plagues of God are always among such people.(:note) after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:1 @ Ioash was seuen yere olde, when he began to reigne, & he reigned fourty yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:2 @ And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all the days of (note:)Who was a faithful counsellor and governed him by the word of God.(:note) Jehoiada the priest.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:3 @ And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:4 @ And afterward it came into Ioash mind, to renew the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:5 @ And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all (note:)He does not mean the ten tribes but only the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin.(:note) Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:6 @ And the king called for Jehoiada the (note:)For he was the high priest.(:note) chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

geneva@2Chronicles:24:7 @ For the sons of Athaliah, that (note:)The scriptures call her wicked because she was a cruel murderer and a blasphemous idolater.(:note) wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:8 @ Therefore the King commaunded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of the Lord without.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:9 @ And they made proclamation thorow Iudah and Ierusalem, to bring vnto the Lord the taxe of Moses the seruant of God, layde vpon Israel in the wildernesse.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:10 @ And all the princes and all the people reioyced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, vntill they had finished.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:11 @ Now it came to pass, that at what time (note:)Such as were faithful men whom the king had appointed for that matter.(:note) the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:12 @ And the king and (note:)Signifying that this was done by advise and counsel and not by any one man's desire.(:note) Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:13 @ So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: & they restored the house of God to his state, & strengthened it.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:14 @ And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made (note:)For the wicked kings, his predecessors and Athaliah had destroyed the vessels of the temple, or turned them to the use of their idols.(:note) vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:15 @ But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:16 @ And they buried him in the city of David among the (note:)Signifying that they could not honour him too much, who had so excellently served in the work of the Lord, and in the affairs of the commonwealth.(:note) kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:17 @ Now after the death of Jehoiada came the (note:)Who were liars and knew now that the king was destitute of him who watched over him as a father, and therefore brought him to most vile idolatry.(:note) princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:18 @ And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: & wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:19 @ Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they (note:)They took heaven and earth and all creatures to witness that unless they returned to the Lord, he would most grievously punish their infidelity and rebellion, (Neh_9:26).(:note) testified against them: but they would not give ear.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:20 @ And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood (note:)In a place above the people, to the intent that he might be heard.(:note) above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:21 @ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the (note:)There is no rage so cruel and beastly as of them whose hearts God has hardened, and who delight more in superstition and idolatry than in the true service of God and pure simplicity of his word.(:note) commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:22 @ Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD (note:)Avenge my death and require my blood at your hands: or he speaks this by prophecy because he knew that God would do it. This Zachariah is also called the son of Barachias, (Mat_23:35) because his progenitors were Iddo, Berachiah, Jehoiada.(:note) look upon [it], and require [it].

geneva@2Chronicles:24:23 @ And when the yeere was out, the host of Aram came vp against him, and they came against Iudah and Ierusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the King of Damascus.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:24 @ For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they (note:)That is, reproved and checked him, and handled him rigorously.(:note) executed judgment against Joash.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:25 @ And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the (note:)Meaning Zachariah, who was one of Jehoiada's sons and a prophet of the Lord.(:note) sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:26 @ And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad the sonne of Shimrath an Ammonitesse, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shimrith a Moabitesse.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:27 @ Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the (note:)Or, foundation.(:note) repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:1 @ Amaziah was fiue and twentie yere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iehoaddan, of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:2 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his imperfections.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:3 @ And when the kingdome was established vnto him, he slewe his seruants, that had slaine the King his father.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:4 @ But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the (note:)That is, for the fault the child is punished for unless he is guilty of the same.(:note) children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:5 @ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from (note:)So many as were able to bear weapons and go to war.(:note) twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able] to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:6 @ He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour (note:)That is, out of the ten tribes who had separated themselves before both from God and their true king.(:note) out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:8 @ But (note:)If you will not give credit to my words.(:note) if thou wilt go, do [it], be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:9 @ And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to (note:)He shows that if we depend only on God, we will not need to be troubled by these worldly things, for he will give at all times that which will be necessary if we obey his word.(:note) give thee much more than this.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:10 @ So Amaziah separated them, to wit, the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim, to returne to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly against Iudah, and they returned to their places with great anger.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:11 @ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of (note:)For the Idumeans whom David had brought to subjection rebelled under Jehoram Jehoshaphat's son.(:note) Seir ten thousand.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:12 @ And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the (note:)In (2Ki_14:7) this rock is called the city Sela.(:note) rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:13 @ But the soldiers of the (note:)That is, the 100,000 of Israel.(:note) army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:14 @ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and (note:)That where he should have praised God for his benefits and great victory, he fell from God and most vilely dishonoured him.(:note) bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:15 @ Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not (note:)He proves that whatever cannot save himself nor his worshipper is no god but an idol.(:note) deliver their own people out of thine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:25:16 @ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that (note:)Meaning the king.(:note) [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be So hard it is, for the carnal man to be admonished for his fault, that he condemns, mocks and threatens him who warns him: yea, imprisons him and puts him to death, (2Ch_16:10, 2Ch_18:26, 2Ch_24:21). smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:17 @ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (note:)That is, let us try the matter hand to hand: for he was offended, that the army of the Israelites whom he had in wages and dismissed by the counsel of the prophet, had destroyed certain of the cities of Judah.(:note) let us see one another in the face.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:18 @ But Ioash King of Israel sent to Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon went and trode downe the thistle.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:19 @ Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee?

geneva@2Chronicles:25:20 @ But Amaziah would not hear; for (note:)Thus God often plagues by those means on which men must rely, to teach them to seek help only from him, and to show his judgments, he moves their hearts to follow that which will lead to their destruction.(:note) it [came] of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought after the gods of Edom.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:21 @ So Ioash the King of Israel went vp: and he, and Amaziah King of Iudah saw one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which is in Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:22 @ And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to his tents.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:23 @ But Ioash the King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Ioash, the sonne of Iehoahaz in Bethshemesh, and brought him to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:24 @ And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with (note:)Meaning, the successors of Obededom: for the house bore the name of the chief father.(:note) Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:25 @ And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah liued after the death of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel, fifteene yeere.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:26 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah first and last, are they not written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel?

geneva@2Chronicles:25:27 @ Nowe after the time that Amaziah did turne away from ye Lord, they wrought treason against him in Ierusalem: and when he was fled to Lachish, they sent to Lachish after him, and slewe him there.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:28 @ And they brought him vpon horses, & buried him with his fathers in the citie of Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:1 @ Then all the people of Judah took (note:)Called also Azariah.(:note) Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:2 @ He built (note:)He fortified it and made it strong: this city was also called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.(:note) Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:3 @ Sixteene yeere olde was Vzziah, when he began to reigne, & he reigned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iecoliah of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:4 @ And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to al that his father Amaziah did.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:5 @ And he sought God in the days of (note:)This was not the Zechariah that was the son of Jehoiada, but some other prophet of that name.(:note) Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as For God never forsakes any who seek him, and therefore man is the cause of his own destruction. he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:6 @ For he went forth and fought against the Philistims & brake downe the wall of Gath, and the wall of Iabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistims.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:7 @ And God helped him against ye Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeunim.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:8 @ And the Ammonites gave (note:)That is, they paid tribute in a sign of subjection.(:note) gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:9 @ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the (note:)Where the wall or tower turns.(:note) turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:10 @ Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in (note:)That is, in mount Carmel, or as the word signifies in the fruitful field, it is also taken for a green ear of corn when it is full, (Lev_2:14).(:note) Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:11 @ Vzziah had also an hoste of fighting men that went out to warre by bandes, according to the count of their nomber vnder the hande of Ieiel the Scribe, and Maaseiah the ruler, and vnder the hand of Hananiah, one of the Kings captaines.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:12 @ The whole (note:)Of the chief officers of the king's house, or of the captains and sergeants for war.(:note) number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:13 @ And vnder their hande was the armie for warre, three hundreth and seuen thousand, & fiue hundreth that fought valiantly to helpe the King against the enemie.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:14 @ And Vzziah prepared them throughout all the hoste, shieldes, and speares, and helmets, and brigandines, and bowes, and stones to sling.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:15 @ He made also very artificial engins in Ierusalem, to be vpon the towres and vpon the corners, to shoote arrowes and great stones: and his name spred farre abroade, because God did helpe him marueilously, till he was mightie.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:16 @ But when he was strong, his heart (note:)Thus prosperity causes men to trust in themselves and by forgetting him who is the author of it, procure their own punishment.(:note) was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:17 @ And Azariah the Priest went in after him, and with him foure score Priests of the Lord, valiant men.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:18 @ And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: (note:)Though his zeal seemed to be good and also his intention, yet because they were not governed by the word of God, he did wickedly and was therefore both justly resisted and also punished.(:note) go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:19 @ Then Vzziah was wroth, and had incense in his hand to burne it: and while he was wroth with the Priestes, the leprosie rose vp in his forehead before the Priestes in the house of the Lord beside the incense altar.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:20 @ And wen Azariah the chiefe Priest with al the Priestes looked vpon him, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, & they caused him hastily to depart thence: and he was euen compelled to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:21 @ And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a (note:)According to the commandment of the Lord, (Lev_13:46).(:note) several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:22 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Vzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amoz write.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:23 @ So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He (note:)Therefore was buried apart in the same field but not in the same sepulchre with his predecessors.(:note) [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:1 @ Iotham was fiue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Ierushah the daughter of Zadok.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the (note:)That is, to offer incense against the word of God, which is spoken of in the commendation of Jotham.(:note) temple of the LORD. And the people did yet They were not completely purged from idolatry. corruptly.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:3 @ He built the high (note:)Which was 60 cubits high and was for the height called Ophel: it was at the east gate and mention is made of it in (2Ch_3:4).(:note) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:4 @ Moreouer hee buylt cities in the mountaines of Iudah, and in the forests he buylt palaces and towres.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:5 @ And he fought with the King of the children of Ammon, & preuailed against them; the children of Ammon gaue him the same yere an hundreth talents of siluer, and ten thousande measures of wheate, & ten thousand of barley: this did the children of Ammon giue him both in the second yeere and the third.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:7 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Iotham, & all his warres & his wayes, loe, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel, and Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:8 @ He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:9 @ And Iotham slept with his fathers, & they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: and Ahaz his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:1 @ Ahaz was twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord, like Dauid his father.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:2 @ For (note:)He was an idolater like them.(:note) he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for As the idolaters have certain chief idols, who are as patrons (as were these Baalim) so have they others who are inferior and represent the great idols. Baalim.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:4 @ He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the hie places, and on hilles, and vnder euery greene tree.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:5 @ Wherefore the Lorde his God deliuered him into the hand of the King of the Aramites, & they smote him, & tooke of his, many prisoners, and brought them to Damascus: and he was also deliuered into the hande of the King of Israel, which smote him with a great slaughter.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:6 @ For (note:)Who was king of Israel.(:note) Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:7 @ And Zichri a mighty man of Ephraim slew Maaseiah the Kings sonne, and Azrikam the gouernour of the house, and Elkanah the second after the King.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:8 @ And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren (note:)Thus by the just judgment of God, Israel destroyed Judah.(:note) two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:9 @ But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, (note:)For they thought they had overcome them by their own valiantness, and did not consider that God had delivered them into their hands, because Judah had offended him.(:note) because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:10 @ And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, (note:)May not God also punish you for your sins as he has done these men for theirs, seeing that yours are greater?(:note) sins against the LORD your God?

geneva@2Chronicles:28:11 @ Nowe therefore heare me, and deliuer the captiues againe, which ye haue taken prisoners of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is toward you.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:12 @ Then certain of the heads of the children of (note:)Which tribe was now greatest and had most authority.(:note) Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

geneva@2Chronicles:28:13 @ And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have (note:)God will not allow this sin which we commit against him, to go unpunished.(:note) offended against the LORD [already], ye intend to add [more] to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:14 @ So the armie left the captiues & the spoyle before the princes and all the Congregation.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:15 @ And the men which were (note:)Whose name were rehearsed before, (2Ch_28:12).(:note) expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and Either for their wounds or weariness. anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their To them of the tribe of Judah. brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:16 @ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the (note:)To Tiglath Pileser and those kings who were under his dominion, (2Ki_16:7).(:note) kings of Assyria to help him.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:17 @ (For the Edomites came moreouer, & slew of Iudah, and caryed away captiues.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:18 @ The Philistims also inuaded the cities in the low countrey, & toward the South of Iudah, and tooke Bethshemesh, and Aialon, and Gederoth and Shocho, with the villages thereof, and Timnah, with her villages, and Gimzo, with her villages, and they dwelt there.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:19 @ For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of (note:)He means Judah, because Ahaz forsook the Lord and sought help from the infidels. {{See 2Ch_15:17}} for when Judah was called Israel.(:note) Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:20 @ And Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:21 @ For Ahaz tooke a portion out of the house of the Lord & out of the Kings house and of the Princes, and gaue vnto the king of Asshur: yet it helped him not.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:22 @ And in ye time of his tribulation did he yet trespasse more against ye Lord, (this is King Ahaz)

geneva@2Chronicles:28:23 @ For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which (note:)As he falsely supposed.(:note) smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may Thus the wicked measure God's favour by prosperity and adversity: for if idolaters prosper, they make their idols gods, not considering that God often punishes them whom he loves and gives his enemies good success for a time whom afterward he will destroy. help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:24 @ And Ahaz gathered the vessels of ye house of God, & brake the vessels of the house of God, & shut vp the doores of the house of the Lord, & made him altars in euery corner of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:25 @ And in euery citie of Iudah hee made hie places, to burne incense vnto other gods, & prouoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:26 @ Concerning the rest of his actes, and all his wayes first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah, and Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:27 @ And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the (note:)They did not bury him in the city of David, where the sepulchres of the kings were.(:note) sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:1 @ Hezekiah began to reigne, when he was fiue and twentie yeere olde, and reigned nine and twentie yeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Abiiah the daughter of Zechariah.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:2 @ And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:3 @ He in the first year of his reign, in the (note:)This is a notable example for all princes, first to establish the pure religion of God and to procure that the Lord may be honoured and served correctly.(:note) first month, opened the Which Ahaz had shut up, (2Ch_28:24). doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:4 @ And he brought in the Priests and the Leuites, and gathered them into the East streete,

geneva@2Chronicles:29:5 @ And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth (note:)Meaning, all the idols, altar groves and whatever was occupied in their service and with which the temple was polluted.(:note) the filthiness out of the holy [place].

geneva@2Chronicles:29:6 @ For our fathers haue trespassed, and done euill in the eyes of the Lord our God, and haue forsaken him, & turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backes.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:7 @ They haue also shut the doores of ye porch, and quenched the lampes, and haue neither burnt incense, nor offred burnt offrings in the Sanctuarie vnto the God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:9 @ For lo, our fathers are fallen by the sword, and our sonnes, and our daughters, and our wiues are in captiuitie for the same cause.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:11 @ Now my sonnes, be not deceiued: for the Lorde hath chosen you to stand before him, to serue him, and to be his ministers, and to burne incense.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:12 @ Then the Leuites arose, Mahath ye sonne of Amashai, and Ioel the sonne of Azariah of the sonnes of the Kohathites: & of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, & Azariah the sonne of Iehalelel: and of the Gershonites, Ioah the sonne of Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of Ioah:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:13 @ And of the sonnes of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Iehiel: and of the sonnes of Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:14 @ And of the sonnes of Heman, Iehiel, and Shimei: and of the sonnes of Ieduthun, Shemaiah and Vzziel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:15 @ And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselues and came according to the commaundement of the King, & by the words of the Lord, for to clense the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:16 @ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to (note:)From the pollution and filth that Ahaz had brought in.(:note) cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:17 @ Now they began on the first [day] of the (note:)Which contained part of March and part of April.(:note) first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:18 @ Then they went in to Hezekiah ye King, and sayde, We haue clensed all the house of the Lord and the altar of burnt offring, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:19 @ And all the vessels which King Ahaz had cast aside when he reigned, and transgressed, haue we prepared and sanctified: and beholde, they are before the altar of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:20 @ Then Hezekiah the king (note:)By this manner of speech the Hebrews mean a certain diligence and speed to do a thing: and when there is no delay.(:note) rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:21 @ And they brought seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and seuen lambes, and seuen hee goates, for a sinne offring for the kingdome, & for the sanctuarie, and for Iudah; he commanded the Priests the sonnes of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:22 @ So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and (note:)For without sprinkling of blood nothing could be sanctified, (Heb_9:21; Exo_24:8).(:note) sprinkled [it] on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:23 @ And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; (note:)That is, the king and the elders, as in (Lev_4:15) for they who offered a sin offering must lay their hands on it, to signify that they had deserved that death, and also that they consecrated it to God to be sanctified by it, (Exo_29:10).(:note) and they laid their hands upon them:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:24 @ And the Priests slewe them, and with the blood of them they clensed the altar to reconcile all Israel: for the King had commanded for all Israel the burnt offring and the sinne offring.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:25 @ And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the (note:)This thing was not appointed by man, but it was the commandment of God.(:note) commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:26 @ And the Leuites stood with the instrumets of Dauid, and the Priests with the trumpets.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:27 @ And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the (note:)The psalm which David had appointed to be sung for thanksgiving.(:note) LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] Which David had appointed to praise the Lord with. by David king of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:28 @ And al the Congregation worshipped, singing a song, and they blew the trumpets: all this continued vntill the burnt offring was finished.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:29 @ And when they had made an ende of offring, the King and all that were present with him, bowed themselues, and worshipped.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:30 @ Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the (note:)With the psalm mentioned in (1Ch_16:8).(:note) words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:31 @ And Hezekiah spake, and sayde, Now ye haue consecrate your selues to the Lord: come neere and bring the sacrifices and offerings of prayse into the house of the Lord; the Congregation brought sacrifices; and offrings of prayses, and euery man that was willing in heart, offred burnt offrings.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:32 @ And the nomber of the burnt offrings, which the Congregation brought, was seuentie bullockes, an hundreth rammes, and two hundreth lambes: all these were for a burnt offring to the Lord:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:33 @ And the (note:)That is, for the holy offerings.(:note) consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:34 @ But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the [other] priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites [were] (note:)Meaning, were more zealous to set forth the religion.(:note) more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:35 @ And also the burnt offerings were many with the fat of the peace offrings & the drinke offrings for the burnt offring. so the seruice of the house of the Lord was set in order.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:36 @ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had (note:)He shows that religion cannot proceed unless God touches the heart of the people.(:note) prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:1 @ And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to (note:)Meaning, all Israel, whom Tiglath Pilesar had not taken away into captivity, (2Ki_15:29).(:note) Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:2 @ For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the (note:)Though they should have done it in the first month, as in (Exo_12:18; Num_9:3), yet if any were not clean or else had a long journey, they could delay it to the second month, as in (Num_9:10-11).(:note) second month.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:4 @ And the thing pleased the King, and all the Congregation.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:5 @ So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from (note:)From one end of the land to the other, north and south.(:note) Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] In such sort and perfection as God had appointed. as it was written.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:6 @ So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and (note:)He will have compassion on them and preserve them.(:note) he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:7 @ And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lorde God of their fathers: and therfore he made them desolate, as ye see.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:8 @ Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] (note:)Submit yourselves to the Lord, and rebel no more.(:note) yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:9 @ For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall (note:)God will not only preserve you, but through your repentance restore your brethren, who for their sins he gave into the hands of the enemies.(:note) come again into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:10 @ So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they (note:)Though the wicked mock the servants of God, by whom he calls them to repentance, as in (Gen_19:14), yet the word does not cease to ripen in the hearts of God's elect.(:note) laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:11 @ Neuerthelesse diuers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun submitted themselues, and came to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:12 @ Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one (note:)He shows the reason why some obey and some mock God's calling, that is, because his Spirit is with the one sort and moves in their heart, and the others are left to themselves.(:note) heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:13 @ And there assembled to Ierusalem much people, to keepe the feast of ye vnleauened bread in the second moneth, a very great assemblie.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:14 @ And they arose and took away the (note:)Which declares that we must put away those things with which God is offended, before we can serve him correctly.(:note) altars that [were] in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:15 @ Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were (note:)Seeing their own negligence (who should have been most prompt) and the readiness of the people, (2Ch_29:36).(:note) ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:16 @ And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the (note:)That is, of the lamb of the passover.(:note) blood, [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:18 @ For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The (note:)He knew that faith and sincerity of heart were more agreeable to God than the observation of the ceremonies and therefore he prayed to God to pardon this fault to the people who did not offend out of malice, but out of ignorance.(:note) good LORD pardon every one

