- 1: Bereshith {
Genesis}
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CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
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4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-El, and pitched his tent, having Beth-El on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and called upon the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
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3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-El, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-El and Hai;
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AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
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2 And Abram said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
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4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
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34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Yahuwdiyt the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
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19 And he called the name of that place Beth-El: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
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13 I am the Almighty of Beth-El, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
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28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Ya‛aqoḇ, but YsraEl: for as a prince hast thou power with the Almighty and with men, and hast prevailed.
31 And as he passed over PenuEl the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of YsraEl eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Ya‛aqoḇ’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-YsraEl.
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7 And the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in YsraEl in lying with Ya‛aqoḇ’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
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AND the Almighty said unto Ya‛aqoḇ, Arise, go up to Beth-El, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto the Almighty, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-El; and I will make there an altar unto the Almighty, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
6 So Ya‛aqoḇ came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-El, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-El: because there the Almighty appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-El under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
10 And the Almighty said unto him, Thy name is Ya‛aqoḇ: thy name shall not be called any more Ya‛aqoḇ, but YsraEl shall be thy name: and he called his name YsraEl.
15 And Ya‛aqoḇ called the name of the place where the Almighty spake with him, Beth-El.
16 And they journeyed from Beth-El; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
21 And YsraEl journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when YsraEl dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and YsraEl heard it. Now the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ were twelve:
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2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of YsraEl.
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
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3 Now YsraEl Cheseded Yahooceph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
13 And YsraEl said unto Yahooceph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
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5 And the sons of YsraEl came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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6 And YsraEl said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
8 And Yahoowdah said unto YsraEl his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
11 And their father YsraEl said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
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21 And the children of YsraEl did so: and Yahooceph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
28 And YsraEl said, It is enough; Yahooceph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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AND YsraEl took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the Almighty of his father Yitshaq.
2 And the Almighty spake unto YsraEl in the visions of the night, and said, Ya‛aqoḇ, Ya‛aqoḇ. And he said, Here am I.
5 And Ya‛aqoḇ rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of YsraEl carried Ya‛aqoḇ their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
8 And these are the names of the children of YsraEl, which came into Egypt, Ya‛aqoḇ and his sons: Reuben, Ya‛aqoḇ’s firstborn.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Yahleel.
29 And Yahooceph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet YsraEl his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 And YsraEl said unto Yahooceph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
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27 And YsraEl dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
29 And the time drew nigh that YsraEl must die: and he called his son Yahooceph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And YsraEl bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
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2 And one told Ya‛aqoḇ, and said, Behold, thy son Yahooceph cometh unto thee: and YsraEl strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
8 And YsraEl beheld Yahooceph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
10 Now the eyes of YsraEl were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And YsraEl said unto Yahooceph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, the Almighty hath shewed me also thy seed.
13 And Yahooceph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward YsraEl’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward YsraEl’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And YsraEl stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall YsraEl bless, saying, the Almighty make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And YsraEl said unto Yahooceph, Behold, I die: but the Almighty shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Ya‛aqoḇ; and hearken unto YsraEl your father.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Ya‛aqoḇ, and scatter them in YsraEl.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of YsraEl.
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty the Almighty of Ya‛aqoḇ; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of YsraEl:)
28 All these are the twelve tribes of YsraEl: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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2 And Yahooceph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed YsraEl.
25 And Yahooceph took an oath of the children of YsraEl, saying, the Almighty will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
- 2: Shemoth {
Exodus}
Chapter 1
NOW these are the names of the children of YsraEl, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Ya‛aqoḇ.
7 And the children of YsraEl were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of YsraEl are more and mightier than we:
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of YsraEl.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of YsraEl to serve with rigour:
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23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of YsraEl sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto the Almighty by reason of the bondage.
25 And the Almighty looked upon the children of YsraEl, and the Almighty had respect unto them.
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9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of YsraEl is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of YsraEl out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto the Almighty, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of YsraEl out of Egypt?
13 And Moses said unto the Almighty, Behold, when I come unto the children of YsraEl, and shall say unto them, The Almighty of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And the Almighty said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of YsraEl, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And the Almighty said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of YsraEl, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of your fathers, the Almighty of Abraham, the Almighty of Yitshaq, and the Almighty of Ya‛aqoḇ, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of YsraEl together, and say unto them, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of your fathers, the Almighty of Abraham, of Yitshaq, and of Ya‛aqoḇ, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of YsraEl, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty.
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22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, YsraEl is my son, even my firstborn:
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of YsraEl:
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had visited the children of YsraEl, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
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AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that I should obey his voice to let YsraEl go? I know not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, neither will I let YsraEl go.
14 And the officers of the children of YsraEl, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of YsraEl came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
19 And the officers of the children of YsraEl did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
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5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of YsraEl, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
6 Wherefore say unto the children of YsraEl, I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of YsraEl: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of YsraEl go out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, Behold, the children of YsraEl have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
13 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of YsraEl, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of YsraEl out of the land of Egypt.
14 These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of YsraEl; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and UzziEl: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
22 And the sons of UzziEl; MishaEl, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, Bring out the children of YsraEl from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of YsraEl from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
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2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of YsraEl out of his land.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of YsraEl, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of YsraEl from among them.
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21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
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4 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall sever between the cattle of YsraEl and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of YsraEl.
6 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of YsraEl died not one.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of YsraEl were, was there no hail.
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of YsraEl go; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had spoken by Moses.
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4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
20 But Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of YsraEl go.
23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of YsraEl had light in their dwellings.
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7 But against any of the children of YsraEl shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing doth put a difference between the Egyptians and YsraEl.
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of YsraEl go out of his land.
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3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of YsraEl, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of YsraEl shall kill it in the evening.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from YsraEl.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of YsraEl, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of YsraEl, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of YsraEl in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
28 And the children of YsraEl went away, and did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of YsraEl; and go, serve Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, as ye have said.
35 And the children of YsraEl did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
37 And the children of YsraEl journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
40 Now the sojourning of the children of YsraEl, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
42 It is a night to be much observed unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to be observed of all the children of YsraEl in their generations.
47 All the congregation of YsraEl shall keep it.
50 Thus did all the children of YsraEl; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing did bring the children of YsraEl out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
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2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of YsraEl, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
18 But the Almighty led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of YsraEl went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Yahooceph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of YsraEl, saying, the Almighty will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against the lord [Baal]-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of YsraEl, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let YsraEl go from serving us?
8 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of YsraEl: and the children of YsraEl went out with an high hand.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of YsraEl lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of YsraEl cried out unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
15 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of YsraEl, that they go forward:
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of YsraEl shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
19 And the angel of the Almighty, which went before the camp of YsraEl, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of YsraEl; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
22 And the children of YsraEl went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of YsraEl; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
29 But the children of YsraEl walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30 Thus Yah the Eternally Self-Existing saved YsraEl that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and YsraEl saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And YsraEl saw that great work which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and believed Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and his servant Moses.
CHAPTER 15
THEN sang Moses and the children of YsraEl this song unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of YsraEl went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
22 So Moses brought YsraEl from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
CHAPTER 16
AND they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of YsraEl came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of YsraEl murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of YsraEl said unto them, Would to the Almighty we had died by the hand of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of YsraEl, At even, then ye shall know that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, Come near before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of YsraEl, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing appeared in the cloud.
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of YsraEl: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty.
15 And when the children of YsraEl saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath given you to eat.
17 And the children of YsraEl did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
31 And the house of YsraEl called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
35 And the children of YsraEl did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
CHAPTER 17
AND all the congregation of the children of YsraEl journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
5 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of YsraEl; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of YsraEl.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of YsraEl, and because they tempted Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, Is Yah the Eternally Self-Existing among us, or not?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with YsraEl in Rephidim.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that YsraEl prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
CHAPTER 18
WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that the Almighty had done for Moses, and for YsraEl his people, and that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had brought YsraEl out of Egypt;
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the Almighty of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
8 And Moses told his father in law all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for YsraEl’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered them.
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had done to YsraEl, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for the Almighty: and Aaron came, and all the elders of YsraEl, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before the Almighty.
25 And Moses chose able men out of all YsraEl, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
CHAPTER 19
IN the third month, when the children of YsraEl were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there YsraEl camped before the mount.