geneva@2Chronicles:30:20 @ And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and (note:)That is, accepted them as purified.(:note) healed the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:21 @ And the children of Israel that were present at Ierusalem, kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes with great ioye, and the Leuites, and the Priestes praysed the Lorde, day by day, singing with loude instruments vnto the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:22 @ And Hezekiah spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites that had good knowledge to sing vnto the Lorde: and they did eate in that feast seuen dayes, and offred peace offrings, and praysed the Lord God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:23 @ And the whole assembly tooke counsel to keepe it other seuen dayes. So they kept it seuen dayes with ioy.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:24 @ For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a (note:)This great liberality declares how kings, princes and all they to whom God has given, should be ready to bestow it in the setting forth of God's glory.(:note) thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:25 @ And all the Congregation of Iudah reioyced with the Priestes and the Leuites, and all the Congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then the priests the Levites arose and (note:)According to that which is written in (Num_6:23) when they should dismiss the people.(:note) blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:1 @ Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and (note:)According to the commandment of the Lord, (Deu_7:25; Jos_7:12).(:note) brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the That is, all they who came to the passover. children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:2 @ And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the (note:)That is, in the temple where they assembled as in a tent.(:note) tents of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:3 @ (And the Kings portion was of his owne substance for the burnt offrings, euen for ye burnt offrings of the morning and of the euening, and the burnt offrings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moones, and for the solemne feastes, as it is written in the Law of the Lord)

geneva@2Chronicles:31:4 @ Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the (note:)The tithes and firstfruits for the maintenance of the priests and Levites.(:note) portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be That their minds might not be entangled with provision of worldly things, but that they might wholly and cheerfully serve the Lord. encouraged in the law of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:5 @ And when the commaundement was spread, the children of Israel brought abundance of first fruites, of corne, wine, and oyle, and honie, and of all the increase of the fielde, and the tithes of all things brought they abundantly.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:6 @ And [concerning] the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things (note:)Which they had dedicated to the Lord by a vow.(:note) which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid [them] by For the relief of the priests, Levites, widows, pupils, fatherless, strangers, and such as were in need. heaps.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:7 @ In the thirde moneth they beganne to lay the foundation of the heapes, and finished them in the seuenth moneth.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:8 @ And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they (note:)They praised the Lord and prayed for all prosperity to his people.(:note) blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:9 @ And Hezekiah questioned with the Priests and the Leuites concerning the heapes.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:10 @ And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have (note:)He shows that this plenteous liberality is expedient for the maintenance of the ministers and that God therefore prospers his people and increases by his blessing that which is given.(:note) had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left [is] this great store.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:11 @ And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lorde: and they prepared them,

geneva@2Chronicles:31:12 @ And caryed in the first fruites, and the tithes, and the dedicate things faithfully: and ouer them was Conaniah the Leuite, the chiefe, and Shimei his brother the seconde.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:13 @ And Iehiel, and Azariah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Ierimoth, and Iozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah were ouerseers by the appointment of Conaniah, & Shimei his brother, and by the commandement of Hezekiah the King, and of Azariah the chiefe of the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:14 @ And Kore the sonne of Imnah the Leuite porter towarde the East, was ouer the things that were willingly offred vnto God, to distribute the oblations of the Lorde, and the holy things that were consecrate.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:15 @ And at his hande were Eden, and Miniamin, and Ieshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, & Shechaniah, in the cities of the Priestes, to distribute with fidelitie to their brethren by courses, both to the great and small,

geneva@2Chronicles:31:16 @ Beside their genealogy of males, (note:)Who had also a portion and allowance in this distribution.(:note) from three years old and upward, [even] unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

geneva@2Chronicles:31:17 @ Both to the generation of the Priestes after the house of their fathers, and to the Leuites from twentie yeere olde and aboue, according to their charge in their courses:

geneva@2Chronicles:31:18 @ And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their (note:)Meaning, that either by the faithful distribution of the officers, everyone had their part in the things that were offered, or else that their wives and children were relieved, because the Levites were faithful in their office, and so depended on them.(:note) set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

geneva@2Chronicles:31:19 @ Also to the sonnes of Aaron, the Priestes, which were in the fieldes & suburbes of their cities, in euery citie the men that were appointed by names, shoulde giue portions to all the males of the Priestes, and to all the generation of the Leuites.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:20 @ And thus did Hezekiah throughout al Iudah, and did well, and vprightly, and truely before the Lorde his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:21 @ And in all the workes that he began for the seruice of the house of God, both in the Law and in the commandements, to seeke his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:1 @ After these things faithfully described, Saneherib King of Asshur came and entred into Iudah, and besieged the strong cities, & thought to winne them for him selfe.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:2 @ When Hezekiah sawe that Saneherib was come, and that his purpose was to fight against Ierusalem,

geneva@2Chronicles:32:3 @ Then he tooke counsell with his princes and his nobles, to stoppe the water of the fountaines without the citie: and they did helpe him.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So many of the people assembled themselues, and stopt all the fountaines, and the riuer that ranne through the middes of the countrey, saying, Why should the Kings of Asshur come, and finde much water?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:5 @ Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired (note:)He made a double wall.(:note) Millo [in] the Read (2Sa_5:9). city of David, and made Some read, swords or daggers. darts and shields in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:6 @ And he set captaines of warre ouer the people, and assembled them to him in the broade place of the gate of the citie, and spake comfortably vnto them, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:32:7 @ Be strong and couragious: feare not, neither be afraide for the King of Asshur, neither for all the multitude that is with him: for there be mo with vs, then is with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:8 @ With him [is] an (note:)That is, the power of man.(:note) arm of flesh; but with us [is] the This declares that Hezekiah always put his trust in God, and yet made himself strong and used lawful means, lest he should seem to tempt God. LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:9 @ After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] (note:)While he besieged Lachish.(:note) against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:32:11 @ Doeth not Hezekiah entice you to giue ouer your selues vnto death by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lorde our God shall deliuer vs out of the hande of the King of Asshur?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:12 @ Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his (note:)Thus the wicked put no difference between true religion and false, God and idols: for Hezekiah only destroyed idolatry and replaced it with true religion. Thus the papists slander the servants of God: for when they destroy idolatry, they say that they abolish religion.(:note) altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:13 @ Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto all the people of other countreyes? Were the gods of the nations of other landes able to deliuer their land out of mine hande?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:14 @ Who [was there] among all the (note:)This is his blasphemy that he will compare the living God to vile idols.(:note) gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:15 @ Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of (note:)When man has prosperity, he swells in pride, and thinks himself able to resist and overcome even God himself.(:note) mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:16 @ And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his (note:)In this we see that when the wicked speak evil of the servants of God, they care not to blaspheme God himself for if they feared God, they would love his servants.(:note) servant Hezekiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:17 @ He wrote also letters, blaspheming the Lorde God of Israel and speaking against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other countreies could not deliuer their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliuer his people out of mine hande.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:18 @ Then they (note:)Their words are written, (2Ki_18:19).(:note) cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:19 @ And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the (note:)Which were invented, made and authorized by man.(:note) work of the hands of man.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:20 @ And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, (note:)This shows what the best refuge in all troubles and dangers is.(:note) prayed and cried to heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:21 @ And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and (note:)To the number of 185,000 as in (2Ki_19:35-36).(:note) captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his Meaning, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons. own bowels slew him there with the sword.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:22 @ So the Lorde saued Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem from the hande of Saneherib King of Asshur, and from the hande of all other, and maintained them on euery side.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:23 @ And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was (note:)Thus after trouble God sends comfort to all them who patiently wait on him, and constantly put their trust in his mercies.(:note) magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:24 @ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him (note:)To confirm his faith in God's promise, who declared to him by his prophet that his life would be prolonged fifteen years.(:note) a sign.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:25 @ But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done] unto him; for his heart (note:)He was lifted up with the pride of his victory and treasures, and shows them for an ostentation to the ambassadors of Babylon.(:note) was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:26 @ Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled him selfe (after that his heart was lifted vp) he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:27 @ Hezekiah also had exceeding much riches and honour, and he gate him treasures of siluer, and of golde, and of precious stones, and of sweete odours, and of shieldes, and of all pleasant vessels:

geneva@2Chronicles:32:28 @ And of store houses for the increase of wheat and wine & oyle, and stalles for all beasts, and rowes for the stables.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:29 @ And he made him cities, and had possession of sheepe and oxen in abundance: for God had giuen him substance exceeding much.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:30 @ This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of (note:)Which also was called Shiloh, of which mention is made in (Isa_8:6; Joh_9:7).(:note) Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:31 @ Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to (note:)Here we see the reason why the faithful are tempted, which is to determine whether they have faith or not, and that they may feel the presence of God who does not allow them to be overcome by temptations, but in their weakness administers strength.(:note) try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:32 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and his goodnesse, beholde, they are written in the vision of Ishiah the Prophet, the sonne of Amoz, in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:33 @ So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the highest sepulchre of the sonnes of Dauid: and all Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem did him honour at his death: and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:1 @ Manasseh was twelue yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned fiue and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem:

geneva@2Chronicles:33:2 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, like the abominations of the heathen, who the Lorde had cast out before the children of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:3 @ For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had broken downe: and he set vp altars for Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoste of the heauen, and serued them.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:5 @ And he built altars for all the hoste of the heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:7 @ He put also the carued image, which he had made, in the house of God: whereof God had said to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer,

geneva@2Chronicles:33:8 @ Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the (note:)By the charge given to Moses.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:9 @ So Manasseh made Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem to erre, and to doe worse then the heathen, whome the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:10 @ And the LORD spake (note:)Meaning by his prophets, but their hearts were not touched to believe and repent, without which the preaching of the word has no effect.(:note) to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:11 @ Wherefore the Lorde brought vpon them the captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur, which tooke Manasseh and put him in fetters, & bound him in chaines, & caryed him to Babel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:12 @ And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lorde his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

geneva@2Chronicles:33:13 @ And prayed unto him: and he was (note:)Thus affliction gives understanding: for he that hated God in his prosperity now in his misery seeks him.(:note) intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:14 @ Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of (note:)Read (2Ch_32:30).(:note) Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Read (2Ch_27:3). Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:15 @ And he tooke away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, & all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lorde, and in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the citie.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:16 @ And he repaired the (note:)Which Solomon had caused to be made.(:note) altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his (note:)Which although it is not contained in the Hebrew, yet because it is here mentioned and is written in the Greek, we have placed it in the end of this book.(:note) prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:19 @ And his prayer and how God was intreated of him, and all his sinne, and his trespasse, and the places wherein he built hie places, and set groues and images (before he was humbled) behold, they are written in the booke of the Seers.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:20 @ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own (note:)Because he had so horribly offended against the Lord, they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings, but in the garden of the king's house.(:note) house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:21 @ Amon was two and twentie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned two yeere in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:22 @ But he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the images, which Manasseh his father had made, and serued them,

geneva@2Chronicles:33:23 @ And he humbled not him selfe before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himselfe: but this Amon trespassed more and more.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:24 @ And his seruants conspired against him, & slewe him in his owne house.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:25 @ But the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amon: and the people of the land made Iosiah his sonne King in his steade.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:1 @ Iosiah was eight yeere olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirtie yeere.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of (note:)He followed David in all points that he followed the Lord.(:note) David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:3 @ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet (note:)When he was but sixteen years old he showed himself zealous of God's glory, and at twenty years old he abolished idolatry and restored the true religion.(:note) young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:4 @ And they brake down (note:)Which shows that he would see the reformation with his own eyes.(:note) the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust [of them], and strowed [it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:5 @ And he burnt the (note:)Read (2Ki_23:16).(:note) bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:6 @ And in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, euen vnto Naphtali, with their maules they brake all round about.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:7 @ And when he had (note:)This great zeal of this godly king the Holy Spirit sets forth as an example and pattern to other kings and rulers, to teach them what God requires of them.(:note) broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:8 @ Then in the eightenth yere of his reigne, when hee had purged the lande and the Temple, he sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the gouernour of the citie, & Ioah the sonne of Ioahaz the recorder, to repaire the house of the Lord his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And when they came to Hilkiah the hie Priest, they deliuered ye money that was brought into the house of God, which the Leuites that kept the doore, had gathered at the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and of all the residue of Israel, and of all Iudah and Beniamin, and of the inhabitantes of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:11 @ Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the (note:)For there were many portions and pieces annexed to the temple.(:note) houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men did the work (note:)Meaning that they were in such credit for their fidelity that they made no accounts of that which they received, (2Ki_22:7, 2Ki_22:9).(:note) faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:13 @ And they were ouer the bearers of burdens, and them that set forwarde all the workemen in euery worke: and of the Leuites were scribes, and officers and porters.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:14 @ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a (note:)Read (2Ki_22:8).(:note) book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:15 @ Therefore Hilkiah answered and sayde to Shaphan the chaceler, I haue found the booke of the Law in the house of the Lord: & Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:16 @ And Shaphan carried the book to (note:)For the king was commanded to continually have a copy of this book and to read in it day and night, (Deu_17:18).(:note) the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do [it].

geneva@2Chronicles:34:17 @ For they haue gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and haue deliuered it into the handes of the ouerseers, and to the handes of the workemen.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:18 @ Also Shaphan ye chanceler declared to the King, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath giuen mee a booke, and Shaphan read it before the King.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he (note:)For sorrow that the word of God had been so long suppressed and the people kept in ignorance, considering also the curses contained in it against the transgressors.(:note) rent his clothes.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:20 @ And the King commanded Hilkiah, & Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan, & Abdon the sonne of Micah, and Shaphan the chanceler, & Asaiah the Kings seruant, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our (note:)Thus the godly not only lament their own sins, but also that their fathers and predecessors have offended God.(:note) fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:22 @ And Hilkiah, and [they] that the king [had appointed], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the (note:)Meaning, either of the priests apparel or the kings.(:note) wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Read (2Ki_22:15). college:) and they spake to her to that [effect].