3 And Moses went up unto the Almighty, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Ya‛aqoḇ, and tell the children of YsraEl;
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an Set-Apart nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 20
22 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of YsraEl, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
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AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of YsraEl; and worship ye afar off.
4 And Moses wrote all the words of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of YsraEl.
5 And he sent young men of the children of YsraEl, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of YsraEl:
10 And they saw the Almighty of YsraEl: 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.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of YsraEl he laid not his hand: also they saw the Almighty, and did eat and drink.
17 And the sight of the glory of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 25
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of YsraEl.
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20 And thou shalt command the children of YsraEl, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 28
AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of YsraEl, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of YsraEl:
11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of YsraEl: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of YsraEl: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of YsraEl, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of YsraEl in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the Set-Apart place, for a memorial before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing continually.
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of YsraEl upon his heart before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing continually.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the Set-Apart things, which the children of YsraEl shall hallow in all their Set-Apart gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
CHAPTER 29
28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of YsraEl: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of YsraEl of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
43 And there I will meet with the children of YsraEl, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
45 And I will dwell among the children of YsraEl, and will be their the Almighty.
CHAPTER 30
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of YsraEl after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of YsraEl, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of YsraEl before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, to make an atonement for your souls.
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, This shall be an Set-Apart anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
CHAPTER 31
13 Speak thou also unto the children of YsraEl, saying, 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing that doth sanctify you.
16 Wherefore the children of YsraEl shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of YsraEl for ever: for in six days Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
CHAPTER 32
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O YsraEl, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
8 They 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 YsraEl, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
13 Remember Abraham, Yitshaq, and YsraEl, 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.
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 YsraEl drink of it.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
CHAPTER 33
5 For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of YsraEl, 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 what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of YsraEl stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
CHAPTER 34
23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty, the Almighty of YsraEl.
27 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with YsraEl.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of YsraEl saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
32 And afterward all the children of YsraEl came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
34 But when Moses went in before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of YsraEl that which he was commanded.
35 And the children of YsraEl saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
CHAPTER 35
AND Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of YsraEl together, and said unto them, These are the words which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath commanded, that ye should do them.
4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, saying, This is the thing which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded, saying,
20 And all the congregation of the children of YsraEl departed from the presence of Moses.
29 The children of YsraEl brought a willing offering unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
30 And Moses said unto the children of YsraEl, See, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Yahoowdah;
CHAPTER 36
3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of YsraEl had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
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6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of YsraEl.
7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of YsraEl; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of YsraEl, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of YsraEl did according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses, so did they.
42 According to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses, so the children of YsraEl made all the work.
CHAPTER 40
36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of YsraEl went onward in all their journeys:
38 For the cloud of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of YsraEl, throughout all their journeys.
- 3: Wayyiqra {
Leviticus}
Chapter 1
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
13 And if the whole congregation of YsraEl 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
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23 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
29 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall bring his oblation unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of YsraEl from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of YsraEl.
36 Which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded to be given them of the children of YsraEl, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
38 Which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of YsraEl to offer their oblations unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, in the wilderness of Sinai.
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CHAPTER 9
AND it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of YsraEl;
3 And unto the children of YsraEl thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
CHAPTER 10
4 And Moses called MishaEl and Elzaphan, the sons of UzziEl the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, 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 YsraEl, bewail the burning which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath kindled.
11 And that ye may teach the children of YsraEl all the statutes which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most Set-Apart:
14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy 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 YsraEl.
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 left alive, saying,
CHAPTER 11
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
CHAPTER 12
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
31 Thus shall ye separate the children of YsraEl from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
CHAPTER 16
5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of YsraEl two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
16 And he shall make an atonement for the Set-Apart place, because of the uncleanness of the children of YsraEl, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the Set-Apart place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of YsraEl.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of YsraEl.
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 YsraEl, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of YsraEl for all their sins once a year. And he did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 17
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of YsraEl, and say unto them; This is the thing which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath commanded, saying,
3 What man soever there be of the house of YsraEl, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
5 To the end that the children of YsraEl may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of YsraEl, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of YsraEl, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
12 Therefore I said unto the children of YsraEl, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of YsraEl, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of YsraEl, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
CHAPTER 18
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty.
CHAPTER 19
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, Ye shall be Set-Apart: for I Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty am Set-Apart.
CHAPTER 20
2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of YsraEl, Whosoever he be of the children of YsraEl, or of the strangers that sojourn in YsraEl, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
CHAPTER 21
24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 22
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the Set-Apart things of the children of YsraEl, and that they profane not my Set-Apart name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the Set-Apart things, which the children of YsraEl hallow unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
15 And they shall not profane the Set-Apart things of the children of YsraEl, which they offer unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing;
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of YsraEl, or of the strangers in YsraEl, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for a burnt offering;
32 Neither shall ye profane my Set-Apart name; but I will be hallowed among the children of YsraEl: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing which hallow you,
CHAPTER 23
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which ye shall proclaim to be Set-Apart convocations, even these are my feasts.
10 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
24 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an Set-Apart convocation.
34 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of YsraEl to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of YsraEl the feasts of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
CHAPTER 24
2 Command the children of YsraEl, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing continually, being taken from the children of YsraEl by an everlasting covenant.
10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of YsraEl: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of YsraEl strove together in the camp;
15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, Whosoever curseth his the Almighty shall bear his sin.
23 And Moses spake to the children of YsraEl, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of YsraEl did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 25
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of YsraEl.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of YsraEl, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
55 For unto me the children of YsraEl are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty.
CHAPTER 26
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made between him and the children of YsraEl in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
CHAPTER 27
2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing by thy estimation.
34 These are the commandments, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses for the children of YsraEl in mount Sinai.
- 4: Bemidbar {
Numbers}
Chapter 1
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in YsraEl: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Of the children of Yahooceph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of DeuEl.
16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in YsraEl.
20 And the children of Reuben, YsraEl’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of YsraEl, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of YsraEl, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in YsraEl;
49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of YsraEl:
52 And the children of YsraEl shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of YsraEl: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
54 And the children of YsraEl did according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses, so did they.
CHAPTER 2
2 Every man of the children of YsraEl shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
32 These are those which were numbered of the children of YsraEl 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.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of YsraEl; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
34 And the children of YsraEl did according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
CHAPTER 3
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, when they offered strange fire before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of YsraEl, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of YsraEl.
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of YsraEl instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of YsraEl: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in YsraEl, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and UzziEl.
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of LaEl.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of UzziEl.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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 for the charge of the children of YsraEl; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
40 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of YsraEl from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing) instead of all the firstborn among the children of YsraEl; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of YsraEl.
42 And Moses numbered, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of YsraEl.
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of YsraEl, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of YsraEl, which are more than the Levites;
50 Of the firstborn of the children of YsraEl took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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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 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.
46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of YsraEl numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
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2 Command the children of YsraEl, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
4 And the children of YsraEl did so, and put them out without the camp: as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Moses, so did the children of YsraEl.
6 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and that person be guilty;
9 And every offering of all the Set-Apart things of the children of YsraEl, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
12 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing:
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of YsraEl, saying unto them,
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of YsraEl; and I will bless them.
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2 That the princes of YsraEl, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of DeuEl, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of DeuEl.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of YsraEl: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
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6 Take the Levites from among the children of YsraEl, and cleanse them.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of YsraEl together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and the children of YsraEl shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for an offering of the children of YsraEl, that they may execute the service of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of YsraEl: and the Levites shall be mine.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of YsraEl; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of YsraEl, have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of YsraEl are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of YsraEl.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of YsraEl, to do the service of the children of YsraEl in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of YsraEl: that there be no plague among the children of YsraEl, when the children of YsraEl come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, did to the Levites according unto all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of YsraEl unto them.
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2 Let the children of YsraEl also keep the passover at his appointed season.
4 And Moses spake unto the children of YsraEl, that they should keep the passover.
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses, so did the children of YsraEl.
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 offer an offering of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in his appointed season among the children of YsraEl?
10 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, 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 he shall keep the passover unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of YsraEl journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of YsraEl pitched their tents.
18 At the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing the children of YsraEl journeyed, and at the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of YsraEl kept the charge of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and journeyed not.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of YsraEl abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
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4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of YsraEl, shall gather themselves unto thee.
12 And the children of YsraEl took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of DeuEl.
22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of YsraEl according to their armies, when they set forward.
29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath spoken good concerning YsraEl.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, unto the many thousands of YsraEl.