geneva@2Chronicles:34:23 @ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye (note:)That is, to the king.(:note) the man that sent you to me,

geneva@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus saith the Lorde, Beholde, I will bring euill vpon this place, and vpon the inhabitantes thereof, euen all the curses, that are written in the booke which they haue read before the King of Iudah:

geneva@2Chronicles:34:25 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their (note:)This she speaks in contempt of the idolaters, who contrary to reason and nature call a god that which they have made and framed with their own hands.(:note) hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because thine heart was (note:)This declares the end of God's threatenings, to call his to repentance, and to assure the unrepentant of their destruction.(:note) tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this (note:)It may appear that very few were touched with true repentance, seeing that God spared them for a time only for the king's sake.(:note) place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:29 @ Then the King sent and gathered all the Elders of Iudah and Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and (note:)Though neither young nor old could be exempted from the curses contained in it, if they did transgress, he knew it pertained to all and was his duty to see it read to all sorts, that everyone might learn to avoid those punishments by serving God correctly.(:note) small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the King stood by his pillar, and made a couenant before the Lorde, to walke after the Lord, and to keepe his commandements, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soule, and that he would accomplish the wordes of the couenant written in the same booke.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused all that were found in Ierusalem, and Beniamin to stande to it: and the inhabitants of Ierusalem did according to the couenant of God, euen the God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all (note:)Because he had charge over all, and must answer for everyone that perished: he thought it his duty to see that all should make profession to receive the word of God.(:note) that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [And] all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:1 @ Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the (note:)The scripture in various places calls the lamb the «passover» even though it is only the sign of the passover for in all sacraments the signs have the names of the things signified.(:note) passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:2 @ And he appointed the Priestes to their charges, and incouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord,

geneva@2Chronicles:35:3 @ And said unto the Levites that (note:)So that the Levites charge was not only to minister in the temple, but also to instruct the people in the word of God.(:note) taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a As it was before the temple was built: therefore your office is to teach the people and to praise God. burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

geneva@2Chronicles:35:4 @ And prepare your selues by the houses of your fathers according to your courses, as Dauid the King of Israel hath written, and according to the writing of Salomon his sonne,

geneva@2Chronicles:35:5 @ And stande in the Sanctuarie according to the deuision of the families of your brethren the children of the people, and after the deuision of the familie of the Leuites:

geneva@2Chronicles:35:6 @ So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and (note:)Exhort everyone to examine themselves to ensure that they are not unfit to eat the passover.(:note) prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:7 @ Iosiah also gaue to the people sheepe, lambs and kiddes, all for the Passeouer, euen to all that were present, to the nomber of thirtie thousand, and three thousande bullocks: these were of the Kings substance.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:8 @ And his princes offred willingly vnto the people, to the Priests and to the Leuites: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Iehiel, rulers of the house of God, gaue vnto the Priests for the Passeouer, euen two thousand and sixe hundreth sheepe, and three hundreth bullockes.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:10 @ Thus the seruice was prepared, and the Priests stoode in their places, also the Leuites in their orders, according to the Kings commandement:

geneva@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they killed the passover, and the priests (note:)Meaning, of the lamb, which was called the passover, for only the priests could sprinkle, and in necessity the Levites could kill the sacrifice.(:note) sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them].

geneva@2Chronicles:35:12 @ And they removed the (note:)They reserved for the people that which was not expedient to be offered, that every man might offer peace offerings, and so have his portion.(:note) burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as [it is] written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:13 @ And they rosted the Passeouer with fire, according to ye custome, but the sanctified things they sod in pots, pannes, and cauldrons, and distributed them quickely to all the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:14 @ Afterwarde also they prepared for them selues and for the Priestes: for the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron were occupied in offering of burnt offrings, and the fat vntill night: therefore the Leuites prepared for them selues, and for the Priests the sonnes of Aaron.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's (note:)Meaning, by this his prophet, because he appointed the psalms and prophecies which were to be sung.(:note) seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:16 @ So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keepe the Passeouer, and to offer burnt offerings vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandement of King Iosiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:17 @ And the children of Israel that were present, kept the Passeouer the same time, and the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was no Passeouer kept like that, in Israel, from the dayes of Samuel the Prophet: neyther did all the Kings of Israel keepe such a Passeouer as Iosiah kept, and the Priestes and the Leuites, and all Iudah, and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:20 @ After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against (note:)Which was a city of the Assyrians and Josiah fearing lest in passing through Judah he would have taken his kingdom, made war against him and did not consult the Lord.(:note) Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:21 @ But he sent messengers to him, saying, What haue I to doe with thee, thou King of Iudah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house of mine enemie, and God commanded me to make haste: leaue of to come against God, which is with me, least he destroy thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:22 @ Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but (note:)That is, armed or disguised himself so that he would not be recognized.(:note) disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:23 @ And the shooters shot at king Iosiah: then the King saide to his seruants, Cary me away, for I am very sicke.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:24 @ His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem (note:)The people so lamented the loss of this good king that after when there was any great lamentation this was spoken of as a proverb, (Zec_12:11).(:note) mourned for Josiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:25 @ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the (note:)Which some think Jeremiah wrote, in which he laments the state of the church after this king's death.(:note) lamentations.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:26 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiah and his goodnesse, doing as it was written in the Lawe of the Lorde,

geneva@2Chronicles:35:27 @ And his deedes, first and last, behold, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel and Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:1 @ Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:2 @ Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three (note:)Three months after the death of Josiah, Necho came to Jerusalem, and so the plagues began, which Huldah and the prophets forewarned would come on Jerusalem.(:note) months in Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:3 @ And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an (note:)To pay this as a yearly tribute.(:note) hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:4 @ And the King of Egypt made Eliakim his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem, and turned his name to Iehoiakim: and Necho tooke Iehoahaz his brother, and caryed him to Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:5 @ Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] (note:)Because he and the people did not turn to God by his first plague, he brought a new one on him, and at length rooted them out.(:note) evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:6 @ Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:7 @ Nebuchadnezzar also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lorde to Babel, and put them in his Temple at Babel.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and (note:)He means superstitious marks which were found on his body when he was dead, which declared how deeply idolatry was rooted in his heart, seeing he bore the marks in his flesh.(:note) that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:9 @ Jehoiachin [was] (note:)That is, he began his reign at eight years old, and reigned ten years when his father was alive, and after his father's death, which was in his eighteenth year, he reigned alone three months and ten days.(:note) eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:10 @ And when the yeere was out, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babel with the precious vessels of the house of the Lorde, and he made Zedekiah his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:11 @ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:12 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himselfe before Ieremiah the Prophet at the commandement of the Lorde,

geneva@2Chronicles:36:13 @ But he rebelled moreouer against Nebuchadnezzar, which had caused him to sweare by God: and he hardened his necke and made his heart obstinate that he might not returne to the Lorde God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:14 @ All the chiefe of the Priestes also and of the people trespassed wonderfully, according to all the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lorde which he had sanctified in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:15 @ And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, (note:)By this phrase the scripture means often and diligently as in (Jer_11:7, Jer_25:3, Jer_26:5, Jer_32:33).(:note) rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

geneva@2Chronicles:36:16 @ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no (note:)Till God could no longer allow their sins, but must punish them.(:note) remedy.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:17 @ Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword (note:)Where they fled, thinking to have been saved for the holiness of it.(:note) in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he Which is not because God approves him, who yet is the minister of his justice, but because God would by his just judgment punish this people: for this king was led with ambition and vain glory, to which were joined fury and cruelty: therefore his work was condemnable, even though it was just and holy on God's part, who used this wicked instrument to declare his justice. gave [them] all into his hand.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:18 @ And all the vessels of the house of God great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and the treasures of the King, and of his princes: all these caryed he to Babel.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:19 @ And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof, to destroy all.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:20 @ And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of (note:)When Gyrus king of Persia had made the Babylonians subject.(:note) Persia:

geneva@2Chronicles:36:21 @ To fulfil the word of the LORD by the (note:)Who threatened the vengeance of God and 70 years captivity, which he called the sabbaths or rest of the land, (Jer_25:11).(:note) mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:22 @ Now in the (note:)In the first year that he reigned over the Chaldeans, (Ezr_1:1).(:note) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:36:23 @ Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath (note:)God had so forewarned by his prophet over 100 years before Cyrus was born, (Isa_44:28) that Jerusalem and the temple would be rebuilt by Cyrus his anointed: so called because God used his service for a time to deliver his Church.(:note) 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.

geneva@Ezra:1:1 @ Now in the (note:)After he and Darius had won Babylon.(:note) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the Who promised deliverance to them after 70 years were past, (Jer_25:12). mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the That is, moved him and gave him heart. spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, The Argument - As the Lord is always merciful to his Church, and does not punish them, but so that they should see their own miseries, and be exercised under the cross, that they might contemn the world, and aspire to the heavens: so after he had visited the Jews, and kept them in bondage 70 years in a strange country among infidels and idolaters, he remembered his tender mercies and their infirmities, and therefore for his own sake raised up a deliverer, and moved both the heart of the chief ruler to pity them, and also by him punished those who had kept them in slavery. Nonetheless, lest they should grow into a contempt of God's great benefits, he keeps them still in exercise, and raises domestic enemies, who try as much as they can to hinder their worthy enterprises: yet by the exhortation of the prophet they went forward little by little till their work was finished. The author of this book was Ezra, who was a priest and scribe of the Law, as in (Ezr_7:6). He returned to Jerusalem the sixth year of Darius, who succeeded Cyrus, that is, about fifty years after the first return under Zerubbabel, when the temple was built. He brought with him a great company and much treasure, with letters to the king's officers for all things needed for the temple: and at his coming he fixed that which was amiss, and set things in order.

geneva@Ezra:1:2 @ Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me (note:)For he was chief monarch and had many nations under his dominion, which this heathen king confesses to have received from the living God.(:note) all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.

geneva@Ezra:1:3 @ Who is he among you of all his people with whome his God is? let him goe vp to Ierusalem which is in Iudah, and buylde the house of the Lorde God of Israel: he is the God, which is in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:1:4 @ And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, (note:)If any through poverty were not able to return, the king's commission was that he should be furnished with all he needed.(:note) let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, Which they themselves should send for the repairing of the temple. beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:1:6 @ And all (note:)The Babylonians and Chaldeans gave them these presents: thus rather than have the children of God be in need, he would stir the heart of the infidels to help them.(:note) they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered.

geneva@Ezra:1:7 @ Also the King Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Ierusalem, and had put them in the house of his god.

geneva@Ezra:1:8 @ Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto (note:)So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabel who was the chief governor, so that the preeminence still remained in the house of David.(:note) Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

geneva@Ezra:1:9 @ And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty (note:)Which served to kill the beasts that were offered in sacrifice.(:note) knives,

geneva@Ezra:1:10 @ Thirtie boules of gold, and of siluer boules of the second sort, foure hundreth and tenne, and of other vessels, a thousand.

geneva@Ezra:1:11 @ All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up (note:)With the Jews who had been kept captive in Babylon.(:note) with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:2:1 @ Now these [are] the children (note:)Meaning Judea, which was a province that is, a country which was in subjection.(:note) of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

geneva@Ezra:2:2 @ Which came with (note:)Zerubbabel was chief captain and Joshua the high priest: but Nehemiah a man of great authority did not come now, but came after 64 years.(:note) Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, This was not the Mordecai who was Esther's kinsman. Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number Meaning, of the common people. of the men of the people of Israel:

geneva@Ezra:2:3 @ The sonnes of Parosh, two thousand, an hudreth seuentie and two:

geneva@Ezra:2:4 @ The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth, seuentie and two:

geneva@Ezra:2:5 @ The sonnes of Arah, seuen hundreth, and seuentie and fiue:

geneva@Ezra:2:6 @ The sonnes of Pahath Moab, of the sonnes of Ieshua and Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and twelue:

geneva@Ezra:2:7 @ The sonnes of Elam, a thousande, two hundreth and foure and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:8 @ The sonnes of Zattu, nine hundreth and fiue and fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:9 @ The sonnes of Zaccai, seuen hundreth and threescore:

geneva@Ezra:2:10 @ The sonnes of Bani, sixe hundreth and two and fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:11 @ The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth, and three and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:12 @ The sonnes of Azgad a thousand, two hundreth and two and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:13 @ The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth, three score and sixe:

geneva@Ezra:2:14 @ The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand, & sixe and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:15 @ The sonnes of Adin, foure hundreth and foure and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:16 @ The children of Ater of (note:)Who were of the posterity of Hezekiah.(:note) Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

geneva@Ezra:2:17 @ The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and three and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:19 @ The sonnes of Hasshum, two hundreth and three and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:20 @ The sonnes of Gibbar, ninetie and fiue:

geneva@Ezra:2:22 @ The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:23 @ The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:25 @ The sonnes of Kiriath-arim, of Chephirah, and Beeroth, seuen hundreth & three & fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:26 @ The sonnes of Haramah and Gaba, six hundreth, and one and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:27 @ The men of Michmas, an hundreth & two and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:28 @ The sonnes of Beth-el & Ai, two hundreth, and three and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:29 @ The sonnes of Nebo, two and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:30 @ The sonnes of Magbish, an hundreth and sixe and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:31 @ The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, and two hundreth, and foure and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:32 @ The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:33 @ The sonnes of Lod-hadid, and Ono, seuen hundreth, and fiue and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:34 @ The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:35 @ The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, sixe hundreth and thirtie.

geneva@Ezra:2:36 @ The (note:)Before he has declared the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and now comes to the tribe of Levi and begins at the priests.(:note) priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

geneva@Ezra:2:37 @ The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:38 @ The sonnes of Pashur, a thousand, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:39 @ The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene.

geneva@Ezra:2:40 @ The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua, and Kadmiel of the sonnes of Hodauiah, seuentie and foure.

geneva@Ezra:2:41 @ The Singers: the sonnes of Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentie.

geneva@Ezra:2:42 @ The sonnes of the porters: the sonnes of Shallum, the sonnes of Ater, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkub, the sonnes of Hatita, the sonnes of Shobai: all were an hundreth and nine and thirtie.

geneva@Ezra:2:43 @ The (note:)So called because they were given to the temple, to cut wood and bear water for the use of the sacrifices and came of the Gibeonites who were appointed to this use by Joshua, (Jos_9:23).(:note) Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

geneva@Ezra:2:58 @ All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants were three hundreth ninetie & two.

geneva@Ezra:2:59 @ And these went vp from Telmelah, and from Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not discerne their fathers house and their seede, whether they were of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:2:60 @ The sonnes of Delaiah, the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fiftie.

geneva@Ezra:2:61 @ And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of (note:)He is mentioned in (2Sa_17:27, 2Sa_19:31) and because the priest's office was held in contempt these would have changed their estate by their name, and so by God's just judgment lost both the estimation of the world and the dignity of their office.(:note) Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

geneva@Ezra:2:63 @ And the (note:)This is a Chaldee name, and signifies him who has authority over others.(:note) Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Read (Exo_28:30). Urim and with Thummim.

geneva@Ezra:2:64 @ The whole Congregation together was two and fourtie thousande, three hundreth and threescore,

geneva@Ezra:2:65 @ Beside their seruants and their maydes: of whome were seuen thousande, three hundreth & seuen and thirtie: and among them were two hundreth singing men and singing women.

geneva@Ezra:2:66 @ Their horses were seuen hundreth, & sixe and thirtie: their mules, two hundreth and fiue and fourtie:

geneva@Ezra:2:67 @ Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.

geneva@Ezra:2:68 @ And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation.

geneva@Ezra:2:69 @ They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand (note:)Which in our money amounts to 24,826 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence, valuing the french crown at 6 shillings and 4 pence for the dram is the eighth part of an ounce, and the ounce the eighth part of a mark.(:note) drams of gold, and five thousand Which are called «mina» and contain 2 marks apiece, so 50,000 minas make 55,000 franks which in our money amounts to 69,666 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence so that the whole sum was 94,493 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence. pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

geneva@Ezra:2:70 @ So the Priests and the Leuites, and a certeine of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

geneva@Ezra:3:1 @ And when the (note:)Called Tishri which had part of September and part of October.(:note) seventh month was come, and the children of Israel [were] in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:3:2 @ Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the (note:)Meaning nephew, for he was the son of Pedaiah, (1Ch_3:19).(:note) son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as [it is] written in the law of Moses the man of God.

geneva@Ezra:3:3 @ And they set the altar upon (note:)In the place where Solomon had placed it.(:note) his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, [even] burnt offerings morning and evening.

geneva@Ezra:3:4 @ They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written, and the burnt offring dayly, by nomber according to the custome day by day,

geneva@Ezra:3:5 @ And afterward [offered] (note:)That is, after the feast of tabernacles.(:note) the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

geneva@Ezra:3:7 @ They gaue money also vnto the masons, and to the workemen, and meat and drinke, & oyle vnto them of Zidon and of Tyrus, to bring them cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea vnto Iapho, according to the graunt that they had of Cyrus King of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:3:8 @ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the (note:)Which contains part of April and part of May, for in the mean season they had provided for things needed for the work.(:note) second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

geneva@Ezra:3:9 @ Then stood Jeshua (note:)They gave them exhortations and encouraged every man forward in the work.(:note) [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.

geneva@Ezra:3:10 @ And when the builders layed the foundation of the Temple of the Lorde, they appoynted the Priestes in their apparel with trumpets, and the Leuites the sonnes of Asaph with cymbales, to prayse the Lord, after the ordinance of Dauid King of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:3:11 @ Thus they sang when they gaue prayse, and when they gaue thankes vnto the Lorde, For he is good, for his mercie endureth for euer toward Israel; all the people shouted with a great shoute, when they praysed the Lorde, because the foundation of the house of the Lorde was layed.

geneva@Ezra:3:12 @ But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, (note:)Because they saw that it was not nearly as glorious as the temple Solomon had built, nonetheless Aggeus comforted them and prophesied that it would be more beautiful than the first, meaning the spiritual temple, they who are the members of Christ's body.(:note) wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

geneva@Ezra:4:1 @ Now when (note:)Meaning, the inhabitants of Samaria, whom the king of Assyria had placed in the place of the ten tribes, (2Ki_17:24, 2Ki_19:37). They professed God but worshipped idols and therefore were the greatest enemies to the true servants of God.(:note) the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

geneva@Ezra:4:2 @ And they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefe fathers, and sayd vnto them, We wil builde with you: for we seeke the Lord your God as ye do, and we haue sacrificed vnto him since the time of Esar Haddon king of Asshur, which brought vs vp hither.

geneva@Ezra:4:3 @ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; (note:)For they knew their pretence, that is to erect idolatry instead of true religion.(:note) but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

geneva@Ezra:4:4 @ Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,

geneva@Ezra:4:5 @ And (note:)They bribed the governors under the king to hinder their work, thus they that hinder cannot understand that God would be purely served.(:note) hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:4:6 @ And in the reign of (note:)He was also called Artaxerxes which is a Persian name, some think it was Cambises Cyrus' son, or Darius, as in (Ezr_4:5).(:note) Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:4:7 @ And in the days of (note:)Called Artaxerxes, which signifies in the Persian tongue an excellent warrior.(:note) Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

geneva@Ezra:4:8 @ Rehum the chancelour, and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Ierusalem to Artahshashte the King, in this sort.

geneva@Ezra:4:9 @ Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the (note:)These were people whom the Assyrians placed in Samaria instead of the ten tribes.(:note) Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites,

geneva@Ezra:4:10 @ And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble (note:)Some think it was not Sennacherib, but rather Salmanasar.(:note) Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [that are] on this side the That is, Euphrates, and he means in respect to Babel that they dwelt beyond it. river, and Or Cheeneth, who were a certain people who envied the Jews. at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:4:12 @ Be it knowen vnto the King that ye Iewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come vnto Ierusalem (a citie rebellious and wicked) and buylde, and lay the foundations of the walles, and haue ioyned the foundations.

geneva@Ezra:4:13 @ Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up [again, then] will they not pay toll, tribute, and (note:)Meaning, the gifts that are wont to be given to kings when they pass by any country.(:note) custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

geneva@Ezra:4:14 @ Nowe therefore because wee haue bene brought vp in the Kings palace, it was not meete for vs to see the Kings dishonour: for this cause haue we sent and certified the King,

geneva@Ezra:4:15 @ That one may searche in the booke of the Chronicles of thy fathers, and thou shalt finde in the booke of the Chronicles, & perceiue that this citie is rebellious & noysome vnto Kings & prouinces, & that they haue moued sedition of olde time, for the which cause this citie was destroyed.

geneva@Ezra:4:16 @ Wee certifie the King therefore, that if this citie be buylded, and the foundation of the walles layd, by this meanes the portion beyonde the Riuer shal not be thine.

geneva@Ezra:4:17 @ [Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe, and [to] the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and [unto] the rest beyond the river, (note:)Or Shalom, salvation or greeting.(:note) Peace, and Or, Cheeth, also called Cheeneth as in (Ezr_4:10). at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:4:19 @ And I haue commanded & they haue searched, and founde, that this citie of olde time hath made insurrection against kings, & hath rebelled, and rebellion hath bene committed therein.

geneva@Ezra:4:20 @ There haue bene mightie kings also ouer Ierusalem, which haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.

geneva@Ezra:4:21 @ Make ye now a decree, that those men may cease, and that the citie be not buylt, till I haue giuen another commandement.

geneva@Ezra:4:23 @ When the copie of king Artahshashtes letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went vp in all the haste to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, & caused them to cease by force and power.

geneva@Ezra:5:1 @ Then Haggai a Prophet & Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them.

geneva@Ezra:5:2 @ Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God (note:)Who encouraged them to go forward, and cursed them because they were more careful to build their own houses, than zealous to build the temple of God.(:note) helping them.

geneva@Ezra:5:3 @ At the same time came to them Tatnai, which was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and their companions, and sayd thus vnto them, Who hath giuen you commaundement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundations of these walles?

geneva@Ezra:5:5 @ But the (note:)His favour and the spirit of strength.(:note) eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

geneva@Ezra:5:6 @ The copie of the letter, that Tatnai captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and his companions, Apharsechaie, (which were beyond the Riuer) sent vnto King Darius.

geneva@Ezra:5:8 @ Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, & beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.

geneva@Ezra:5:9 @ Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?

geneva@Ezra:5:11 @ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a (note:)That is, Solomon.(:note) great king of Israel builded and set up.

geneva@Ezra:5:12 @ But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel the Caldean, & he destroyed this house, & caryed the people away captiue vnto Babel.

geneva@Ezra:5:14 @ And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose name [was] (note:)Read (Ezr_1:8).(:note) Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

geneva@Ezra:5:15 @ And he sayde vnto him, Take these vessels and goe thy way, and put them in the Temple that is in Ierusalem, and let the house of God be buylt in his place.

geneva@Ezra:5:16 @ Then came the same Sheshbazzar & layde the foundation of the house of God, which is in Ierusalem, and since that time euen vntill nowe, hath it bene in buylding, yet is it not finished.

geneva@Ezra:5:17 @ Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's (note:)Meaning in the library or places where lay the register or record of times.(:note) treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

geneva@Ezra:6:1 @ Then King Darius gaue commandement, & they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel.

geneva@Ezra:6:2 @ And there was found at (note:)In which were the acts of the kings of the Medes and Persians.(:note) Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written:

geneva@Ezra:6:3 @ In the first yeere of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a decree for the house of God in Ierusalem, Let the house be buylt, euen the place where they offred sacrifices, and let the walles thereof be ioyned together: let the height thereof be three score cubites, and the breadth thereof three score cubites,

geneva@Ezra:6:4 @ Three orders of great stones, & one order of timber, and let the expenses be giuen of the Kings house.

geneva@Ezra:6:5 @ And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and (note:)Meaning Zerubbabel to whom he gives charge.(:note) brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.

geneva@Ezra:6:6 @ Now [therefore], Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which [are] beyond the river, be ye far (note:)Meddle not with them neither hinder them.(:note) from thence:

geneva@Ezra:6:7 @ Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.

geneva@Ezra:6:9 @ And that which they shall haue neede of, let it be giuen vnto them day by day, whether it be yong bullockes, or rammes, or lambes for the burnt offrings of the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appoyntment of the Priestes that are in Ierusalem, that there bee no fault,

geneva@Ezra:6:10 @ That they may haue to offer sweete odours vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the Kings life, and for his sonnes.

geneva@Ezra:6:11 @ And I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shall alter this sentence, the wood shall be pulled downe from his house, and shall be set vp, and he shalbe hanged thereon, & his house shalbe made a dunghill for this.

geneva@Ezra:6:12 @ And the God that hath caused his name (note:)Who has appointed that place to have his Name called on there.(:note) to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

geneva@Ezra:6:13 @ Then Tatnai the captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai & their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

geneva@Ezra:6:14 @ And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of (note:)Whom God stirs up to assure them that he would give their work good success.(:note) Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:6:15 @ And this house was finished on the third day of the month (note:)This is the twelfth month and contains part of February and part of March.(:note) Adar, which was in The 42nd year after their first return. the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

geneva@Ezra:6:16 @ And the children of Israel, the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the residue of the children of the captiuitie kept the dedication of this house of God with ioy,

geneva@Ezra:6:17 @ And offred at the dedication of this house of God an hundreth bullockes, two hundreth rams, foure hundreth lambes, and twelue goates, for the sinne of all Israel, according to the nomber of the tribes of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:6:18 @ And they set the Priests in their order, and the Leuites in their courses ouer the seruice of God in Ierusalem, as it is written in the booke of Moses.

geneva@Ezra:6:19 @ And the childre of the captiuitie kept the Passeouer on ye fourtenth day of the first moneth.

geneva@Ezra:6:20 @ (For the Priests and the Leuites were purified altogether) and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, & for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.

geneva@Ezra:6:21 @ And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had (note:)Who were of the heathen and forsook their idolatry to worship the true God.(:note) separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

geneva@Ezra:6:22 @ And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of (note:)Meaning Darius who was king of the Medes, Persians and Assyrians.(:note) Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:7:1 @ Now after these things, in the reign of (note:)The Hebrews write that many of the kings of Persia were called by this name, as Pharaoh was a common name to the kings of Egypt and Caesar to the Romans emperors.(:note) Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

geneva@Ezra:7:6 @ This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready (note:)He shows here what a scribe is, who had charge to write the law and to expound it. Whom Mark calls a scribe, (Mar_12:28), Matthew and Luke called a lawyer or doctor of the law, (Mat_22:35; Luk_10:25).(:note) scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

geneva@Ezra:7:7 @ And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel, and of the Priests, and the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem, in the seuenth yere of King Artahshashte.

geneva@Ezra:7:8 @ And he came to Jerusalem in the (note:)That contained part of July and part of August.(:note) fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year Of king Darius. of the king.

geneva@Ezra:7:9 @ For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to goe vp from Babel, and on the first day of the fift moneth came he to Ierusalem, according to the good hande of his God that was vpon him.

geneva@Ezra:7:10 @ For Ezra had prepared his heart to seeke the Lawe of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach the precepts and iudgements in Israel.

geneva@Ezra:7:11 @ And this is the copie of the letter that King Artahshashte gaue vnto Ezra the Priest & scribe, euen a writer of the words of the commadements of ye Lord, & of his statutes ouer Israel.

geneva@Ezra:7:12 @ Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and (note:)Some take this for the name of a people, some for time or continuance, meaning that the king wished him long life.(:note) at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:7:13 @ I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill (note:)Who still remained in Babylon and had not returned with Zerubbabel.(:note) to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

geneva@Ezra:7:14 @ Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to (note:)To examine who lived according to the law.(:note) enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in Of which you are an expert. thine hand;

geneva@Ezra:7:15 @ And to carry the siluer and the gold, which the King & his cousellers willingly offer vnto the God of Israel (whose habitation is in Ierusalem)

geneva@Ezra:7:16 @ And all the siluer and gold that thou canst finde in all the prouince of Babel, with the free offring of the people, and that which the Priestes offer willingly to the house of their God which is in Ierusalem,

geneva@Ezra:7:17 @ That thou mayest bye speedily with this siluer, bullocks, rammes, lambes, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings: and thou shalt offer them vpon the altar of the house of your God, which is in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:7:18 @ And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your (note:)As you know best may serve to God's glory.(:note) God.

geneva@Ezra:7:19 @ And the vessels that are giuen thee for the seruice of the house of thy God, those deliuer thou before God in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:7:20 @ And the residue that shall be needeful for the house of thy God, which shall be meete for thee to bestowe, thou shalt bestowe it out of the Kings treasure house,

geneva@Ezra:7:21 @ And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond (note:)Which was the Euphrates river and they were beyond it in respect to Babylon.(:note) the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

geneva@Ezra:7:22 @ Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred (note:)Read (1Ki_7:26; 2Ch_2:10).(:note) baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].

geneva@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath (note:)This declares that the fear of God's judgment causes him to use this liberality, and not the love that he bore for God's glory or affection for his people.(:note) against the realm of the king and his sons?

geneva@Ezra:7:24 @ And we certifie you, that vpon any of the Priestes, Leuites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or Ministers in this house of God, there shall no gouernour laye vpon them tolle, tribute nor custome.

geneva@Ezra:7:25 @ And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, (note:)He gave Ezra full authority to restore all things according to the word of God, and to punish them who resisted and would not obey.(:note) set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know [them] not.

geneva@Ezra:7:26 @ And whosoeuer will not doe the Lawe of thy God, and the Kings lawe, let him haue iudgement without delay, whether it be vnto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

geneva@Ezra:7:28 @ And hath enclined mercy toward me, before the King and his counsellers, and before all the Kings mightie Princes: and I was comforted by the hand of the Lord my God which was vpon me, and I gathered the chiefe of Israel to goe vp with me.

geneva@Ezra:8:1 @ These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of (note:)Read (Ezr. strkjv@7:1-28).(:note) Artaxerxes the king.

geneva@Ezra:8:3 @ Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, of the sonnes of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him the count of the males, an hundreth and fiftie.

geneva@Ezra:8:4 @ Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab, Elihoenai, the sonne of Zerahiah, and with him two hundreth males.

geneva@Ezra:8:5 @ Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the sonne of Iahaziel, and with him three hundreth males.

geneva@Ezra:8:6 @ And of the sonnes of Adin, Ebed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fiftie males.

geneva@Ezra:8:7 @ And of the sonnes of Elam, Ieshaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with him seuentie males.

geneva@Ezra:8:8 @ And of the sonnes of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the sonne of Michael, and with him fourescore males.

geneva@Ezra:8:9 @ Of the sonnes of Ioab, Obadiah the sonne of Iehiel, and with him two hundreth and eighteene males.

geneva@Ezra:8:10 @ And of the sonnes of Shelomith the sonne of Iosiphiah, & with him an hundreth and threescore males.

geneva@Ezra:8:11 @ And of the sonnes of Bebai, Zechariah the sonne of Bebai, and with him eight and twentie males.

geneva@Ezra:8:12 @ And of the sonnes of Azgad, Iohanan the sonne of Hakkatan, and with him an hundreth and ten males.

geneva@Ezra:8:13 @ And of the (note:)That came to go with Ezra.(:note) last sons of Adonikam, whose names [are] these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

geneva@Ezra:8:14 @ And of the sonnes of Biguai, Vthai, and Zabbud, and with them seuentie males.

geneva@Ezra:8:15 @ And I gathered them together to the (note:)To that place of Euphrates, where the Ahava river enters it.(:note) river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

geneva@Ezra:8:16 @ Therefore sent I to Eliezer, to Ariel, to Shemeiah, and to Elnathan, and to Iarib, and to Elnathan, and to Nathan, and to Zechariah, and to Meshullam the chiefe, and to Ioiarib and to Elnathan, men of vnderstanding,

geneva@Ezra:8:17 @ And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the (note:)He was the chief teacher of the law to the Levites.(:note) chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

geneva@Ezra:8:18 @ So by the good hande of our God which was vpon vs, they brought vs a man of vnderstanding of the sonnes of Mahali the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel, and Sherebiah with his sonnes and his brethren, euen eighteene.

geneva@Ezra:8:19 @ Also Hashabiah, and with him Ieshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, with his brethren, and their sonnes twentie.

geneva@Ezra:8:20 @ And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid had set, and the Princes for the seruice of the Leuites, two hundreth and twentie of the Nethinims, which all were named by name.

geneva@Ezra:8:21 @ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict (note:)He shows that the purpose of fasting is to humble the body to the spirit, which must proceed from the heart that is touched, or else it is hypocrisy.(:note) ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

geneva@Ezra:8:22 @ For I was (note:)He thought it better to commit himself to the protection of God, than by seeking these ordinary means to give others a reason to think that he doubted God's power.(:note) ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.

geneva@Ezra:8:23 @ So we fasted, aud besought our God for this: and he was intreated of vs.

geneva@Ezra:8:24 @ Then I separated twelue of the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

geneva@Ezra:8:25 @ And weighed them the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, euen the offring of ye house of our God, which the King and his counselers, and his Princes, & all Israel that were present had offred.

geneva@Ezra:8:26 @ I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty (note:)Read (1Ki_9:14).(:note) talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents;

geneva@Ezra:8:27 @ Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand (note:)Read (Ezr_2:69).(:note) drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

geneva@Ezra:8:28 @ And I said vnto them, Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord, and the vessels are consecrate, and the gold and the siluer are freely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers.

geneva@Ezra:8:29 @ Watch ye, and keepe them vntill ye weigh them before the chiefe Priestes and the Leuites, and the chiefe fathers of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord.

geneva@Ezra:8:30 @ So the Priests and the Leuites receiued the weight of the siluer and of the golde, and of the vessels to bring them to Ierusalem, vnto the house of our God.

geneva@Ezra:8:31 @ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in (note:)This declared that their journey was full of danger and yet God delivered them according to their prayer.(:note) wait by the way.

geneva@Ezra:8:32 @ And we came to Ierusalem, & abode there three dayes.

geneva@Ezra:8:33 @ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, (note:)This was a token of a good conscience and of his integrity that he would have witnesses of his fidelity.(:note) Levites;

geneva@Ezra:8:34 @ By number and by weight of euery one, and all the weight was written at the same time.

geneva@Ezra:8:35 @ Also the children of the captiuitie, which were come out of captiuitie, offred burnt offrings vnto the God of Israel, twelue bullockes for all Israel, ninetie and sixe rammes, seuentie and seuen lambes, and twelue hee goates for sinne: all was a burnt offring of the Lord.

geneva@Ezra:8:36 @ And they deliuered the Kings commission vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines beyond the Riuer: and they promoted the people, and the house of God.

geneva@Ezra:9:1 @ Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not (note:)From the time they came home under Zerubbabel until the coming of Ezra, they had degenerated contrary to the law of God, and married where it was not lawful, (Deu_7:3).(:note) separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

geneva@Ezra:9:2 @ For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the (note:)That is, the governors are the chief beginners of it.(:note) princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

geneva@Ezra:9:3 @ And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down (note:)As one doubting whether God would continue his benefits toward us, or else destroy what he had begun.(:note) astonied.

geneva@Ezra:9:4 @ And there assembled vnto me all that feared the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie; I sate downe astonied vntil the euening sacrifice.

geneva@Ezra:9:5 @ And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp fro mine heauinesse, and when I had rent my clothes and my garment, I fell vpon my knees, and spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God,

geneva@Ezra:9:6 @ And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased (note:)That is, we are drowned in sin.(:note) over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up unto the They so exceed that they cannot grow greater. heavens.

geneva@Ezra:9:7 @ From the dayes of our fathers haue we bin in a great trespasse vnto this day, and for our iniquities haue we, our Kings, & our Priestes bene deliuered into the hand of the kings of the lands, vnto the sword, into captiuitie, into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as appeareth this day.

geneva@Ezra:9:8 @ And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a (note:)In giving us a resting place it is a comparison taken from them that still remain in a place who strike nails to hang things on, (Isa_22:23).(:note) nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

geneva@Ezra:9:9 @ For though we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercy vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, & to erect the house of our God, & to redresse the places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:9:10 @ And nowe, our God, what shal we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commandements,

geneva@Ezra:9:11 @ Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the Prophets, saying, The land whereunto ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane land, because of the filthines of the people of the lands, which by their abominations, & by their vncleannes haue filled it from corner to corner.

geneva@Ezra:9:12 @ Now therfore shal ye not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seeke their peace nor wealth for euer, that yee may be strong and eate the goodnes of the lande, and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer.

geneva@Ezra:9:13 @ And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our (note:)Has not utterly cast us down and destroyed us for our sins, (Deu_28:13).(:note) iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;

geneva@Ezra:9:14 @ Should we returne to breake thy commadements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of such abominations? wouldest not thou be angrie towarde vs till thou haddest consumed vs, so that there should be no remnant nor any escaping?

geneva@Ezra:9:15 @ O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we (note:)He shows that God is just in punishing his people, and yet merciful in preserving a residue in whom he shows favour.(:note) remain yet escaped, as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

geneva@Ezra:10:1 @ Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had (note:)He confessed his sins, and the sins of the people.(:note) confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

geneva@Ezra:10:2 @ And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is (note:)Meaning, that God would receive them in mercy.(:note) hope in Israel concerning this thing.