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4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of YsraEl also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
16 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of YsraEl, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of YsraEl.
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CHAPTER 13
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of YsraEl: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of YsraEl.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of YsraEl cut down from thence.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of YsraEl, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
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2 And all the children of YsraEl murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would the Almighty that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would the Almighty we had died in this wilderness!
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of YsraEl.
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of YsraEl, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of YsraEl.
27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of YsraEl, which they murmur against me.
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of YsraEl: and the people mourned greatly.
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
18 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and their sin offering before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, for their ignorance:
26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of YsraEl, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
32 And while the children of YsraEl were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
38 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of YsraEl, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the Almighty of YsraEl hath separated you from the congregation of YsraEl, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of YsraEl followed him.
34 And all YsraEl that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of YsraEl.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40 To be a memorial unto the children of YsraEl, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to him by the hand of Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of YsraEl murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
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2 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of YsraEl, whereby they murmur against you.
6 And Moses spake unto the children of YsraEl, 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 of Aaron was among their rods.
9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing unto all the children of YsraEl: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
12 And the children of YsraEl spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of YsraEl.
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of YsraEl: to you they are given as a gift for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of YsraEl; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of YsraEl: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
14 Every thing devoted in YsraEl shall be thine.
19 All the heave offerings of the Set-Apart things, which the children of YsraEl offer unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
20 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of YsraEl.
21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in YsraEl for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 Neither must the children of YsraEl henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of YsraEl they have no inheritance.
24 But the tithes of the children of YsraEl, which they offer as an heave offering unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of YsraEl they shall have no inheritance.
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of YsraEl the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, even a tenth part of the tithe.
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of YsraEl; and ye shall give thereof Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the Set-Apart things of the children of YsraEl, lest ye die.
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2 This is the ordinance of the law which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of YsraEl, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
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 YsraEl for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of YsraEl, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; and that soul shall be cut off from YsraEl: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
CHAPTER 20
THEN came the children of YsraEl, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
12 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of YsraEl, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of YsraEl strove with Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and he was sanctified in them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother YsraEl, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
19 And the children of YsraEl said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
21 Thus Edom refused to give YsraEl passage through his border: wherefore YsraEl turned away from him.
22 And the children of YsraEl, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of YsraEl, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 21
AND when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that YsraEl came by the way of the spies; then he fought against YsraEl, and took some of them prisoners.
2 And YsraEl vowed a vow unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hearkened to the voice of YsraEl, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
6 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of YsraEl died.
10 And the children of YsraEl set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
17 Then YsraEl sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
21 And YsraEl sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
23 And Sihon would not suffer YsraEl to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against YsraEl into the wilderness: and he came to Yahaz, and fought against YsraEl.
24 And YsraEl smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And YsraEl took all these cities: and YsraEl dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
31 Thus YsraEl dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
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AND the children of YsraEl set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that YsraEl had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of YsraEl.
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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 Ya‛aqoḇ, and come, defy YsraEl.
10 Who can count the dust of Ya‛aqoḇ, and the number of the fourth part of YsraEl? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ya‛aqoḇ, neither hath he seen perverseness in YsraEl: Yah the Eternally Self-Existing his the Almighty is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Ya‛aqoḇ, neither is there any divination against YsraEl: according to this time it shall be said of Ya‛aqoḇ and of YsraEl, What hath the Almighty wrought!
CHAPTER 24
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to bless YsraEl, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw YsraEl abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of the Almighty came upon him.
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ya‛aqoḇ, and thy tabernacles, O YsraEl!
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Ya‛aqoḇ, and a Sceptre shall rise out of YsraEl, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and YsraEl shall do valiantly.
CHAPTER 25
AND YsraEl abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
3 And YsraEl joined himself unto the lord [Baal]-peor: and the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was kindled against YsraEl.
4 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing against the sun, that the fierce anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing may be turned away from YsraEl.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of YsraEl, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto the lord [Baal]-peor.
6 And, behold, one of the children of YsraEl 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 YsraEl, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And he went after the man of YsraEl into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of YsraEl, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of YsraEl.
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of YsraEl, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of YsraEl in my jealousy.
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his the Almighty, and made an atonement for the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 26
AND it came to pass after the plague, that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of YsraEl, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in YsraEl.
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses and the children of YsraEl, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the eldest son of YsraEl: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
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 company of Korah, when they strove against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing:
26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Yahleel, the family of Yahleelites.
51 These were the numbered of the children of YsraEl, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of YsraEl, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of YsraEl.
63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of YsraEl in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of YsraEl in the wilderness of Sinai.
CHAPTER 27
2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of YsraEl, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
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 YsraEl a statute of judgment, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
12 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of YsraEl.
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of YsraEl may be obedient.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of YsraEl with him, even all the congregation.
22 And Moses did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded him: and he took Yahooshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
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2 Command the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, My offering, and 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.
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40 And Moses told the children of YsraEl according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 30
AND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of YsraEl, saying, This is the thing which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath commanded.
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2 Avenge the children of YsraEl of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of YsraEl, shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of YsraEl, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the Set-Apart instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
9 And the children of YsraEl took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of YsraEl, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
16 Behold, these caused the children of YsraEl, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses;
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
30 And of the children of YsraEl’s half, thou shalt take 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of YsraEl’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
47 Even of the children of YsraEl’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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
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 memorial for the children of YsraEl before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
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2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing smote before the congregation of YsraEl, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of YsraEl from going over into the land which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath given them?
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of YsraEl, that they should not go into the land which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had given them.
13 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s anger was kindled against YsraEl, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing toward YsraEl.
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of YsraEl, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of YsraEl have inherited every man his inheritance.
22 And the land be subdued before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and before YsraEl; and this land shall be your possession before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Yahooshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of YsraEl:
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
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THESE are the journeys of the children of YsraEl, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of YsraEl went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
5 And the children of YsraEl removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of YsraEl were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of YsraEl.
51 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
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2 Command the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
13 And Moses commanded the children of YsraEl, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Yahooshua the son of Nun.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
29 These are they whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of YsraEl in the land of Canaan.
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2 Command the children of YsraEl, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of YsraEl: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
10 Speak unto the children of YsraEl, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of YsraEl, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I Yah the Eternally Self-Existing dwell among the children of YsraEl.
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AND the 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 Yahooceph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of YsraEl:
2 And they said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of YsraEl: and my lord was commanded by Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of YsraEl, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
4 And when the jubile of the children of YsraEl 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.
5 And Moses commanded the children of YsraEl according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, The tribe of the sons of Yahooceph hath said well.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of YsraEl remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of YsraEl shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of YsraEl, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of YsraEl may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of YsraEl shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of YsraEl in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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Deuteronomy}
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THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all YsraEl on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of YsraEl, according unto all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had given him in commandment unto them;
38 But Yahooshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause YsraEl to inherit it.
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8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as YsraEl did unto the land of his possession, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing gave unto them.
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18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of YsraEl, all that are meet for the war.
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NOW therefore hearken, O YsraEl, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of your fathers giveth you.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of YsraEl:
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of YsraEl, after they came forth out of Egypt,
46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of YsraEl smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
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AND Moses called all YsraEl, and said unto them, Hear, O YsraEl, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
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3 Hear therefore, O YsraEl, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear, O YsraEl: Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty is one Adonay:
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HEAR, O YsraEl: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
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6 And the children of YsraEl took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
12 And now, YsraEl, what doth Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty require of thee, but to fear Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty, to walk in all his ways, and to Chesed him, and to serve Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all YsraEl:
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11 And all YsraEl shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
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4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in YsraEl:
12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from YsraEl.
20 That his heart be not lifted up above his 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 YsraEl.
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THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with YsraEl: they shall eat the offerings of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made by fire, and his inheritance.
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all YsraEl, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall choose;
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13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from YsraEl, that it may go well with thee.
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3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O YsraEl, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
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8 Be merciful, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, unto thy people YsraEl, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of YsraEl’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all YsraEl shall hear, and fear.
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19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a bethulah of YsraEl: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in YsraEl, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from YsraEl.
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17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of YsraEl, nor a sodomite of the sons of YsraEl.
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7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of YsraEl, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
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6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of YsraEl.