geneva@Ezra:10:3 @ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away (note:)Who are strangers and married contrary to the law of God.(:note) all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

geneva@Ezra:10:4 @ Arise; for [this] matter (note:)Because God has given you authority and learning to persuade the people in this and to command them.(:note) [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

geneva@Ezra:10:5 @ Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.

geneva@Ezra:10:6 @ And Ezra rose vp from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Iohanan the sonne of Eliashib: he went euen thither, but he did eate neither bread, nor drunke water: for he mourned, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie.

geneva@Ezra:10:7 @ And they caused a proclamation to goe throughout Iudah and Ierusalem, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they should assemble themselues vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:10:8 @ And whosoeuer woulde not come within three dayes according to the counsel of the Princes & Elders, all his substance should be forfait, & he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captiuitie.

geneva@Ezra:10:9 @ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the (note:)Which contained part of November and part of December.(:note) ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great For the season was given to rain and so the weather was more sharp and cold and also their conscience touched them. rain.

geneva@Ezra:10:10 @ And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to (note:)You have laid one sin on another.(:note) increase the trespass of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:10:11 @ Now therefore (note:)Read (Jos_7:19).(:note) make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

geneva@Ezra:10:12 @ And all the Congregation answered, and sayd with a loude voyce, So will we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.

geneva@Ezra:10:13 @ But the people are many, and it is a raynie weather, and we are not able to stande without, neither is it the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.

geneva@Ezra:10:14 @ Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, (note:)Let them be appointed to examine this matter.(:note) and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

geneva@Ezra:10:15 @ Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asah-el, & Iahaziah the sonne of Tikuah ouer this matter, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Leuites helped them.

geneva@Ezra:10:16 @ And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, (note:)They went to the chief cities to sit on this matter which took three months to finish.(:note) were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

geneva@Ezra:10:17 @ And vntill the first day of the first moneth they were finishing the businesse with al the men that had taken strange wiues.

geneva@Ezra:10:18 @ And of the sonnes of the Priests there were men founde, that had taken strange wiues, to wit, of the sonnes of Ieshua, the sonne of Iozadak, & of his brethren, Maaseiah, Aeliezer, and Iarib and Gedaliah.

geneva@Ezra:10:19 @ And they gave (note:)As a token that they would keep their promise and do it.(:note) their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass.

geneva@Ezra:10:20 @ And of the sonnes of Immer, Honani, and Zebadiah.

geneva@Ezra:10:21 @ And of the sonnes of Harim, Maaseiah, & Eliiah, and Shemaiah, and Iehiel, and Vzziah.

geneva@Ezra:10:22 @ And of ye sonnes of Pashur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Iozabad, and Elasah.

geneva@Ezra:10:23 @ And of the Leuites, Iozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (which is Kelitah) Pethahiah, Iudah and Eliezer.

geneva@Ezra:10:24 @ And of the singers, Eliashib; of the porters, Shallum, and Telem, and Vri.

geneva@Ezra:10:25 @ Moreover of (note:)Meaning of the common people: for before he spoke of the priests and Levites.(:note) Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

geneva@Ezra:10:26 @ And of the sonnes of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Iehiel, and Abdi, and Ieremoth, and Eliah.

geneva@Ezra:10:27 @ And of the sonnes of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Ierimoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

geneva@Ezra:10:28 @ And of the sonnes of Bebai, Iehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

geneva@Ezra:10:29 @ And of the sonnes of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, & Adaiah, Iashub, and Sheal, Ieramoth.

geneva@Ezra:10:30 @ And of the sonnes of Pahath Moab, Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

geneva@Ezra:10:31 @ And of the sonnes of Harim, Eliezer, Ishiiah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

geneva@Ezra:10:34 @ Of the sonnes of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Vel,

geneva@Ezra:10:37 @ Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Iaasau,

geneva@Ezra:10:38 @ And Banni, and Bennui, Shimei,

geneva@Ezra:10:39 @ And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

geneva@Ezra:10:41 @ Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

geneva@Ezra:10:43 @ Of the sonnes of Nebo, Ieiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iadau, and Ioel, Benaiah.

geneva@Ezra:10:44 @ All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had (note:)Who also were made illegitimate because the marriage was unlawful.(:note) children.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:1 @ The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month (note:)Which contains part of November and part of December, and was their ninth month.(:note) Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, The Argument - God, in all ages and at all times, sets up worthy persons for the convenience and profit of his Church, as now within the compass of seventy years he raised up various excellent men for the preservation of his people after their return from Babylon. Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, of which the first was their captain to bring them home, and provided that the temple was built: the second reformed their manners and planted religion: and the third built up the walls, delivered the people from oppression and provided that the law of God was carried out among them. He was a godly man, and in great authority with the king, so that the king favoured him greatly and gave him letters to accomplish all the things he desired. This book is also called the second of Ezra by the Latins because he was the author of it.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:2 @ That Hanani, one of my (note:)A Jew as I was.(:note) brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:3 @ And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the (note:)Meaning in Judea.(:note) province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:4 @ And when I heard these wordes, I sate downe and wept, and mourned certeine dayes, & I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,

geneva@Nehemiah:1:5 @ And sayde, O Lorde God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that keepeth couenant and mercy for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,

geneva@Nehemiah:1:6 @ I pray thee, let thine eares be attet, & thine eies open, to heare the praier of thy seruat, which I pray before thee dayly, day & night for ye childre of Israel thy seruats, & confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which we haue sinned against thee, both I and my fathers house haue sinned:

geneva@Nehemiah:1:7 @ We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:8 @ I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:9 @ But if ye turne vnto me, & keepe my commandements, and doe them, though your scattering were to the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to place my Name there.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:10 @ Now these are thy seruants and thy people, whome thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy mightie hand.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:11 @ O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to (note:)That is, to worship you.(:note) fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of That is, the king Artaxerxes. this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:1 @ And it came to pass in the month (note:)Which was the first month of the year, and contains part of March and part of April.(:note) Nisan, in the twentieth year of Who is also called Darius, (Ezr_7:1) and was the son of Hystaspis. Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:2 @ And the king said vnto me, Why is thy coutenance sad, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing, but sorow of heart. Then was I sore afrayd,

geneva@Nehemiah:2:3 @ And I said to the King, God saue the King for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the citie & house of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste, and the gates thereof are deuoured with fire?

geneva@Nehemiah:2:5 @ And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:6 @ And the King sayd vnto me, (the Queene also sitting by him) How long shall thy iourney be? & when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, and I set him a time.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:8 @ And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to (note:)As God moved me to ask, and as he gave me success in it.(:note) the good hand of my God upon me.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:9 @ Then came I to the captaines beyonde the Riuer, and gaue them the Kings letters; the King had sent captaines of the armie and horsemen with me.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:10 @ When (note:)These were great enemies to the Jews, and laboured always both by force and subtilty to overcome them and Tobiah, because his wife was a Jewess, knew of their affairs and so brought them great trouble.(:note) Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:12 @ And I rose in the night, I, and a fewe men with me: for I told no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalem, & there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:13 @ And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, & came before the draggon well, and to the dung porte, and vewed the walles of Ierusalem, howe they were broken downe, and the portes thereof deuoured with the fire.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:14 @ Then I went foorth vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me to passe.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:15 @ Then went I vp in ye night by the brooke, and viewed the wall, and turned backe, and comming backe, I entred by the gate of the valley & returned.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:17 @ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more (note:)That is, contemned by other nations as though God had forsaken us.(:note) a reproach.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:18 @ Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they (note:)They were encouraged and gave themselves to do well, and to travel in this worthy enterprise.(:note) strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].

geneva@Nehemiah:2:19 @ But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and (note:)These were three chief governors under the king of Persia beyond the Euphrates.(:note) Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye Thus the wicked when they will burden the children of God, always lay treason to their charge both because it makes them most odious to the world, and also stirs the hatred of princes against them. rebel against the king?

geneva@Nehemiah:2:20 @ Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor (note:)Neither are you of the number of the children of God (to whom he has appointed this city only) neither did any of your predecessors ever fear God.(:note) memorial, in Jerusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:1 @ Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they (note:)In Hebrew they sanctified it, that is, they finished it, and so dedicated it to the Lord by prayer, in desiring him to maintain it.(:note) sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:2 @ And next vnto him buylded the men of Iericho, and beside him Zaccur the sonne of Imri.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:3 @ But the fish port did the sonnes of Senaah buylde, which also layde the beames thereof, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:4 @ And next vnto them fortified Merimoth, the sonne of Vrijah, the sonne of Hakkoz: and next vnto them fortified Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Meshezabeel: and next vnto them fortified Zadok, the sonne of Baana:

geneva@Nehemiah:3:5 @ And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles (note:)The rich and mighty would not obey those who were appointed officers in this work, neither would they help them.(:note) put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:6 @ And the gate of the olde fishpoole fortified Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah: they laid the beames thereof, and set on the doores thereof, and the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:7 @ And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the (note:)To the place where the Duke was wont to sit in judgment, who governed the country in their absence.(:note) throne of the governor on this side the river.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:8 @ Next vnto him fortified Vzziel the sonne of Harhohiah of the golde smithes: next vnto him also fortified Hananiah, the sonne of Harakkahim, and they repayred Ierusalem vnto the broad wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:10 @ And next vnto him fortified Iedaiah the sonne of Harumaph, euen ouer against his house: and next vnto him fortified Hattush, the sonne of Hashabniah.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:11 @ Malchiiah the sonne of Harim, and Hashub the sonne of Pahath Moab fortified the seconde porcion, and the tower of the fornaces.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:12 @ Next vnto him also fortified Shallum, the sonne of Halloesh, the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem, he, and his daughters.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:13 @ The valley gate fortified Hanum, and the inhabitants of Zanuah: they buylt it, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof, euen a thousand cubites on the wall vnto the dung porte.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:14 @ But the dung port fortified Malchiah, the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of Beth-haccarem: he built it, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, & the barres thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:15 @ But the gate of the fountaine fortified Shallun, the sonne of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the fourth part of Mizpah: he builded it, and couered it, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof, and the wall vnto the fishpoole of Shelah by the Kings garden, and vnto the steppes that goe downe from the citie of Dauid.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:16 @ After him fortified Nehemiah the sonne of Azbuk, the ruler of ye halfe part of Beth-zur, vntill the otherside ouer against the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the fishpoole that was repaired, and vnto the house of the mightie.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:17 @ After him fortified the Leuites, Rehum the sonne of Bani, and next vnto him fortified Hashabiah the ruler of the halfe part of Keilah in his quarter.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:19 @ And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the (note:)Where the weapons and armour of the city lay.(:note) turning [of the wall].

geneva@Nehemiah:3:20 @ After him was earnest Baruch the sonne of Zacchai, and fortified another portion from the corner vnto the doore of the house of Eliashib the hie Priest.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:22 @ And after him repaired the priests, the men of (note:)Who dwelt in the plain country by Jordan and Jericho.(:note) the plain.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:23 @ After them fortified Beniamin, and Hasshub ouer against their house: after him fortified Azariah, the sonne of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ananiah, by his house.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:24 @ After him fortified Binnui, the sonne of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah vnto the turning and vnto the corner.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:26 @ Moreover the (note:)Read (Ezr_2:43).(:note) Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:29 @ After them fortified Zadok the sonne of Immer ouer against his house: and after him fortified Shemaiah, the sonne of Shechadiah the keeper of the East gate.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:30 @ After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the (note:)Meaning the sixth of his sons.(:note) sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:31 @ After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate (note:)Which was the place of judgment or execution.(:note) Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:32 @ And betwene the chamber of the corner vnto the sheepegate fortified the goldesmithes and the marchantes.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:1 @ Bvt when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,

geneva@Nehemiah:4:2 @ And he spake before his (note:)Of his companions who dwelt in Samaria.(:note) brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these Thus the wicked who do not consider that God's power is always ready to defend his, mock them as thought they were weak and feeble. feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

geneva@Nehemiah:4:3 @ And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and said, Although they buylde, yet if a foxe goe vp, he shall euen breake downe their stonie wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:5 @ And cover not their (note:)Let the plagues declare to the world that they set themselves against you and your Church: that he prays only having respect for God's glory and not for any private affection, or grudge.(:note) iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:6 @ So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the people was to worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:7 @ But when Sanballat, & Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that the walles of Ierusalem were repayred, (for the breaches began to be stopped) then they were very wroth,

geneva@Nehemiah:4:8 @ And conspired all together to come & to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:9 @ The we prayed vnto our God, & set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:10 @ And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:11 @ Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:12 @ And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us (note:)That is, often.(:note) ten times, They who brought the tidings said this, when you leave your work, and go either to eat or to rest, your enemies will assail you. From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you].

geneva@Nehemiah:4:13 @ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, & placed the people by their families, with their swordes, their speares and their bowes.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:14 @ And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: (note:)Who is always on hand to deliver his out of danger: and therefore seeing they should fight for the maintenance of God's glory, and for the preservation of their own lives and of theirs, he encourages them to play the valiant men.(:note) remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:15 @ And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:16 @ And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] (note:)To overcome them and encourage them in their work.(:note) behind all the house of Judah.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:17 @ They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:18 @ For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:19 @ Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:21 @ So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:22 @ And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:1 @ And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives (note:)Against the rich who oppressed them.(:note) against their brethren the Jews.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:2 @ For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up (note:)This is the complaint of the people, showing the extremity they were brought to.(:note) corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:3 @ And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:4 @ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's (note:)To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted yearly from us.(:note) tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:5 @ Yet now our flesh [is] as (note:)By nature the rich are no better than the poor.(:note) the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power We are not able to redeem them, but out of poverty are forced to sell them to others. [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:6 @ Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:7 @ Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye (note:)You press them with usury, and seek to bring all thing into your hands.(:note) exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great Both because they should be moved with pity seeing how many were oppressed by them, and also hear the judgment of others, who should be witnesses of their dealings with their brethren. assembly against them.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:8 @ And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be (note:)Seeing God has once delivered them from the bondage of the heathen, shall we make them our slaves?(:note) sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].

geneva@Nehemiah:5:10 @ For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:11 @ Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, (note:)Which you take from them for the loan.(:note) that ye exact of them.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:12 @ Then said they, We will restore it, and will not require it of them: we will doe as thou hast said. Then I called the Priestes, and caused them to sweare, that they shoulde doe according to this promes.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:13 @ So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, & from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, & emptied; all the Cogregation said, Amen, & praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promes.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:14 @ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the (note:)I did not receive the portion and diet which the governors who were before me exacted, in which he declares that he rather sought the wealth of the people than his own convenience.(:note) bread of the governor.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:15 @ For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:16 @ But rather I fortified a portio in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:18 @ Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of (note:)While at other times they had by measure, at this time they had most liberally.(:note) all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:1 @ Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no (note:)That is, that they were joined together, as in (Neh_4:6).(:note) breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

geneva@Nehemiah:6:2 @ Then sent Sanballat and Geshem vnto me, saying, Come thou that we may meete together in the villages in the plaine of Ono: and they thought to doe me euill.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:3 @ And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: (note:)Meaning, that if he obeyed their request, the work God had appointed would cease: showing by this that we should not commit ourselves to the hands of the wicked.(:note) why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

geneva@Nehemiah:6:5 @ Then sent Sanballat his seruant after this sorte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand,

geneva@Nehemiah:6:6 @ Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these (note:)As the same goes.(:note) words.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:7 @ And thou hast also appointed (note:)You have bribed and set up false prophets, to make yourself king, and so to defraud the king of Persia of that subjection which you owe to him.(:note) prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:9 @ For all they afrayed vs, saying, Their handes shalbe weakened from the worke, and it shall not be done: nowe therefore incourage thou me.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:10 @ Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] (note:)As though he would be secret, to the intent that he might pray to God with greater liberty, and receive some revelation, which in him was only hypocrisy.(:note) shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:11 @ And I said, (note:)He did not doubt that God was able to preserve him and knew that if he had obeyed this counsel he would have discouraged all the people: thus God gives power to his to resist false prophecies, though they seem to have great probability.(:note) Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:12 @ And loe, I perceiued, that God had not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:13 @ Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:14 @ My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the (note:)Grief caused him to pray against such, who under the pretence of being the ministers of God, were adversaries to his glory, and went about to overthrow his Church, declaring also by this that where there is one true minister of God, the devil has many hirelings.(:note) prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:15 @ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] (note:)Which was the sixth month and contained part of August, and part of September.(:note) Elul, in After I had sent Sanballat his answer. fifty and two days.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:16 @ And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, & their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:17 @ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many (note:)Thus the Church of God always has enemies within itself, which is more dangerous than outward and professed enemies.(:note) letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:18 @ For there were many in Iudah, that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Shechaniah, the sonne of Arah: and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:19 @ Yea, they spake in his praise before me, & tolde him my wordes, and Tobiah sent letters to put me in feare.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:1 @ Nowe when the wall was builded, and I had set vp the doores, and the porters, and the singers and the Leuites were appointed,

geneva@Nehemiah:7:2 @ Then I commanded my brother Hanani and Hananiah the prince of the palace in Ierusalem (for he was doubtlesse a faithfull man, and feared God aboue many)

geneva@Nehemiah:7:3 @ And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while (note:)That is, they who are mentioned, (Neh_7:2).(:note) they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:4 @ Nowe the citie was large and great, but the people were few therein, and the houses were not buylded.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:5 @ And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,

geneva@Nehemiah:7:6 @ These [are] the (note:)That is, the inhabitants of Judah.(:note) children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

geneva@Nehemiah:7:7 @ Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, (note:)Azariah in Ezra is called Seraiah, and Raamiah Reelaiah (Ezr_2:2).(:note) Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];