7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in YsraEl, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
10 And his name shall be called in YsraEl, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
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15 Look down from thy Set-Apart habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people YsraEl, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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AND Moses with the elders of YsraEl commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all YsraEl, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O YsraEl; this day thou art become the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of YsraEl with a loud voice,
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THESE are the words of the covenant, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses to make with the children of YsraEl in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2 And Moses called unto all YsraEl, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
10 Ye stand this day all of you before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of YsraEl,
21 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of YsraEl, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
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AND Moses went and spake these words unto all YsraEl.
7 And Moses called unto Yahooshua, and said unto him in the sight of all YsraEl, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and unto all the elders of YsraEl.
11 When all YsraEl is come to appear before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all YsraEl in their hearing.
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of YsraEl: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of YsraEl.
22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of YsraEl.
23 And he gave Yahooshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of YsraEl into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of YsraEl the words of this song, until they were ended.
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8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of YsraEl.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all YsraEl:
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of YsraEl for a possession:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of YsraEl at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of YsraEl.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of YsraEl.
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AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of the Almighty blessed the children of YsraEl before his death.
5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of YsraEl were gathered together.
10 They shall teach Ya‛aqoḇ thy judgments, and YsraEl thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and his judgments with YsraEl.
28 YsraEl then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Ya‛aqoḇ shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Happy art thou, O YsraEl: who is like unto thee, O people saved by Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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8 And the children of YsraEl wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 And Yahooshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of YsraEl hearkened unto him, and did as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
10 And there arose not a prophet since in YsraEl like unto Moses, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing knew face to face,
12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all YsraEl.
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Joshua}
Chapter 1
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of YsraEl.
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2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of YsraEl to search out the country.
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AND Yahooshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of YsraEl, and lodged there before they passed over.
7 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Yahooshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all YsraEl, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
9 And Yahooshua said unto the children of YsraEl, Come hither, and hear the words of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty.
12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of YsraEl, out of every tribe a man.
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4 Then Yahooshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of YsraEl, out of every tribe a man:
5 And Yahooshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of YsraEl:
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of YsraEl for ever.
8 And the children of YsraEl did so as Yahooshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake unto Yahooshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of YsraEl, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of YsraEl, as Moses spake unto them:
14 On that day Yah the Eternally Self-Existing magnified Yahooshua in the sight of all YsraEl; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
21 And he spake unto the children of YsraEl, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, YsraEl came over this Jordan on dry land.
CHAPTER 5
AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of YsraEl, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of YsraEl.
2 At that time Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Yahooshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of YsraEl the second time.
3 And Yahooshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of YsraEl at the hill of the foreskins.
6 For the children of YsraEl walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: unto whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sware that he would not shew them the land, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10 And the children of YsraEl encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of YsraEl manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
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NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of YsraEl: none went out, and none came in.
18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of YsraEl a curse, and trouble it.
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 without the camp of YsraEl.
25 And Yahooshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in YsraEl even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Yahooshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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BUT the children of YsraEl committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Yahoowdah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was kindled against the children of YsraEl.
2 And Yahooshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-El, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
6 And Yahooshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing until the eventide, he and the elders of YsraEl, and put dust upon their heads.
8 O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, what shall I say, when YsraEl turneth their backs before their enemies!
11 YsraEl hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of YsraEl could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O YsraEl: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and because he hath wrought folly in YsraEl.
16 So Yahooshua rose up early in the morning, and brought YsraEl by their tribes; and the tribe of Yahoowdah was taken:
19 And Yahooshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Yahooshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, and thus and thus have I done:
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Yahooshua, and unto all the children of YsraEl, and laid them out before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
24 And Yahooshua, and all YsraEl with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Yahooshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall trouble thee this day. And all YsraEl stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
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9 Yahooshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-El and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Yahooshua lodged that night among the people.
10 And Yahooshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of YsraEl, before the people to Ai.
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-El and Ai, on the west side of the city.
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against YsraEl to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
15 And Yahooshua and all YsraEl made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-El, that went not out after YsraEl: and they left the city open, and pursued after YsraEl.
21 And when Yahooshua and all YsraEl saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of YsraEl, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
24 And it came to pass, when YsraEl 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 smote it with the edge of the sword.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city YsraEl took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing which he commanded Yahooshua.
30 Then Yahooshua built an altar unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl in mount Ebal,
31 As Moses the servant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded the children of YsraEl, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and sacrificed peace offerings.
32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of YsraEl.
33 And all YsraEl, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had commanded before, that they should bless the people of YsraEl.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Yahooshua read not before all the congregation of YsraEl, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
CHAPTER 9
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Yahooshua and with YsraEl, with one accord.
6 And they went to Yahooshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of YsraEl, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
7 And the men of YsraEl said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
17 And the children of YsraEl journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And the children of YsraEl smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl: now therefore we may not touch them.
26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of YsraEl, that they slew them not.
CHAPTER 10
NOW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Yahooshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with YsraEl, and were among them;
4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Yahooshua and with the children of YsraEl.
10 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing discomfited them before YsraEl, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before YsraEl, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of YsraEl slew with the sword.
12 Then spake Yahooshua to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in the day when Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered up the Amorites before the children of YsraEl, and he said in the sight of YsraEl, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing fought for YsraEl.
15 And Yahooshua returned, and all YsraEl with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
20 And it came to pass, when Yahooshua and the children of YsraEl had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
21 And all the people returned to the camp to Yahooshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of YsraEl.
24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Yahooshua, that Yahooshua called for all the men of YsraEl, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
29 Then Yahooshua passed from Makkedah, and all YsraEl with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
30 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of YsraEl; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
31 And Yahooshua passed from Libnah, and all YsraEl with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
32 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered Lachish into the hand of YsraEl, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
34 And from Lachish Yahooshua passed unto Eglon, and all YsraEl with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
36 And Yahooshua went up from Eglon, and all YsraEl with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
38 And Yahooshua returned, and all YsraEl with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
40 So Yahooshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl commanded.
42 And all these kings and their land did Yahooshua take at one time, because Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl fought for YsraEl.
43 And Yahooshua returned, and all YsraEl with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
CHAPTER 11
5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against YsraEl.
6 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Yahooshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before YsraEl: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
8 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered them into the hand of YsraEl, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, YsraEl burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Yahooshua burn.
14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of YsraEl took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
16 So Yahooshua 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 mountain of YsraEl, and the valley of the same;
19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of YsraEl, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
20 For it was of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to harden their hearts, that they should come against YsraEl in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses.
21 And at that time came Yahooshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Yahoowdah, and from all the mountains of YsraEl: Yahooshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of YsraEl: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
23 So Yahooshua took the whole land, according to all that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Moses; and Yahooshua gave it for an inheritance unto YsraEl according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
CHAPTER 12
NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of YsraEl smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
6 Them did Moses the servant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing and the children of YsraEl smite: and Moses the servant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7 And these are the kings of the country which Yahooshua and the children of YsraEl smote on this side Jordan on the west, from the lord [Baal]-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Yahooshua gave unto the tribes of YsraEl for a possession according to their divisions;
9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-El, one;
16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-El, one;
CHAPTER 13
6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of YsraEl: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
13 Nevertheless the children of YsraEl expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of YsraEl slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
CHAPTER 14
AND these are the countries which the children of YsraEl inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Yahooshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of YsraEl, distributed for inheritance to them.
5 As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses, so the children of YsraEl did, and they divided the land.
10 And now, behold, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake this word unto Moses, while the children of YsraEl wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 15
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
CHAPTER 16
AND the lot of the children of Yahooceph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-El,
2 And goeth out from Beth-El to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
CHAPTER 17
4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Yahooshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of YsraEl were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
CHAPTER 18
AND the whole congregation of the children of YsraEl assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of YsraEl seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Yahooshua said unto the children of YsraEl, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of your fathers hath given you?
10 And Yahooshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and there Yahooshua divided the land unto the children of YsraEl according to their divisions.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-El, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-El,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
CHAPTER 19
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and the lord [Baal]ath,
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of YsraEl gave an inheritance to Yahooshua the son of Nun among them:
51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Yahooshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of YsraEl, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
CHAPTER 20
2 Speak to the children of YsraEl, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of YsraEl, 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 congregation.