geneva@Nehemiah:7:8 @ The sonnes of Parosh, two thousande an hundreth seuentie and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:9 @ The sonnes of Shephatiah, three hundreth seuentie and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:10 @ The sonnes of Arah, sixe hundreth fiftie and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:11 @ The sonnes of Pahath Moab of ye sonnes of Ieshua, & Ioab, two thousand, eight hundreth and eighteene.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:12 @ The sonnes of Elam, a thousand, two hundreth fiftie and foure.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:13 @ The sonnes of Zattu, eight hundreth and fiue and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:15 @ The sonnes of Binnui, sixe hundreth and eight and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:16 @ The sonnes of Bebai, sixe hundreth and eight and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:17 @ The sonnes of Azgad, two thousand, three hundreth and two and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:18 @ The sonnes of Adonikam, sixe hundreth three score and seuen.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:19 @ The sonnes of Biguai, two thousand three score and seuen.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:20 @ The sonnes of Adin, sixe hundreth, and fiue and fiftie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:21 @ The sonnes of Ater of Hizkiah, ninetie and eight.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:22 @ The sonnes of Hashum, three hundreth & eight and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:23 @ The sonnes of Bezai, three hundreth and foure and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:24 @ The sonnes of Hariph, an hundreth and twelue.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:25 @ The (note:)That is, the inhabitants of Gibeon.(:note) children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:26 @ The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundreth foure score and eight.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:27 @ The men of Anathoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:29 @ The men of Kiriath-iearim, Chephirah & Beeroth, seuen hundreth, and three and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:30 @ The men of Ramah and Gaba, sixe hundreth and one and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:31 @ The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:32 @ The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundreth & three and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:33 @ The men (note:)For there were two cities with this name.(:note) of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:34 @ The sonnes of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundreth and foure and fiftie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:35 @ The sonnes of Harim, three hundreth and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:36 @ The sonnes of Iericho, three hundreth and fiue and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:37 @ The sonnes of Lod-hadid and Ono, seuen hundreth and one and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:38 @ The sonnes of Senaah, three thousand, nine hundreth and thirtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:40 @ The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:41 @ The sonnes of Pashur, a thousande, two hundreth and seuen and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:42 @ The sonnes of Harim, a thousande and seuenteene.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:43 @ The Leuites: the sonnes of Ieshua of Kadmiel, and of the sonnes of Hodiuah, seuentie & foure.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:44 @ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundreth, and eight and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:45 @ The porters: the sonnes of Shallum, the sonnes of Ater, the sonnes of Talmon, the sonnes of Akkub, the sonnes of Hatita, the sonnes of Shobai, an hundreth and eight and thirtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:60 @ All the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruantes were three hundreth, ninetie and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:61 @ And these came vp from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, or if they were of Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:62 @ The sonnes of Delaiah: the sonnes of Tobiah, the sonnes of Nekoda, six hundreth and two and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:63 @ And of the Priestes: the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Hakkoz, the sonnes of Barzillai, which tooke one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was named after their name.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:65 @ And (note:)Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldee tongue means a butler.(:note) the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:66 @ All the Congregation together was two & fourtie thousand, three hundreth and threescore,

geneva@Nehemiah:7:67 @ Besides their seruantes and their maydes, which were seuen thousand, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and they had two hundreth and fiue and fourtie singing men and singing women.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:68 @ Their horses were seuen hundreth and sixe and thirtie, and their mules two hundreth and fiue and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:69 @ The camels foure hundreth and fiue and thirtie, and sixe thousande, seuen hundreth and twentie asses.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:70 @ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand (note:)Read (Ezr_2:69).(:note) drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:71 @ And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousand drams of golde, and two thousande and two hundreth pieces of siluer.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:72 @ And the rest of the people gaue twentie thousand drammes of golde, and two thousande pieces of siluer, and three score & seuen Priestes garments.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:73 @ So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the (note:)Which contained part of September and part of October.(:note) seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:1 @ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the (note:)Read (Ezr_7:6).(:note) scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:2 @ And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all (note:)Who had age and discretion to understand.(:note) that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:3 @ And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate from the morning until (note:)This declares the great zeal that the people had to hear the word of God.(:note) midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:4 @ And Ezra the Scribe stoode vpon a pulpit of wood which he had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, & Ananiah, and Vriiah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hande, and on his left hand Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, & Hashum, & Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:5 @ And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was (note:)So that his voice might be heard the better.(:note) above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

geneva@Nehemiah:8:6 @ And Ezra praysed the Lorde the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: & they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:7 @ Also Ieshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Iamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Leuites caused the people to vnderstand the lawe, and the people stood in their place.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:8 @ And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, & caused them to vnderstand the reading.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:9 @ And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people (note:)In considering their offences against the Law, therefore the Levites do not reprove them for mourning, but assure them of God's mercies if they are repentant.(:note) wept, when they heard the words of the law.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:10 @ Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is (note:)That is, remember the poor.(:note) prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the Rejoice in the Lord, and he will give you strength. joy of the LORD is your strength.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:11 @ And the Leuites made silence throughout all the people, saying, Holde your peace: for the day is holy, be not sad therefore.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:12 @ Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:13 @ And on the second day the chiefe fathers of all the people, the Priests and the Leuites were gathered vnto Ezra the scribe, that he also might instruct them in the wordes of the Lawe.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:14 @ And they found written in the Law, (that the Lorde had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth,

geneva@Nehemiah:8:15 @ And that they shoulde cause it to bee declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying, Go forth vnto the mount, and bring oliue branches, and pine branches, & branches of myrtus, and palme branches, & branches of thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is written.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:16 @ So the people went forth, and brought [them], and made themselves booths, every one upon the (note:)For their houses were made with flat roofs, read (Deu_22:8).(:note) roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:17 @ And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the (note:)Which was almost a thousand years.(:note) days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:18 @ And he read in the booke of the Lawe of God euery day, from the first day vnto the last day; they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day a solemne assemblie, according vnto the maner.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:1 @ Now in the twenty and fourth day of this (note:)Meaning, the seventh.(:note) month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:2 @ (And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the strangers) and they stoode and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:3 @ And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God [one] fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they (note:)They confessed their sins, and used prayers.(:note) confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:4 @ Then stoode vp vpon the staires of the Leuites Ieshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cryed with a loud voyce vnto the Lord their God.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:5 @ And the Leuites said, euen Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, Stande vp, and praise the Lorde your God for euer, and euer, and let them praise thy glorious Name, O God, which excelleth aboue all thankesgiuing and praise.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:6 @ Thou art Lorde alone: thou hast made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, & al that are in them, & thou preseruest them all, and the host of the heauen worshippeth thee.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:7 @ Thou art, O Lord, the God, that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Vr in Caldea, and madest his name Abraham,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:8 @ And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:9 @ Thou hast also considered the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the red Sea,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:10 @ And shewed tokens & wonders vpon Pharaoh, and on all his seruants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudely against them: therefore thou madest thee a Name, as appeareth this day.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:11 @ For thou didest breake vp the Sea before them, and they went through the middes of the Sea on dry lande: and those that pursued them, hast thou cast into the bottomes as a stone, in the mightie waters:

geneva@Nehemiah:9:12 @ And leddest them in the day with a pillar of a cloude, and in the night with a pillar of fire to giue them light in the way that they went.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:13 @ Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:14 @ And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, and ordinances, and lawes, by the hande of Moses thy seruant:

geneva@Nehemiah:9:15 @ And gauest them bread from heauen for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke for their thirst: and promisedst them that they shoulde goe in, and take possession of the land: for the which thou haddest lift vp thine hand for to giue them.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:16 @ But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:17 @ But refused to obey, & would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:18 @ Moreouer, when they made them a molten calfe (and said, This is thy God that brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt) and committed great blasphemies,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:19 @ Yet thou for thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wildernesse: the pillar of the cloude departed not from them by day to leade them the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way whereby they should goe.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:21 @ Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet (note:)Though the way was tedious and long.(:note) swelled not.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:22 @ Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst (note:)Meaning, the heathen whom he drove out.(:note) divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:23 @ And thou diddest multiplie their children, like the starres of the heauen, and broughtest them into the lande, whereof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they should goe, and possesse it.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:24 @ So the children went in, and possessed the lande, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the lande, euen the Canaanites, and gauest them into their handes, with their Kings and the people of the lande, that they might do with them what they would.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:25 @ And they tooke their strong cities and the fat lande, and possessed houses, full of all goods, cisternes digged out, vineyardes, and oliues, and trees for foode in abundance, and they did eate, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:26 @ Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which (note:)Taking heaven and earth to witness that God would destroy them unless they returned, as in (2Ch_24:19).(:note) testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:27 @ Therefore thou deliueredst them into the hande of their enemies that vexed them: yet in the time of their affliction, when they cryed vnto thee, thou heardest them from the heauen, & through thy great mercies thou gauest them sauiours, who saued them out of the hande of their aduersaries.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:28 @ But after they had (note:)He declares how God's mercies always contended with the wickedness of the people, who always in their prosperity forgot God.(:note) rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

geneva@Nehemiah:9:29 @ And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and (note:)Which is a sign taken from oxen that shrink at the yoke or burden in (Zec_7:11).(:note) withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not When you admonished them by your prophets. hear.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:30 @ Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:31 @ Yet for thy great mercies thou hast not consumed them, neither forsaken them: for thou art a gracious and mercifull God.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:32 @ Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the (note:)By whom we were led away into captivity and have been appointed to be slain, as in (Est_3:13).(:note) kings of Assyria unto this day.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:34 @ Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst (note:)That you would destroy them, unless they would return to you, as in (Neh_9:26).(:note) testify against them.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:35 @ And they haue not serued thee in their kingdome, and in thy great goodnesse that thou shewedst vnto them, & in the large and fat lande which thou diddest set before them, and haue not conuerted from their euill workes.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:36 @ Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the (note:)That is, to be the Lord's.(:note) fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:

geneva@Nehemiah:9:37 @ And it yeeldeth much fruit vnto the kings whom thou hast set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: and they haue dominion ouer our bodyes and ouer our cattell at their pleasure, and we are in great affliction.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:38 @ And because of all this we make (note:)Thus by affliction they promise to keep God's commandments to which they could not be brought by God's great benefits.(:note) a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].

geneva@Nehemiah:10:1 @ Nowe they that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha the sonne of Hachaliah, and Zidkiiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:9 @ And the Leuites: Ieshua the sonne of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sonnes of Henadad, Kadmiel.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:10 @ And their brethren Shebaniah, Hodiiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanun,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:26 @ And Ahiiah, Hanan, Anan,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:28 @ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the (note:)Read (Ezr_2:43).(:note) Nethinims, and all they that had Who being idolaters forsook their wickedness and gave themselves to serve God. separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

geneva@Nehemiah:10:29 @ They (note:)They made the oath in the name of the whole multitude.(:note) clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a To which they gave themselves if they broke the law, (Deu_28:15). curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

geneva@Nehemiah:10:30 @ And that we would not giue our daughters to the people of the lande, neither take their daughters for our sonnes.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:31 @ And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, (note:)Which nonetheless they broke soon after, (Neh_13:15).(:note) [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:32 @ And we made statutes for our selues to giue by the yeere the thirde part of a shekel for the seruice of the house of our God,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:33 @ For the (note:)This states why they gave this third part of the shekel which was beyond the half shekel that they were required to pay, (Exo_30:13).(:note) shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy [things], and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:34 @ We cast also lottes for the offering of the wood, euen the Priestes, the Leuites and the people to bring it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yeerely at the times appointed, to burne it vpon the altar of the Lorde our God, as it is written in the Lawe,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:35 @ And to bring the first fruites of our land, and the first of all the fruites of all trees, yeere by yeere, into the house of the Lorde,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:36 @ Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as [it is] (note:)This rehearsal shows that there was no part or ceremony in the Law, to which they did not bind themselves by covenant.(:note) written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

geneva@Nehemiah:10:37 @ And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our (note:)Wherever we laboured or worked, there the tithes were due to the Lord both by the law, and according to the oath and covenant that we made.(:note) tillage.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:38 @ And the Priest, the sonne of Aaron shall be with the Leuites, when ye Leuites take tithes, and the Leuites shall bring vp the tenth parte of the tithes vnto the house of our God, vnto the chambers of the treasure house.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:39 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where [are] the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and (note:)We will not leave it destitute of that which is needed for it.(:note) we will not forsake the house of our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:1 @ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, (note:)Because their enemies dwelt round about them, they provided that it might be replenished with men, and used this policy because there were few who offered themselves willingly.(:note) to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts [to dwell] in [other] cities.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:2 @ And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:3 @ These now are the chiefe of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalem, but in the cities of Iudah, euery one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:4 @ And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of (note:)Which came from Perez the son of Judah.(:note) Perez;

geneva@Nehemiah:11:5 @ And Maaseiah the sonne of Baruch, the sonne of Col Hozeh, the sonne of Hazaiah, the sonne of Adaiah, the sonne of Ioiarib, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Shiloni.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:8 @ And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine hundreth and twentie and eight.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:9 @ And Ioel the sonne of Zichri was gouernour ouer them: and Iudah, the sonne of Senuah was the second ouer the citie:

geneva@Nehemiah:11:12 @ And their brethren (note:)That served and ministered in the temple.(:note) that did the work of the house [were] eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:13 @ And his brethren, chiefe of the fathers, two hundreth and two and fourtie: and Amashsai the sonne of Azareel, the sonne of Ahazai, the sonne of Meshilemoth, the sonne of Immer:

geneva@Nehemiah:11:14 @ And their brethren valiant men, an hundreth and eight and twentie: & their ouerseer was Zabdiel the sonne of Hagedolim.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:15 @ And of the Leuites, Shemaiah, the sonne of Hashub, the sonne of Azrikam, the sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Bunni.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:16 @ And Shabbethai, & Iozabad of the chiefe of the Leuites were ouer the workes of the house of God without.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:17 @ And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to (note:)That is, he began the psalm and was the chanter.(:note) begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:18 @ All the Leuites in the holy citie were two hundreth foure score and foure.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:19 @ Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the (note:)Meaning of the temple.(:note) gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:20 @ And the (note:)Of them who dwelt not in Jerusalem.(:note) residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were] in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:21 @ And the Nethinims dwelt in the fortres, & Ziha, and Gispa was ouer the Nethinims.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:22 @ And the ouerseer of the Leuites in Ierusalem was Vzzi the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Ashabiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micha: of the sonnes of Asaph singers were ouer the worke of the house of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:23 @ For it was the Kings commandement cocerning them, that faithfull prouision shoulde bee for the singers euery day.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:24 @ And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, (note:)Was chief about the king for all high affairs.(:note) [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:25 @ And in the villages in their landes, some of the children of Iudah dwelt in Kiriath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and in Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and in Iekabzeel. and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:26 @ And in Ieshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth palet,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:27 @ And in Hazer-shual, and in Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:28 @ And in Ziklag, and in Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:29 @ And in En-rimmon, and in Zareah, and in Iarmuth,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:30 @ Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, in Lachish, and in the fieldes thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof: & they dwelt from Beer-sheba, vnto the valley of HinNumbers

geneva@Nehemiah:11:31 @ And the sonnes of Beniamin from Geba, in Michmash, and Aiia, and Beth-el, and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:35 @ Lod and Ono, in the carpenters valley.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:36 @ And of the Leuites were diuisions in Iudah and in Beniamin.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:1 @ Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that (note:)From Babylon to Jerusalem.(:note) went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:6 @ Shemaiah, and Ioiarib, Iedaiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:7 @ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the (note:)Next in dignity to the high priests and who were of the stock of Aaron.(:note) chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:8 @ Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, (note:)Had charge of them who sang the psalms.(:note) [which was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:9 @ Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the (note:)They kept the wards and watches according to their turns, (2Ch_23:6).(:note) watches.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:10 @ And Ieshua begate Ioiakim: Ioiakim also begate Eliashib, and Eliashib begate Ioiada.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:11 @ And Ioiada begate Ionathan, & Ionathan begate Iaddua,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:12 @ And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of (note:)That is, next to Seraiah or rather of the order, who was called after the name of Seraiah.(:note) Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

geneva@Nehemiah:12:22 @ In the dayes of Eliashib, Ioiada, and Iohanan and Iaddua were the chiefe fathers of the Leuites written, and the Priests in the reigne of Darius the Persian.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:24 @ And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over (note:)That is, one after another and every one in his course.(:note) against ward.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:25 @ Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were porters keeping the warde at the thresholds of the gates.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:26 @ These were in the dayes of Ioiakim, the sonne of Ieshua, the sonne of Iozadak, and in the dayes of Nehemiah the captaine, and of Ezra the Priest and scribe.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:27 @ And in the dedication of the wall at Ierusalem they sought the Leuites out of all their places to bring them to Ierusalem to keepe the dedication and gladnes, both with thanksgiuings & with songs, cymbales, violes and with harpes.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:28 @ And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of (note:)Who were a certain family and had their possessions in the fields, (1Ch_2:54).(:note) Netophathi;

geneva@Nehemiah:12:29 @ And from the house of Gilgal, and out of the countreis of Geba, and Azmaueth: for the singers had built them villages round about Ierusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:30 @ And the Priests and Leuites were purified, and clensed the people, & the gates, & the wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:31 @ Then (note:)Meaning, Nehemiah.(:note) I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

geneva@Nehemiah:12:32 @ And after them went Hoshaiah, and halfe of the princes of Iudah,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:33 @ And Azariah, Ezra and Meshullam,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:34 @ Iudah, Beniamin, and Shemaiah, and Ieremiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:35 @ And of the Priests sonnes with trumpets, Zechariah the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the sonne of Michaiah, the sonne of Zaccur, ye sonne of Asaph.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:36 @ And (note:)That is, the brass throne of Zaccur.(:note) his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:37 @ And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the (note:)Which was going up to the mount Zion, which is called the city of David.(:note) stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:38 @ And the seconde companie of them that gaue thankes, went on the other side, and I after them, and the halfe of the people was vpon the wal, and vpon the towre of the furnaces euen vnto the broad wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:39 @ And vpon the gate of Ephraim, and vpon the olde gate, and vpon the fishgate, & the towre of Hananeel, and the towre of Meah, euen vnto the sheepegate: and they stood in the gate of the warde.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:40 @ So stood the two companies (of them that gaue thankes) in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:42 @ And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Vzzi, and Iehohanan, and Malchiiah, and Elam, and Ezer: and the singers sang loude, hauing Izrahiah which was the ouerseer.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:43 @ And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced: for God had giuen them great ioy, so that both the women, and the children were ioyfull: and the ioy of Ierusalem was heard farre off.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:44 @ And at that time were some appointed (note:)Which were chambers appointed by Hezekiah to put in the tither, and such things, (2Ch_31:11) and now were repaired again for the same use.(:note) over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:45 @ And both the singers and the Leuites kept the ward of their God, and the warde of the purification according to the commaundement of Dauid, and Salomon his sonne.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:46 @ For in the dayes of Dauid and Asaph, of olde were chiefe singers, and songs of praise and thankesgiuing vnto God.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:47 @ And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites (note:)That is, the tenth part of the tithes.(:note) sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:1 @ And on that day did they reade in the booke of Moses, in the audience of the people, and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite, & the Moabite should not enter into the Congregation of God,