CHAPTER 21
THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Yahooshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of YsraEl;
3 And the children of YsraEl gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, these cities and their suburbs.
8 And the children of YsraEl gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded by the hand of Moses.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of YsraEl were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
43 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing gave unto YsraEl all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had spoken unto the house of YsraEl; all came to pass.
CHAPTER 22
9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of YsraEl out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing by the hand of Moses.
11 And the children of YsraEl heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of YsraEl.
12 And when the children of YsraEl heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of YsraEl gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
13 And the children of YsraEl sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of YsraEl; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of YsraEl.
16 Thus saith the whole congregation of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the Almighty of YsraEl, to turn away this day from following Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing?
18 But that ye must turn away this day from following Yah the Eternally Self-Existing? and it will be, seeing ye rebel today against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of YsraEl.
20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of YsraEl? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of YsraEl,
22 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of gods, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of gods, he knoweth, and YsraEl he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, (save us not this day,)
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl?
30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of YsraEl which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: now ye have delivered the children of YsraEl out of the hand of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of YsraEl, and brought them word again.
33 And the thing pleased the children of YsraEl; and the children of YsraEl blessed the Almighty, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
CHAPTER 23
AND it came to pass a long time after that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had given rest unto YsraEl from all their enemies round about, that Yahooshua waxed old and stricken in age.
2 And Yahooshua called for all YsraEl, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
CHAPTER 24
AND Yahooshua gathered all the tribes of YsraEl to Shechem, and called for the elders of YsraEl, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before the Almighty.
2 And Yahooshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against YsraEl, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
31 And YsraEl served Yah the Eternally Self-Existing all the days of Yahooshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Yahooshua, and which had known all the works of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that he had done for YsraEl.
32 And the bones of Yahooceph, which the children of YsraEl brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Ya‛aqoḇ bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Yahooceph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
- 7: Shophetim {
Judges}
Chapter 1
NOW after the death of Yahooshua it came to pass, that the children of YsraEl asked Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
22 And the house of Yahooceph, they also went up against Beth-El: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was with them.
23 And the house of Yahooceph sent to descry Beth-El. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
28 And it came to pass, when YsraEl was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
CHAPTER 2
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake these words unto all the children of YsraEl, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
6 And when Yahooshua had let the people go, the children of YsraEl went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And the people served Yah the Eternally Self-Existing all the days of Yahooshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Yahooshua, who had seen all the great works of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that he did for YsraEl.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, nor yet the works which he had done for YsraEl.
11 And the children of YsraEl did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and served the lord [Baal]im:
14 And the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was hot against YsraEl, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
20 And the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was hot against YsraEl; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
22 That through them I may prove YsraEl, whether they will keep the way of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
CHAPTER 3
NOW these are the nations which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing left, to prove YsraEl by them, even as many of YsraEl as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
2 Only that the generations of the children of YsraEl might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
4 And they were to prove YsraEl by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 And the children of YsraEl dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
7 And the children of YsraEl did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and forgat Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, and served the lord [Baal]im and the groves.
8 Therefore the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was hot against YsraEl, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of YsraEl served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
9 And when the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing raised up a deliverer to the children of YsraEl, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10 And the Spirit of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came upon him, and he judged YsraEl, and went out to war: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
12 And the children of YsraEl did evil again in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against YsraEl, because they had done evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote YsraEl, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 So the children of YsraEl served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But when the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of YsraEl sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of YsraEl went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of YsraEl. And the land had rest fourscore years.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered YsraEl.
CHAPTER 4
AND the children of YsraEl again did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, when Ehud was dead.
3 And the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of YsraEl.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged YsraEl at that time.
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-El in mount Ephraim: and the children of YsraEl came up to her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl 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?
23 So the Almighty subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of YsraEl.
24 And the hand of the children of YsraEl prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
CHAPTER 5
2 Praise ye Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for the avenging of YsraEl, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; I will sing praise to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
5 The mountains melted from before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, even that Sinai from before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in YsraEl, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in YsraEl.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in YsraEl?
9 My heart is toward the governors of YsraEl, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in YsraEl: then shall the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing go down to the gates.
CHAPTER 6
AND the children of YsraEl did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against YsraEl: and because of the Midianites the children of YsraEl made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3 And so it was, when YsraEl had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for YsraEl, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
6 And YsraEl was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
7 And it came to pass, when the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing because of the Midianites,
8 That Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent a prophet unto the children of YsraEl, which said unto them, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
14 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save YsraEl from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my Adonay, wherewith shall I save YsraEl? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
36 And Gideon said unto the Almighty, If thou wilt save YsraEl by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save YsraEl by mine hand, as thou hast said.
CHAPTER 7
2 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest YsraEl vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of YsraEl every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Yahoow’aash, a man of YsraEl: for into his hand hath the Almighty delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of YsraEl, and said, Arise; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
23 And the men of YsraEl gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
CHAPTER 8
8 And he went up thence to PenuEl, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of PenuEl answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also unto the men of PenuEl, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
17 And he beat down the tower of PenuEl, and slew the men of the city.
22 Then the men of YsraEl said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all YsraEl went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of YsraEl, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of YsraEl turned again, and went a whoring after the lord [Baal]im, and made the lord [Baal]-berith their god.
34 And the children of YsraEl remembered not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto YsraEl.
CHAPTER 9
22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over YsraEl,
55 And when the men of YsraEl saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
CHAPTER 10
AND after Abimelech there arose to defend YsraEl Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged YsraEl twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged YsraEl twenty and two years.
6 And the children of YsraEl did evil again in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and served the lord [Baal]im, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and served not him.
7 And the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was hot against YsraEl, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of YsraEl: eighteen years, all the children of YsraEl that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Yahoowdah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that YsraEl was sore distressed.
10 And the children of YsraEl cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our the Almighty, and also served the lord [Baal]im.
11 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto the children of YsraEl, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
15 And the children of YsraEl said unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and his soul was grieved for the misery of YsraEl.
17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of YsraEl assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
CHAPTER 11
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against YsraEl.
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against YsraEl, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because YsraEl took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, YsraEl took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when YsraEl came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then YsraEl sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and YsraEl abode in Kadesh.
19 And YsraEl sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and YsraEl said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not YsraEl to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Yahaz, and fought against YsraEl.
21 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of YsraEl, and they smote them: so YsraEl possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
23 So now Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people YsraEl, and shouldest thou possess it?
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against YsraEl, or did he ever fight against them,
26 While YsraEl 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 them within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Yah the Eternally Self-Existing the Judge be judge this day between the children of YsraEl and the children of Ammon.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of YsraEl.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in YsraEl,
40 That the daughters of YsraEl went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
CHAPTER 12
7 And Jephthah judged YsraEl six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged YsraEl.
9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged YsraEl seven years.
11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged YsraEl; and he judged YsraEl ten years.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged YsraEl.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged YsraEl eight years.
CHAPTER 13
AND the children of YsraEl did evil again in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto the Almighty from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver YsraEl out of the hand of the Philistines.
CHAPTER 14
4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over YsraEl.
CHAPTER 15
20 And he judged YsraEl in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
CHAPTER 16
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged YsraEl twenty years.
CHAPTER 17
6 In those days there was no king in YsraEl, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
CHAPTER 18
IN those days there was no king in YsraEl: 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 YsraEl.
19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in YsraEl?
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto YsraEl: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
CHAPTER 19
AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in YsraEl, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of YsraEl; we will pass over to Gibeah.
29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of YsraEl.
30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of YsraEl came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
CHAPTER 20
THEN all the children of YsraEl went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in Mizpeh.
2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of YsraEl, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of the Almighty, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of YsraEl were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of YsraEl, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of YsraEl: for they have committed lewdness and folly in YsraEl.
7 Behold, ye are all children of YsraEl; give here your advice and counsel.
10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of YsraEl, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch 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 YsraEl.
11 So all the men of YsraEl were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12 And the tribes of YsraEl sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
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 YsraEl. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of YsraEl:
14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of YsraEl.
17 And the men of YsraEl, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of YsraEl arose, and went up to the house of the Almighty, and asked counsel of the Almighty, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, Yahoowdah shall go up first.
19 And the children of YsraEl rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20 And the men of YsraEl went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of YsraEl put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
22 And the people the men of YsraEl encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
23 (And the children of YsraEl went up and wept before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing until even, and asked counsel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, Go up against him.)
24 And the children of YsraEl came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of YsraEl again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
26 Then all the children of YsraEl, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of the Almighty, and wept, and sat there before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
27 And the children of YsraEl inquired of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, (for the ark of the covenant of the Almighty was there in those days,
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
29 And YsraEl set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
30 And the children of YsraEl went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were 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 the Almighty, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of YsraEl.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of YsraEl said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33 And all the men of YsraEl rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at the lord [Baal]-tamar: and the liers in wait of YsraEl came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all YsraEl, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
35 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing smote Benjamin before YsraEl: and the children of YsraEl destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of YsraEl gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of YsraEl and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
39 And when the men of YsraEl retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of YsraEl about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
41 And when the men of YsraEl turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of YsraEl unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
48 And the men of YsraEl 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 cities that they came to.
CHAPTER 21
NOW the men of YsraEl had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
3 And said, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, why is this come to pass in YsraEl, that there should be today one tribe lacking in YsraEl?
5 And the children of YsraEl said, Who is there among all the tribes of YsraEl that came not up with the congregation unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
6 And the children of YsraEl repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from YsraEl this day.
8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of YsraEl that came not up to Mizpeh to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had made a breach in the tribes of YsraEl.
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of YsraEl.
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of YsraEl have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-El, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
24 And the children of YsraEl departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no king in YsraEl: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Chapter 1
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
CHAPTER 2
AND Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
12 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
7 Now this was the manner in former time in YsraEl concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in YsraEl.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yah the Eternally Self-Existing make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of YsraEl: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in YsraEl.
- 8: The First Book of ShemuEl {
Samuel}
Chapter 1
NOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, 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:
3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, were there.
4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
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 sons?
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 temple of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the Almighty of YsraEl grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing remembered her.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Yah the Eternally Self-Existing establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
CHAPTER 2
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing before Eli the priest.
12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing. And they went unto their own home.
22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all YsraEl; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
27 And there came a man of the Almighty unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of YsraEl to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of YsraEl?
29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of YsraEl my people?
30 Wherefore Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Yah the Eternally Self-Existing saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which the Almighty shall give YsraEl: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
CHAPTER 3
AND the child Samuel ministered unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing before Eli. And the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
6 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
8 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing 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 perceived that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had called the child.
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
11 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in YsraEl, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
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 ever.
15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
20 And all YsraEl from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
CHAPTER 4
AND the word of Samuel came to all YsraEl. Now YsraEl went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against YsraEl: and when they joined battle, YsraEl was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of YsraEl said, Wherefore hath Yah the Eternally Self-Existing smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of the Almighty.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came into the camp, all YsraEl shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
10 And the Philistines fought, and YsraEl was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of YsraEl thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of the Almighty was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of the Almighty. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and said, YsraEl is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of the Almighty is taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of the Almighty, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged YsraEl forty years.
21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from YsraEl: because the ark of the Almighty was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from YsraEl: for the ark of the Almighty is taken.
CHAPTER 5
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the Almighty of YsraEl shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl? And they answered, Let the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl about thither.
10 Therefore they sent the ark of the Almighty to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of the Almighty came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl to us, to slay us and our people.
11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl, 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 the Almighty was very heavy there.
CHAPTER 6
3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the Almighty of YsraEl, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
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 Almighty of YsraEl: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
CHAPTER 7
AND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of YsraEl lamented after Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of YsraEl, saying, If ye do return unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of YsraEl did put away the lord [Baal]im and Ashtaroth, and served Yah the Eternally Self-Existing only.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all YsraEl to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing. And Samuel judged the children of YsraEl in Mizpeh.
7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of YsraEl were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against YsraEl. And when the children of YsraEl heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 And the children of YsraEl said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and Samuel cried unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for YsraEl; and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing heard him.
10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against YsraEl: but Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before YsraEl.
11 And the men of YsraEl went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of YsraEl: and the hand of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from YsraEl were restored to YsraEl, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did YsraEl deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between YsraEl and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel judged YsraEl all the days of his life.
16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged YsraEl in all those places.
17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged YsraEl; and there he built an altar unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
CHAPTER 8
AND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over YsraEl.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was YahooEl; and the name of his second, AbiYah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
4 Then all the elders of YsraEl gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
22 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of YsraEl, Go ye every man unto his city.
CHAPTER 9
2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of YsraEl a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
9 (Beforetime in YsraEl, when a man went to inquire of the Almighty, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
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 YsraEl, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of YsraEl? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of YsraEl? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
CHAPTER 10
3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to the Almighty to Beth-El, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
18 And said unto the children of YsraEl, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, I brought up YsraEl out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of YsraEl to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
CHAPTER 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 right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all YsraEl.
3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of YsraEl: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of YsraEl by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of YsraEl were three hundred thousand, and the men of Yahoowdah thirty thousand.
13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for today Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath wrought salvation in YsraEl.
15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; and there Saul and all the men of YsraEl rejoiced greatly.
CHAPTER 12
AND Samuel said unto all YsraEl, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
CHAPTER 13
SAUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over YsraEl,
2 Saul chose him three thousand men of YsraEl; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-El, and a thousand were with Yahoonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
4 And all YsraEl heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that YsraEl also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with YsraEl, 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 Beth-aven.
6 When the men of YsraEl saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty, which he commanded thee: for now would Yah the Eternally Self-Existing have established thy kingdom upon YsraEl for ever.
19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of YsraEl: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
CHAPTER 14
3 And AhiYah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Yahoonathan was gone.
12 And the men of the garrison answered Yahoonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Yahoonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath delivered them into the hand of YsraEl.
18 And Saul said unto AhiYah, Bring hither the ark of the Almighty. For the ark of the Almighty was at that time with the children of YsraEl.
22 Likewise all the men of YsraEl which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
23 So Yah the Eternally Self-Existing saved YsraEl that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
24 And the men of YsraEl were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, 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.
37 And Saul asked counsel of the Almighty, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of YsraEl? But he answered him not that day.
39 For, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, which saveth YsraEl, though it be in Yahoonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
40 Then said he unto all YsraEl, Be ye on one side, and I and Yahoonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
41 Therefore Saul said unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Yahoonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Yahoonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in YsraEl? the Almighty forbid: as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with the Almighty this day. So the people rescued Yahoonathan, that he died not.
47 So Saul took the kingdom over YsraEl, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered YsraEl out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
CHAPTER 15
SAMUEL also said unto Saul, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over YsraEl: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
2 Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to YsraEl, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of YsraEl, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of YsraEl, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing anointed thee king over YsraEl?
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath rejected thee from being king over YsraEl.
28 And Samuel said unto him, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath rent the kingdom of YsraEl from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
29 And also the Strength of YsraEl will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before YsraEl, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing repented that he had made Saul king over YsraEl.
CHAPTER 16
AND Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over YsraEl? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s anointed is before him.
CHAPTER 17
2 And Saul and the men of YsraEl were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and YsraEl stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of YsraEl, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of YsraEl this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all YsraEl heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of YsraEl, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
21 For YsraEl and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
24 And all the men of YsraEl, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of YsraEl said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy YsraEl 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 free in YsraEl.
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 reproach from YsraEl? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living the Almighty?
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts, the Almighty of the armies of YsraEl, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will Yah the Eternally Self-Existing 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 the Almighty in YsraEl.
52 And the men of YsraEl and of Yahoowdah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53 And the children of YsraEl returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
CHAPTER 18
6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of YsraEl, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
16 But all YsraEl and Yahoowdah Cheseded David, because he went out and came in before them.
18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in YsraEl, that I should be son in law to the king?
CHAPTER 19
5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing wrought a great salvation for all YsraEl: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
CHAPTER 20
12 And Yahoonathan said unto David, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
CHAPTER 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 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.
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
10 Then said David, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, He will come down.
17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over YsraEl, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
CHAPTER 24
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all YsraEl, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
14 After whom is the king of YsraEl come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of YsraEl shall be established in thine hand.
CHAPTER 25
30 And it shall come to pass, when Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over YsraEl;
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which sent thee this day to meet me:
34 For in very deed, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl liveth, 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.
CHAPTER 26
2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of YsraEl with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in YsraEl? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: for the king of YsraEl is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
CHAPTER 27
AND David said in his heart, I shall now 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 YsraEl: so shall I escape out of his hand.