geneva@Nehemiah:13:2 @ Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:3 @ Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel (note:)That is, all who had joined in unlawful marriage and also those with whom God had forbidden them to mingle with.(:note) all the mixed multitude.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:4 @ And before (note:)That the separation was made.(:note) this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] He was united with Tobiah the Ammonite the enemy of the Jews. allied unto Tobiah:

geneva@Nehemiah:13:5 @ And he had made him a great chamber and there had they aforetime layde the offringes, the incense, and the vessels, and the tithes of corne, of wine, and of oyle (appointed for the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters) and the offringes of the Priests.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:6 @ But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of (note:)Called also Darius, (Ezr_6:1).(:note) Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

geneva@Nehemiah:13:7 @ And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of (note:)Thus we see to what inconveniences the people fall into when they are destitute of one who fears God, seeing that their chief governor was absent only for a little while and yet they fell into such great absurdities: as appears in, (Exo_32:1).(:note) the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:8 @ And it grieued me sore: therefore I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:9 @ And I commanded them to clense ye chambers: and thither brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:10 @ And I perceiued that the portions of the Leuites had not bene giuen, and that euery one was fled to his lande, euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:11 @ Then reproued I the rulers and sayd, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I assembled them, and set them in their place.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:12 @ Then brought all Iudah the tithes of corne and of wine, and of oyle vnto the treasures.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:13 @ And I made treasurers ouer the treasures, Shelemiah the Priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Leuites, Pedaiah, and vnder their hande Hanan the sonne of Zaccur the sonne of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithfull, and their office was to distribute vnto their brethren.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:14 @ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my (note:)He protests that he did his duty with a good conscience yet he does not justify himself in it, but desires God to favour him and to be merciful to him for his own goodness' sake, as in (Neh_13:22, Neh_13:31).(:note) good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:15 @ In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and (note:)I declared to them that God would not allow such transgressors of his law to go unpunished.(:note) I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:16 @ There dwelt men of Tyrus also therein, which brought fish and all wares, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the children of Iudah euen in Ierusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:17 @ Then reprooued I the rulers of Iudah, and sayd vnto them, What euil thing is this that yee doe, and breake the Sabbath day?

geneva@Nehemiah:13:18 @ Did not your fathers (note:)Was this not the reason God plagued us in times past: meaning, that if they transgressed now in the same way, their plague would be greater.(:note) thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:19 @ And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be (note:)About the time that the sun went down, for the sabbath lasted from the sun setting one day, to the sun setting the next day.(:note) dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:20 @ So the chapmen and marchants of al marchandise remained once or twise all night without Ierusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:21 @ And I protested among them, and said vnto them, Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay hands vpon you. from that time came they no more on the Sabbath.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:22 @ And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] (note:)Meaning, of the temple that none that was unclean should enter.(:note) keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:23 @ In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of (note:)Which was a city of the Philistines and they had married wives from it and so had corrupted their speech and religion.(:note) Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:

geneva@Nehemiah:13:24 @ And their children spake halfe in ye speach of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, and according to the language of the one people, and of the other people.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:25 @ And I contended with them, and (note:)That is, I excommunicated them and drove them out of the congregation.(:note) cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:26 @ Did not Salomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? yet among many nations was there no King like him: for he was beloued of his God, and God had made him King ouer Israel: yet strange women caused him to sinne.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:27 @ Shall wee then obey vnto you, to doe all this great euil, and to transgresse against our God, euen to marry strange wiues?

geneva@Nehemiah:13:28 @ And one of the sonnes of Ioiada the sonne of Eliashib the hie Priest was the sonne in law of Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him fro me.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:29 @ Remember them, O my God, because they have (note:)Punish them according to their sin and the evil example they have given to the rest of the people contrary to their calling.(:note) defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:30 @ Then cleansed I them from all strangers, and appoynted the wardes of the Priestes and of the Leuites, euery one in his office,

geneva@Nehemiah:13:31 @ And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, (note:)That is, to show mercy to me.(:note) for good.

geneva@Esther:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days of (note:)Also called Darius, who was now the favourite monarch and had the government of the Medes, Persians and Chaldeans. Some think he was Darius Hystaspis also called Artaxerxes.(:note) Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an (Dan_6:1) makes mention of only 120 leaving out the number that are imperfect as the scripture uses in various places. hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) The Argument - Because of the variety of names, by which they used to call their kings, and the number of years in which the Hebrews and the Greeks vary, various authors write concerning that Ahasuerus but is seems in (Dan_6:1, Dan_9:1) that he was Darius king of the Medes and son of Astyages also called Ahasuerus which was a name of honour and signified great and chief as chief head. In this is declared the great mercies of God toward his church: who never fails them in their greatest dangers, but when all hope of worldly help fades, he stirs up some, by whom he sends comfort and deliverance. In this also is described the ambition, pride and cruelty of the wicked when they come to honour and their sudden fall when they are at their highest and how God preserves and prefers them who are zealous of his glory and have a care and love for their brethren.

geneva@Esther:1:2 @ [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus (note:)That is, had rest and quietness.(:note) sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,

geneva@Esther:1:3 @ In the third yeere of his reigne, he made a feast vnto all his princes and his seruants, euen the power of Persia and Media, and to the captaines and gouernours of the prouinces which were before him,

geneva@Esther:1:4 @ That he might shewe the riches & glorie of his kingdome, and the honour of his great maiestie many dayes, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes.

geneva@Esther:1:5 @ And when these dayes were expired, the King made a feast to all the people that were founde in the palace of Shushan, both vnto great and small, seuen dayes, in the court of the garden of the Kings palace,

geneva@Esther:1:6 @ [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the (note:)Which they used in those countries instead of tables.(:note) beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

geneva@Esther:1:7 @ And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the (note:)As was befitting for so magnificent a king.(:note) state of the king.

geneva@Esther:1:8 @ And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did (note:)No one was forced to drink more than it pleased him.(:note) compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

geneva@Esther:1:10 @ On the (note:)Which was the last day of the feast that the king made for the people as in (Est_1:5).(:note) seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

geneva@Esther:1:11 @ To bring Queene Vashti before the King with the crowne royall, that he might shewe the people and the princes her beautie: for shee was fayre to looke vpon.

geneva@Esther:1:12 @ But the Queene Vashti refused to come at the Kings worde, which he had giuen in charge to the eunuches: therefore the King was very angry, and his wrath kindled in him.

geneva@Esther:1:13 @ Then the king said to the wise men, (note:)Who had experience in things as they had learned by diligent marking in continuance of time.(:note) which knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

geneva@Esther:1:14 @ And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the (note:)Who were his chief counsellors that always had access to him.(:note) king's face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)

geneva@Esther:1:16 @ And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done (note:)By her disobedience she has given an example to all women to do the same to their husbands.(:note) wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

geneva@Esther:1:17 @ For [this] (note:)That is, her disobedience.(:note) deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

geneva@Esther:1:18 @ [Likewise] shall the (note:)Meaning, that they would take the first opportunity to do the same and the rest of the women would also do the same.(:note) ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.

geneva@Esther:1:19 @ If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come (note:)Let her be divorced and another made queen.(:note) no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

geneva@Esther:1:20 @ And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is (note:)For he had under him a hundred and twenty-seven countries.(:note) great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

geneva@Esther:1:21 @ And this saying pleased the King and the princes, and the King did according to the worde of Memucan.

geneva@Esther:1:22 @ For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should (note:)That is, that the wife should be subject to the husband and at his commandment.(:note) bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.

geneva@Esther:2:1 @ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he (note:)That is, he brought the matter again into discussion.(:note) remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed By the seven wise men of his counsel. against her.

geneva@Esther:2:2 @ And the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, sayd, Let them seeke for the King beautifull yong virgins,

geneva@Esther:2:3 @ And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, (note:)The abuse of these countries was so great, that they invented many means to serve the lusts of princes and therefore they ordained wicked laws that the king might have whose daughters he would. They had many houses appointed, one for the virgins, another for the concubines and another for the queen.(:note) keeper of the women; and let their things Read what this purification was in (Est_2:12). for purification be given [them]:

geneva@Esther:2:4 @ And the mayde that shall please the King, let her reigne in the steade of Vashti; this pleased the King, and he did so.

geneva@Esther:2:7 @ And he nourished Hadassah, that is Ester, his vncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, & the mayde was fayre, and beautifull to looke on: & after the death of her father, and her mother, Mordecai tooke her for his own daughter

geneva@Esther:2:8 @ And when the Kings commandement, and his decree was published, and many maydes were brought together to the palace of Shushan, vnder the hand of Hege, Ester was brought also vnto the Kings house vnder the hande of Hege the keeper of the women.

geneva@Esther:2:9 @ And the mayde pleased him, & she founde fauour in his sight: therefore he caused her things for purification to be giuen her speedily, and her state, and seuen comely maides to be giuer her out of the Kings house, and he gaue change to her and to her maydes of the best in the house of the women.

geneva@Esther:2:10 @ But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

geneva@Esther:2:11 @ And Mordecai walked (note:)For though she was taken away by a cruel law, yet he did not cease to have a fatherly care for her, and therefore often sought to hear of her.(:note) every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

geneva@Esther:2:12 @ And when the course of euery mayd came, to go in to King Ahashuerosh, after that she had bene twelue moneths according to the maner of the women (for so were the dayes of their purifications accomplished, sixe moneths with oyle of myrrhe, and sixe moneths with sweete odours and in the purifying of the women:

geneva@Esther:2:14 @ In the euening she went, & on the morow she returned into the second house of the women vnder the hand of Shaashgaz the Kings eunuche, which kept the concubines: shee came in to the King no more, except shee pleased the King, and that she were called by name.

geneva@Esther:2:15 @ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, (note:)In which her modesty appeared because she did not seek to dress to command her beauty but sought the eunuch's appointment.(:note) appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

geneva@Esther:2:16 @ So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the (note:)Which contained part of December and part of January.(:note) month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

geneva@Esther:2:17 @ And the King loued Ester aboue all the women, and shee founde grace and fauour in his sight more then all the virgins: so that he set the crowne of the kingdome vpon her head, & made her Queene instead of Vashti.

geneva@Esther:2:18 @ Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther's (note:)That is, made for her sake.(:note) feast; and he made a release He released their tribute. to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the That is, great and magnificent. state of the king.

geneva@Esther:2:19 @ And when the virgins were gathered together the (note:)That is, at the marriage of Esther, which was the second marriage for the king.(:note) second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

geneva@Esther:2:21 @ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay (note:)Meaning, to kill him.(:note) hand on the king Ahasuerus.

geneva@Esther:2:22 @ And the thing was knowen to Mordecai, and he tolde it vnto Queene Ester, and Ester certified the King thereof in Mordecais name:

geneva@Esther:2:23 @ And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the (note:)In the chronicles of the Medes and Persians, (Est_10:2).(:note) chronicles before the king.

geneva@Esther:3:1 @ After these things did King Ahashuerosh promote Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him, and set his seate aboue all the princes that were with him.

geneva@Esther:3:2 @ And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai (note:)The Persians custom was to kneel down and reverence their kings, and such as he anointed in chief authority, which Mordecai would not do to this ambitious and proud man.(:note) bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

geneva@Esther:3:3 @ Then the Kings seruants which were at the Kings gate, said vnto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the Kings commandement?

geneva@Esther:3:4 @ Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they (note:)Thus we see that there is no one so wicked but they have their flatterers to accuse the godly.(:note) told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] a Jew.

geneva@Esther:3:5 @ And when Haman sawe that Mordecai bowed not the knee vnto him, nor did reuerence vnto him, then Haman was full of wrath.

geneva@Esther:3:6 @ Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.

geneva@Esther:3:7 @ In the first month, that [is], the month (note:)Which contains part of March and part of April.(:note) Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, To know what month and day would be good to attempt this thing, that it might be successful: but God disappointed their lots and expectations. before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Containing part of February and part of March. Adar.

geneva@Esther:3:8 @ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the (note:)These are the two arguments which commonly the worldlings and the wicked use toward princes against the godly, that is, the contempt of their laws and diminishing of their profit without concern as to whether God is pleased or displeased.(:note) king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them.

geneva@Esther:3:9 @ If it please the King, let it be written that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this businesse to bring it into the Kings treasurie.

geneva@Esther:3:10 @ Then the King tooke his ring from his hand & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie.

geneva@Esther:3:11 @ And the King sayde vnto Haman, Let the siluer be thine, and the people to doe with them as it pleaseth thee.

geneva@Esther:3:12 @ Then were the Kings scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth, and there was written (according to all that Haman commaunded) vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines that were ouer euery prouince, and to the rulers of euery people, and to euery prouince, according to the writing thereof, and to euery people according to their language: in the name of King Ahashuerosh was it written, and sealed with the Kings ring.

geneva@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by postes into all the Kings prouinces, to roote out, to kill and to destroy all the Iewes, both yong & olde, children and women, in one day vpon the thirteenth day of the twelft moneth, (which is the moneth Adar) and to spoyle them as a pray. {\cf2 (13:1) The copie of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writeth these thinges to the princes and gouernours that are vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia in an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces. (13:2) When I was made Lord ouer many people, and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion, I would not exalt my selfe by the reason of my power, but purposed with equitie alway and gentlenesse to gouerne my subiects, and wholy to set them in a peaceable life, and thereby to bring my kingdome vnto tranquilitie, that men might safely goe thorow on euery side, and to renewe peace againe, which all men desire. (13:3) Now when I asked my counsellers how these things might be brought to passe, one that was conuersant with vs, of excellent wisdome, and constant in good wil, and shewed him selfe to be of sure fidelitie, which had the second place in the kingdome, euen Aman, (13:4) Declared vnto vs, that in all nations there was scattered abroad a rebellious people, that had lawes contrary to all people, and haue alway despised the commandements of Kings, and so that this generall empire, that we haue begunne, cannot be gouerned without offence. (13:5) Seeing nowe wee perceiue, that this people alone are altogether contrary vnto euery man, vsing strange and other maner of lawes, and hauing an euill opinion of our doings, and goe about to stablish wicked matters, that our kingdome should not come to good estate, (13:6) Therefore haue we comaunded, that all they that are appointed in writing vnto you by Aman (which is ordeined ouer ye affaires, & is as our second father) shall all with their wiues and children be destroyed & rooted out with ye sword of their enemies without all mercy, and that none be spared the fourtenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this yeere, (13:7) That they which of olde, and nowe also haue euer bene rebellious, may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell, to the intent that after this time our affaires may bee without troubles, and well gouerned in all pointes.}

geneva@Esther:3:14 @ The contents of the writing was, that there shoulde be giuen a commandement in all prouinces, and published vnto all people, that they should be ready against the same day.

geneva@Esther:3:15 @ The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the (note:)That is, the Jews that were in Shushan.(:note) city Shushan was perplexed.

geneva@Esther:4:1 @ Now when Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackecloth and ashes, and went out into the middes of the citie, and cryed with a great crye, and a bitter.

geneva@Esther:4:2 @ And came even before the king's (note:)Because he would inform Esther of this cruel proclamation.(:note) gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

geneva@Esther:4:3 @ And in euery prouince, and place, whither the Kings charge and his commission came, there was great sorowe among the Iewes, and fasting, and weeping and mourning, and many laye in sackecloth and in ashes.

geneva@Esther:4:4 @ Then Esters maydes and her eunuches came and tolde it her: therefore the Queene was very heauie, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackecloth from him, but he receiued it not.

geneva@Esther:4:5 @ Then called Ester Hatach one of the Kings eunuches, whom he had appointed to serue her, and gaue him a commandement vnto Mordecai, to knowe what it was, and why it was.

geneva@Esther:4:7 @ And Mordecai tolde him of all that which had come vnto him, and of the summe of the siluer that Haman had promised to pay vnto the Kings treasures, because of the Iewes, for to destroy them.

geneva@Esther:4:8 @ Also he gaue him the copy of the writing and commission that was giuen at Shushan, to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Ester and declare it vnto her, and to charge her that she should goe in to the King, and make petition and supplication before him for her people.

geneva@Esther:4:10 @ Then Ester sayde vnto Hatach, and commaunded him to say vnto Mordecai,

geneva@Esther:4:11 @ All the Kings seruants and the people of the Kings prouinces doe knowe, that whosoeuer, man or woman, that commeth to the King into the inner court, which is not called, there is a law of his, that he shall dye, except him to whom the King holdeth out the golden rodde, that he may liue. Now I haue not bene called to come vnto the King these thirtie dayes.

geneva@Esther:4:12 @ And they certified Mordecai of Esters wordes.

geneva@Esther:4:13 @ And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.

geneva@Esther:4:14 @ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance (note:)Thus Mordecai spoke in the confidence of that faith which all God's children should have; which is that God will deliver them, though all worldly means fail.(:note) arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for To deliver God's Church out of these present dangers. [such] a time as this?

geneva@Esther:4:15 @ Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai,

geneva@Esther:4:16 @ Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, (note:)I will put my life in danger and refer the success to God, seeing it is for his glory and the deliverance of his Church.(:note) I perish.

geneva@Esther:4:17 @ So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commaunded him. {\cf2 (13:8) Then Mardocheus thought vpon all ye workes and of the Lord, and made his prayer vnto him, (13:9) Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty (for all things are in thy power) & if thou hast appointed to saue Israel, there is no man that can withstand thee. (13:10) For thou hast made heauen and earth, and all the wonderous things vnder the heauen. (13:11) Thou art Lorde of all thinges, and there is no man that can resist thee, which art the Lord. (13:12) Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither of malice, nor presumption, nor for any desire of glory, that I did this, and not bowe downe to proude Aman. (13:13) For I woulde haue bene content with good will for the saluation of Israel, to haue kist the sole of his feete. (13:14) But I did it, because I would not preferre the honour of a man aboue the glory of God, & would not worship any but onely thee, my Lorde, and this haue I not done of pride. (13:15) And therefore, O Lord God and King, haue mercy vpon thy people: for they imagine how they may bring vs to naught, yea, they would destroy the inheritance, that hath bin thine from the beginning. (13:16) Despise not the portion, which thou hast deliuered out of Egypt for thine owne selfe. (13:17) Heare my prayer, and bee mercifull vnto thy portion: turne our sorow into ioy, that we may liue, O Lord, and praise thy Name: shut not the mouthes of them that praise thee. (13:18) All Israel in like maner cried most earnestly vnto the Lord, because that death was before their eyes. \par (14:1) Qveene Esther also, being in danger of death, resorted vnto the Lord, (14:2) And layd away her glorious apparell, and put on the garments of sighing, and mourning. In the stead of precious oyntment, she scattered ashes, and dongue vpon her head: and she humbled her body greatly with fasting, and all the places of her ioy filled she with the heare that she pluckt off. (14:3) And she prayed vnto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my Lorde, thou onely art our King: helpe me desolate woman, which haue no helper but thee. (14:4) For my danger is at hand. (14:5) From my youth vp I haue heard in the kinred of my father, that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from their predecessours for a perpetuall inheritance, and thou hast performed that which thou didest promise them. (14:6) Now Lord, we haue sinned before thee: therefore hast thou giuen vs into ye hands of our enemies. (14:7) Because we worshipped their gods, O Lorde, thou art righteous. (14:8) Neuerthelesse, it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captiuitie, but they haue stroken hands with their idoles, (14:9) That they wil abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordeined, & destroy thine inheritace, to shut vp the mouth of them that praise thee, and to quench the glory of thy Temple, and of thine altar, (14:10) And to open the mouths of the heathen, that they may praise the power of the idoles, and to magnifie a fleshly King for euer. (14:11) O Lord, giue not thy scepter vnto them that be nothing, lest they laugh vs to scorne in our miserie: but turne their deuise vpon theselues, and make him an example, that hath begunne the same against vs. (14:12) Thinke vpon vs, O Lord, and shewe thy selfe vnto vs in the time of our distresse, and strengthen me, O King of gods, and Lord of all power. (14:13) Giue me an eloquent speach in my mouth before the Lion: turne his heart to hate our enemie, to destroy him, and all such as consent vnto him. (14:14) But deliuer vs with thine hand, and helpe me that am solitary, which haue no defence but onely thee. (14:15) Thou knowest all things, O Lord: thou knowest, that I hate the glory of the vnrighteous, and that I abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised, and of all the heathen. (14:16) Thou knowest my necessitie: for I hate this token of my preeminence, which I beare vpon mine head, what time as I must shewe my selfe, and that I abhorre it as a menstruous cloth, and that I weare it not when I am alone by my selfe, (14:17) And that I thine handmayde haue not eaten at Amans table, and that I haue had no pleasure in the Kings feast, nor drunke the wine of the drinke offerings, (14:18) And that I thine handmayde haue no ioye since the day that I was brought hither, vntill this day, but in thee, O Lord God of Abraham. (14:19) O thou mighty God aboue al, heare the voyce of them, that haue none other hope, & deliuer vs out of the hand of ye wicked, & deliuer me out of my feare.}

geneva@Esther:5:1 @ Now it came to pass on the third (note:)That is, after the Jews had begun to fast.(:note) day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

geneva@Esther:5:2 @ And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king (note:)Which was a sign that her coming was agreeable to him, (Est_4:11).(:note) held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

geneva@Esther:5:3 @ Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what [is] thy request? it shall be even (note:)Meaning by this that whatever she asked would be granted as in (Mar_6:23).(:note) given thee to the half of the kingdom.

geneva@Esther:5:5 @ And the King sayd, Cause Haman to make haste that he may doe as Ester hath sayde. So the King and Haman came to the banket that Ester had prepared.

geneva@Esther:5:6 @ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of (note:)Because they used to drink excessively in their banquets they called the banquet by that which was most in use or esteemed.(:note) wine, What [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

geneva@Esther:5:7 @ Then answered Ester, and sayd, My petition and my request is,

geneva@Esther:5:8 @ If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath (note:)I will declare what I demand.(:note) said.

geneva@Esther:5:9 @ Then went Haman forth the same day ioyfull and with a glad heart. But when Haman sawe Mordecai in the Kings gate, that he stoode not vp, nor moued for him, then was Haman full of indignation at Mordecai.

geneva@Esther:5:10 @ Neuerthelesse Haman refrayned himselfe: and when he came home, he sent, and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

geneva@Esther:5:11 @ And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had (note:)Thus the wicked when they are promoted instead of acknowledging their charge and humbling themselves, wax ambitious, disdainful and cruel.(:note) promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

geneva@Esther:5:12 @ Haman sayde moreouer, Yea, Ester the Queene did let no man come in with the King to the banket that she had prepared, saue me: and to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the King.

geneva@Esther:5:14 @ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty (note:)Meaning, the highest that could be found.(:note) cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

geneva@Esther:6:1 @ The same night the King slept not, & he comanded to bring ye booke of the records, and the chronicles: & they were read before ye King.

geneva@Esther:6:2 @ Then it was found written that Mordecai had tolde of Bigtana, and Teresh two of the Kings eunuches, keepers of the dore, who sought to lay hands on the King Ahashuerosh.

geneva@Esther:6:3 @ And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai (note:)For he thought it unworthy of his estate to receive a benefit and not reward it.(:note) for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

geneva@Esther:6:4 @ And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to (note:)Thus while the wicked imagine the destruction of others, they themselves fall into the same pit.(:note) hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

geneva@Esther:6:5 @ And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court; the King sayd, Let him come in.

geneva@Esther:6:6 @ And when Haman came in, the King saide vnto him, What shalbe done vnto ye man, whom the King will honour? Then Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the King do honour more then to me?

geneva@Esther:6:7 @ And Haman answered the King, The man whome the King would honour,

geneva@Esther:6:8 @ Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the (note:)Meaning by this that the king should make him next to himself as Joseph was known to be next to Pharaoh in (Gen_41:43).(:note) horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

geneva@Esther:6:9 @ And let the raiment and the horse be deliuered by the hand of one of the Kings most noble princes, & let them apparel the man (whome the King will honour) and cause him to ride vpon the horse thorow the streete of the citie, and proclayme before him, Thus shall it be done vnto the man, whome the King will honour.

geneva@Esther:6:10 @ Then the King said to Haman, Make haste, take the rayment and the horse as thou hast said, and doe so vnto Mordecai the Iewe, that sitteth at the Kings gate: let nothing fayle of all that thou hast spoken.

geneva@Esther:6:11 @ So Haman tooke the rayment and the horse, and arayed Mordecai, and brought him on horse backe thorowe the streete of the citie, and proclaymed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King will honour.

geneva@Esther:6:12 @ And Mordecai came againe to the Kings gate, but Haman hasted home mourning and his head couered.

geneva@Esther:6:13 @ And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, (note:)Thus God sometimes puts in the mouth of the very wicked to speak that thing which he has decreed shall come to pass.(:note) but shalt surely fall before him.

geneva@Esther:6:14 @ And while they were yet talking with him, came the Kings eunuches & hasted to bring Haman vnto the banket that Ester had prepared.

geneva@Esther:7:1 @ So the King and Haman came to banket with the Queene Ester.

geneva@Esther:7:2 @ And the King said againe vnto Ester on the second day at the banket of wine, What is thy petition, Queene Ester, that it may be giue thee? and what is thy request? It shalbe euen perfourmed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.

geneva@Esther:7:3 @ And Ester the Queene answered, and said, If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.

geneva@Esther:7:4 @ For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not (note:)Haman could not profit the king by his malice as much he would hinder him by the loss of the Jews and the tribute which he had from them.(:note) countervail the king's damage.

geneva@Esther:7:5 @ Then King Ahashuerosh answered, and said vnto the Queene Ester, Who is he? and where is he that presumeth to doe thus?

geneva@Esther:7:6 @ And Ester said, The aduersarie and enemie is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afrayde before the King and the Queene.

geneva@Esther:7:7 @ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was (note:)His conscience accused him that as he had conspired the death of innocents, so the vengeance of God would fall on him for the same.(:note) evil determined against him by the king.

geneva@Esther:7:8 @ Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was (note:)He fell down at the couch on which she sat and made request for his life.(:note) fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they This was the manner of the Persians, when one was out of favour with the king. covered Haman's face.

geneva@Esther:7:9 @ 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 (note:)Who discovered the conspiracy against the king, (Est_2:21-22).(:note) good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

geneva@Esther:8:1 @ On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai (note:)That is, was received into the king's favour and presence.(:note) came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] That he was her uncle, and had brought her up. unto her.

geneva@Esther:8:2 @ And the King tooke off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gaue it vnto Mordecai: and Ester set Mordecai ouer the house of Haman.

geneva@Esther:8:3 @ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the (note:)Meaning, that he should abolish the wicked decrees, which he had made for the destruction of the Jews.(:note) mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

geneva@Esther:8:4 @ Then the king held out the golden (note:)Read (Est_5:2).(:note) sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

geneva@Esther:8:5 @ And sayd, If it please the King, & if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be written, that the letters of the deuice of Haman the sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite may be called againe, which he wrote to destroy the Iewes, that are in all the Kings prouinces.

geneva@Esther:8:6 @ For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come vnto my people? Or howe can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred?

geneva@Esther:8:7 @ And the King Ahashuerosh sayde vnto the Queene Ester, & to Mordecai the Iewe, Behold, I haue giuen Ester the house of Haman, whome they haue hanged vpon the tree, because he layd hand vpon the Iewes.

geneva@Esther:8:8 @ 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 (note:)This was the law of the Medes and Persians, as in (Dan_6:15) nonetheless the king revoked the former decree granted to Haman for Esther's sake.(:note) no man reverse.

geneva@Esther:8:9 @ Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month (note:)Which contains part of May and part of June.(:note) 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 deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the That is, in such letters and languages as was usual in every province. writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

geneva@Esther:8:10 @ And hee wrote in the King Ahashuerosh name, and sealed it with the Kings ring: and he sent letters by postes on horsebacke and that rode on beastes of price, as dromedaries and coltes of mares.

geneva@Esther:8:11 @ Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for (note:)That is, to defend themselves against all who would assail them.(:note) their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,

geneva@Esther:8:12 @ Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month (note:)Which has part of February and part of March.(:note) Adar.

geneva@Esther:8:13 @ The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to (note:)The king gave them permission to kill all who oppressed them.(:note) avenge themselves on their enemies.

geneva@Esther:8:14 @ So the postes rode vpon beasts of price, and dromedaries, & went forth with speede, to execute the Kings commaundement, and the decree was giuen at Shushan the palace.

geneva@Esther:8:15 @ And Mordecai went out from the King in royall apparell of blewe, and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced and was glad.

geneva@Esther:8:16 @ The Jews had light, and (note:)He showed by the words that follow, what this light was.(:note) gladness, and joy, and honour.

geneva@Esther:8:17 @ And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land (note:)Conformed themselves to the Jew's religion.(:note) became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

geneva@Esther:9:1 @ Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was (note:)This was by God's great providence, who turns the joy of the wicked into sorrow, and the tears of the godly into gladness.(:note) turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

geneva@Esther:9:2 @ The Iewes gathered themselues together into their cities throughout all the prouinces of the King Ahashuerosh, to lay hande on such as sought their hurt, and no man coulde withstande them: for the feare of them fel vpon al people.

geneva@Esther:9:3 @ And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, (note:)Honoured them and befriended them.(:note) helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

geneva@Esther:9:4 @ For Mordecai was great in the kings house, and the report of him went through all the prouinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

geneva@Esther:9:5 @ Thus the Jews smote all their (note:)Who had conspired their death by the permission of the wicked Haman.(:note) enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

geneva@Esther:9:6 @ And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed (note:)Besides the three hundred that they slew the second day, (Est_9:15).(:note) five hundred men.

geneva@Esther:9:7 @ And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

geneva@Esther:9:8 @ And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

geneva@Esther:9:9 @ And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaiezatha,

geneva@Esther:9:10 @ The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but (note:)By which they declared that this was God's just judgment on the enemies of his Church as they fought not for their own gain, but to execute his vengeance.(:note) on the spoil laid they not their hand.

geneva@Esther:9:12 @ And the King sayd vnto the Queene Ester, The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men, & the ten sonnes of Haman: what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces? and what is thy petition, that it may be giuen thee? or what is thy request moreouer, that it may be performed?

geneva@Esther:9:13 @ Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which [are] in Shushan to do to morrow also according (note:)This she requires not out of a desire for vengeance but with zeal to see God's judgment's executed against his enemies.(:note) unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

geneva@Esther:9:14 @ And the King charged to doe so, and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.

geneva@Esther:9:15 @ So the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled themselues vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, & slew three hundreth men in Shushan, but on the spoyle they layd not their hand.

geneva@Esther:9:16 @ But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for (note:)Read (Est_8:11).(:note) their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their Meaning, that they laid hands on no one that was not the enemy of God. foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

geneva@Esther:9:17 @ On the (note:)Meaning, in all places saving Shushan.(:note) thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

geneva@Esther:9:18 @ But the Iewes that were in Shushan assembled themselues on the thirteenth day, & on the fourteenth therof, & they rested on the fifteenth of the same, and kept it a day of feasting & ioy.

geneva@Esther:9:19 @ Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, (note:)As the Jews do even to this day, calling it in the Persian language Purim, that is, the day of lots.(:note) made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

geneva@Esther:9:20 @ And Mordecai wrote (note:)The Jews gather from this that Mordecai wrote this book, but it seems that he wrote only these letters and decrees that follow.(:note) these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh and far,

geneva@Esther:9:21 @ Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.

geneva@Esther:9:22 @ As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of (note:)He sets before our eyes the use of this feast which was for the remembrance of God's deliverance, the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor.(:note) sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

geneva@Esther:9:23 @ And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, & as Mordecai had written vnto them,

geneva@Esther:9:24 @ Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had (note:)Read (Est_3:7).(:note) cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

geneva@Esther:9:25 @ But when (note:)That is, Esther.(:note) [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked These are the words of the kings commandment to disannul Haman's wicked enterprise. device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

geneva@Esther:9:26 @ Therfore they called these dayes Purim, by the name of Pur, & because of all the wordes of this letter, & of that which they had seene besides this, and of that which had come vnto them.

geneva@Esther:9:27 @ The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two (note:)Meaning, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar.(:note) days according to their writing, and according to their [appointed] time every year;

geneva@Esther:9:28 @ And that these dayes shoulde be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie, and euery prouince, and euery citie: euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede.

geneva@Esther:9:29 @ And the Queene Ester ye daughter of Abihail & Mordecai the Iew wrote with al authoritie (to cofirme this letter of Purim ye second time)

geneva@Esther:9:30 @ And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] (note:)Which were letters declaring to them quietness and assurance and putting them out of doubt and fear.(:note) words of peace and truth,

geneva@Esther:9:31 @ To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the (note:)That they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer, which in Hebrew is signified by this word (they cry).(:note) fastings and their cry.

geneva@Esther:9:32 @ And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the booke.

geneva@Esther:10:1 @ And the King Ahashuerosh layd a tribute vpon the land, and vpon the yles of the sea.

geneva@Esther:10:2 @ And all the actes of his power, and of his might, & the declaration of the dignitie of Mordecai, wherwith the King magnified him, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

geneva@Esther:10:3 @ For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and (note:)These three points are here set forth as commendable and necessary for him that is in authority to have the favour of the people, to procure their wealth, and to be gentle and loving to them.(:note) accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

geneva@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of (note:)That is, of the country of Idumea, (Lam_4:21), or bordering on it: for the land was called by the name of Uz, the son of Dishan, the son of Seir (Gen_36:28).(:note) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and Since he was a Gentile and not a Jew and yet is pronounced upright and without hypocrisy, it declares that among the heathen God revealed himself. upright, and By this it is declared what is meant by an upright and just man. one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of patience is set before our eyes. This holy man Job was not only extremely afflicted in outward things and in his body, but also in his mind and conscience, by the sharp temptation of his wife and friends: who by their vehement words and subtle disputations brought him almost to despair. They set forth God as a sincere judge, and mortal enemy to him who had cast him off, therefore in vain he should seek him for help. These friends came to him under pretence of consolation, and yet they tormented him more than all his afflictions did. Even so, he constantly resisted them, and eventually succeeded. In this story we must note that Job maintains a good cause, but handles it badly. His adversaries have an evil matter, but they defend it craftily. Job held that God did not always punish men according to their sins, but that he had secret judgments, of which man knew not the cause, and therefore man could not reason against God in it, but he should be convicted. Moreover, he was assured that God had not rejected him, yet through his great torments and afflictions he speaks many inconveniences and shows himself as a desperate man in many things, and as one that would resist God, and this is his good cause which he handles well. Again the adversaries maintain with many good arguments that God punishes continually according to the trespass, grounding on God's providence, his justice and man's sins, yet their intention is evil; for they labour to bring Job into despair, and so they maintain an evil cause. Ezekiel commends Job as a just man, (Eze_14:14) and James sets out his patience for an example, (Jam_5:11).


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