12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people YsraEl utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
CHAPTER 28
AND it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with YsraEl. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
3 Now Samuel was dead, and all YsraEl had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all YsraEl together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
19 Moreover Yah the Eternally Self-Existing will also deliver YsraEl with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Yah the Eternally Self-Existing also shall deliver the host of YsraEl into the hand of the Philistines.
CHAPTER 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 YsraEl, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
CHAPTER 30
25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for YsraEl unto this day.
27 To them which were in Beth-El, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
CHAPTER 31
NOW the Philistines fought against YsraEl: and the men of YsraEl fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
7 And when the men of YsraEl that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of YsraEl fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
- 9: The Second Book of ShemuEl {
Samuel}
Chapter 1
3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of YsraEl am I escaped.
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Yahoonathan his son, and for the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and for the house of YsraEl; because they were fallen by the sword.
19 The beauty of YsraEl is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
24 Ye daughters of YsraEl, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
CHAPTER 2
9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all YsraEl.
10 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over YsraEl, and reigned two years. But the house of Yahoowdah followed David.
17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of YsraEl, before the servants of David.
28 So Yahoow’aab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after YsraEl no more, neither fought they any more.
CHAPTER 3
10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over YsraEl and over Yahoowdah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all YsraEl unto thee.
17 And Abner had communication with the elders of YsraEl, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
18 Now then do it: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people YsraEl out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
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 YsraEl, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all YsraEl unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
37 For all the people and all YsraEl understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in YsraEl?
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
THEN came all the tribes of YsraEl to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in YsraEl: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people YsraEl, and thou shalt be a captain over YsraEl.
3 So all the elders of YsraEl came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and they anointed David king over YsraEl.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Yahoowdah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all YsraEl and Yahoowdah.
12 And David perceived that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had established him king over YsraEl, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people YsraEl’s sake.
15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 And Elishama, and Elida, and Eliphalet.
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over YsraEl, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
CHAPTER 6
AGAIN, David gathered together all the chosen men of YsraEl, thirty thousand.
5 And David and all the house of YsraEl played before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
15 So David and all the house of YsraEl brought up the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of YsraEl, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of YsraEl today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
21 And David said unto Michal, It was before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, over YsraEl: therefore will I play before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
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6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of YsraEl out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of YsraEl spake I a word with any of the tribes of YsraEl, whom I commanded to feed my people YsraEl, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over YsraEl:
10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people YsraEl, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people YsraEl, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also Yah the Eternally Self-Existing telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like YsraEl, whom the Almighty went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people YsraEl to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, art become their the Almighty.
26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of Hosts is the Almighty over YsraEl: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
27 For thou, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of Hosts, the Almighty of YsraEl, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
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15 And David reigned over all YsraEl; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
9 When Yahoow’aab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of YsraEl, and put them in array against the Syrians:
15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before YsraEl, they gathered themselves together.
17 And when it was told David, he gathered all YsraEl together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
18 And the Syrians fled before YsraEl; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before YsraEl, they made peace with YsraEl, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
CHAPTER 11
AND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Yahoow’aab, and his servants with him, and all YsraEl; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of UriYah the Hittite?
11 And UriYah said unto David, The ark, and YsraEl, and Yahoowdah, abide in tents; and my lord Yahoow’aab, 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.
CHAPTER 12
7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, I anointed thee king over YsraEl, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of YsraEl and of Yahoowdah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all YsraEl, and before the sun.
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12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in YsraEl: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in YsraEl. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
CHAPTER 14
25 But in all YsraEl there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
CHAPTER 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 tribes of YsraEl.
6 And on this manner did Absalom to all YsraEl that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of YsraEl.
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of YsraEl, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of YsraEl are after Absalom.
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3 And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of YsraEl restore me the kingdom of my father.
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of YsraEl, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and this people, and all the men of YsraEl, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all YsraEl shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all YsraEl.
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4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of YsraEl.
10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all YsraEl knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
11 Therefore I counsel that all YsraEl be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all YsraEl bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men of YsraEl said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of YsraEl; and thus and thus have I counselled.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of YsraEl with him.
26 So YsraEl and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
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6 So the people went out into the field against YsraEl: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7 Where the people of YsraEl were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
16 And Yahoow’aab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after YsraEl: for Yahoow’aab held back the people.
17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all YsraEl fled every one to his tent.
CHAPTER 19
8 Then the king arose, and sat in the 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 YsraEl had fled every man to his tent.
9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of YsraEl, 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.
11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Yahoowdah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all YsraEl is come to the king, even to his house.
22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in YsraEl? for do not I know that I am this day king over YsraEl?
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Yahoowdah conducted the king, and also half the people of YsraEl.
41 And, behold, all the men of YsraEl came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Yahoowdah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
42 And all the men of Yahoowdah answered the men of YsraEl, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
43 And the men of YsraEl answered the men of Yahoowdah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Yahoowdah were fiercer than the words of the men of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 20
AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O YsraEl.
2 So every man of YsraEl went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Yahoowdah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
14 And he went through all the tribes of YsraEl unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in YsraEl: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in YsraEl: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing?
23 Now Yahoow’aab was over all the host of YsraEl: and BenaiYah the son of Yahooyada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
CHAPTER 21
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of YsraEl, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of YsraEl had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of YsraEl and Yahoowdah.)
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 any man in YsraEl. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of YsraEl,
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with YsraEl; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
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 light of YsraEl.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
21 And when he defied YsraEl, Yahoonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
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CHAPTER 23
NOW these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Almighty of Ya‛aqoḇ, and the sweet psalmist of YsraEl, said,
3 The Almighty of YsraEl said, the Rock of YsraEl spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of the Almighty.
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 YsraEl were gone away:
24 Asahel the brother of Yahoow’aab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
32 EliYahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Yahoonathan,
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
CHAPTER 24
AND again the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was kindled against YsraEl, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number YsraEl and Yahoowdah.
2 For the king said to Yahoow’aab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of YsraEl, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Yahoow’aab, and against the captains of the host. And Yahoow’aab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of YsraEl.
9 And Yahoow’aab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in YsraEl eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Yahoowdah were five hundred thousand men.
15 So Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent a pestilence upon YsraEl from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
25 And David built there an altar unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from YsraEl.
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3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of YsraEl, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all YsraEl are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
30 Even as I sware unto thee by Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, 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.
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over YsraEl: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, the Almighty save king Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over YsraEl and over Yahoowdah.
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
CHAPTER 2
4 That Yah the Eternally Self-Existing may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of YsraEl.
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Yahoow’aab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of YsraEl, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
11 And the days that David reigned over YsraEl were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all YsraEl 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; that he might fulfil the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
32 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of YsraEl, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Yahoowdah.
CHAPTER 3
28 And all YsraEl heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of the Almighty was in him, to do judgment.
CHAPTER 4
SO king Solomon was king over all YsraEl.
3 Elihoreph and AhiYah, the sons of ShishYah, scribes; Yahooshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all YsraEl, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
20 Yahoowdah and YsraEl were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
25 And Yahoowdah and YsraEl dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
CHAPTER 5
13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all YsraEl; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
CHAPTER 6
AND it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of YsraEl were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over YsraEl, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
13 And I will dwell among the children of YsraEl, and will not forsake my people YsraEl.
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
THEN Solomon assembled the elders of YsraEl, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of YsraEl, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And all the men of YsraEl assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 And all the elders of YsraEl came, and the priests took up the ark.
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of YsraEl, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made a covenant with the children of YsraEl, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of YsraEl: (and all the congregation of YsraEl stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought forth my people YsraEl out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of YsraEl to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people YsraEl.
17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
20 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of YsraEl, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing promised, and have built an house for the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
22 And Solomon stood before the altar of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in the presence of all the congregation of YsraEl, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
23 And he said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, there is no the Almighty like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
25 Therefore now, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of YsraEl; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
26 And now, O the Almighty of YsraEl, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people YsraEl, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
33 When thy people YsraEl be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people YsraEl, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people YsraEl, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people YsraEl, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people YsraEl, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
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 YsraEl; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people YsraEl, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of YsraEl with a loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that hath given rest unto his people YsraEl, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, be nigh unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people YsraEl at all times, as the matter shall require:
62 And the king, and all YsraEl with him, offered sacrifice before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of YsraEl dedicated the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all YsraEl with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had done for David his servant, and for YsraEl his people.
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5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon YsraEl for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of YsraEl.
7 Then will I cut off YsraEl 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 YsraEl shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of YsraEl,
21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of YsraEl also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
22 But of the children of YsraEl did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
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9 Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of YsraEl: because Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Cheseded YsraEl for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
CHAPTER 11
2 Of the nations concerning which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto the children of YsraEl, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in Chesed.
9 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which had appeared unto him twice,
16 (For six months did Yahoow’aab remain there with all YsraEl, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
23 And the Almighty stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Elidah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
25 And he was an adversary to YsraEl all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred YsraEl, and reigned over Syria.
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, the Almighty of YsraEl, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of YsraEl:)
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over YsraEl.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give YsraEl unto thee.
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all YsraEl was forty years.
CHAPTER 12
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all YsraEl were come to Shechem to make him king.
3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of YsraEl came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
16 So when all YsraEl saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O YsraEl: now see to thine own house, David. So YsraEl departed unto their tents.
17 But as for the children of YsraEl which dwelt in the cities of Yahoowdah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all YsraEl stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So YsraEl rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all YsraEl heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all YsraEl: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Yahoowdah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Yahoowdah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of YsraEl, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
24 Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of YsraEl: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and returned to depart, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built PenuEl.
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O YsraEl, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Beth-El, and the other put he in Dan.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Yahoowdah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-El, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-El the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-El the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of YsraEl: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
CHAPTER 13
AND, behold, there came a man of the Almighty out of Yahoowdah by the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing unto Beth-El: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of the Almighty, which had cried against the altar in Beth-El, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, 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.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-El.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-El; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of the Almighty had done that day in Beth-El: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing against the altar in Beth-El, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
CHAPTER 14
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people YsraEl,
10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in YsraEl, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
13 And all YsraEl shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Moreover Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall raise him up a king over YsraEl, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
15 For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall smite YsraEl, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up YsraEl out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to anger.
16 And he shall give YsraEl up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made YsraEl to sin.
18 And they buried him; and all YsraEl mourned for him, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl.
21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Yahoowdah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing did choose out of all the tribes of YsraEl, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast out before the children of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 15
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of YsraEl reigned Asa over Yahoowdah.
16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of YsraEl all their days.
17 And Baasha king of YsraEl went up against Yahoowdah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Yahoowdah.
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 YsraEl, that he may depart from me.
20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of YsraEl, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over YsraEl in the second year of Asa king of Yahoowdah, and reigned over YsraEl two years.
26 And he did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made YsraEl to sin.
27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all YsraEl laid siege to Gibbethon.
30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made YsraEl sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of YsraEl all their days.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Yahoowdah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all YsraEl in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made YsraEl to sin.
CHAPTER 16
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people YsraEl; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people YsraEl to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Yahoowdah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over YsraEl in Tirzah, two years.
13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made YsraEl to sin, in provoking Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl to anger with their vanities.
14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all YsraEl made Omri, the captain of the host, king over YsraEl that day in the camp.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all YsraEl with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make YsraEl to sin.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
21 Then were the people of YsraEl divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Yahoowdah began Omri to reign over YsraEl, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made YsraEl to sin, to provoke Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl to anger with their vanities.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Yahoowdah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over YsraEl: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over YsraEl in Samaria twenty and two years.
33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl to anger than all the kings of YsraEl that were before him.
CHAPTER 17
AND EliYah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
13 And EliYah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of EliYah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he spake by EliYah .
18 And she said unto EliYah , What have I to do with thee, O thou man of the Almighty? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
22 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing heard the voice of EliYah ; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And EliYah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and EliYah said, See, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said to EliYah , Now by this I know that thou art a man of the Almighty, and that the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in thy mouth is truth.
CHAPTER 18
AND it came to pass after many days, that the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came to EliYah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 And EliYah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
7 And as ObadYah was in the way, behold, EliYah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord EliYah ?
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, EliYah is here.
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, EliYah is here.
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, EliYah is here: and he shall slay me.
15 And EliYah said, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him today.
16 So ObadYah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet EliYah .
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw EliYah , that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth YsraEl?
18 And he answered, I have not troubled YsraEl; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and thou hast followed the lord [Baal]im.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all YsraEl unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of the lord [Baal] four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of YsraEl, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21 And EliYah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if Yah the Eternally Self-Existing be the Almighty, follow him: but if the lord [Baal], then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 Then said EliYah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; but the lord [Baal]’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
25 And EliYah said unto the prophets of the lord [Baal], Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
27 And it came to pass at noon, that EliYah 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 awaked.
30 And EliYah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing that was broken down.
31 And EliYah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ, unto whom the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came, saying, YsraEl shall be thy name:
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that EliYah the prophet came near, and said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of Abraham, Yitshaq, and of YsraEl, let it be known this day that thou art the Almighty in YsraEl, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
40 And EliYah said unto them, Take the prophets of the lord [Baal]; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and EliYah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 And EliYah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And EliYah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
46 And the hand of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was on EliYah ; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
CHAPTER 19
AND Ahab told Jezebel all that EliYah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto EliYah , saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, EliYah ?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of hosts: for the children of YsraEl 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.
13 And it was so, when EliYah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, EliYah ?
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of hosts: because the children of YsraEl 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.
16 And Yahuw the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over YsraEl: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Yahuw slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Yahuw shall Elisha slay.
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in YsraEl, all the knees which have not bowed unto the lord [Baal], and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and EliYah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after EliYah , and said, 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?
21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after EliYah , and ministered unto him.
CHAPTER 20
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of YsraEl into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
4 And the king of YsraEl answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
7 Then the king of YsraEl called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
11 And the king of YsraEl answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of YsraEl, saying, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of YsraEl, being seven thousand.
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and YsraEl pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21 And the king of YsraEl went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 And the prophet came to the king of YsraEl, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against YsraEl.
27 And the children of YsraEl were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of YsraEl pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28 And there came a man of the Almighty, and spake unto the king of YsraEl, and said, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Because the Syrians have said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is the Almighty of the hills, but he is not the Almighty of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of YsraEl slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of YsraEl are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of YsraEl: peradventure he will save thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of YsraEl, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of YsraEl said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of YsraEl discerned him that he was of the prophets.
43 And the king of YsraEl went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
CHAPTER 21
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of YsraEl? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
17 And the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came to EliYah the Tishbite, saying,
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of YsraEl, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
20 And Ahab said to EliYah , Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in YsraEl,
22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made YsraEl to sin.
26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast out before the children of YsraEl.
28 And the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing came to EliYah the Tishbite, saying,
CHAPTER 22
AND they continued three years without war between Syria and YsraEl.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Yahooshaphat the king of Yahoowdah came down to the king of YsraEl.
3 And the king of YsraEl said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he said unto Yahooshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Yahooshaphat said to the king of YsraEl, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5 And Yahooshaphat said unto the king of YsraEl, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing today.
6 Then the king of YsraEl gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
8 And the king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Yahooshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then the king of YsraEl called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And the king of YsraEl and Yahooshaphat the king of Yahoowdah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
17 And he said, I saw all YsraEl scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
18 And the king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
26 And the king of YsraEl said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Yahoow’aash the king’s son;
29 So the king of YsraEl and Yahooshaphat the king of Yahoowdah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 And the king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of YsraEl disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of YsraEl.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Yahooshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of YsraEl. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Yahooshaphat cried out.
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of YsraEl, that they turned back from pursuing him.
34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of YsraEl between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
41 And Yahooshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Yahoowdah in the fourth year of Ahab king of YsraEl.
44 And Yahooshaphat made peace with the king of YsraEl.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over YsraEl in Samaria the seventeenth year of Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah, and reigned two years over YsraEl.
52 And he did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin:
53 For he served the lord [Baal], and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, according to all that his father had done.
- 11: The Second Book of Melakim {2
Kings}
Chapter 1
THEN Moab rebelled against YsraEl after the death of Ahab.
3 But the angel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to EliYah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a the Almighty in YsraEl, that ye go to inquire of the lord [Baal]-zebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And EliYah departed.
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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Is it not because there is not a the Almighty in YsraEl, that thou sendest to inquire of the lord [Baal]-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is EliYah the Tishbite.
10 And EliYah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of the Almighty, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
12 And EliYah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of the Almighty, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of the Almighty came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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 EliYah , and besought him, and said unto him, O man of the Almighty, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto EliYah , Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of the lord [Baal]-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no the Almighty in YsraEl to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing which EliYah had spoken. And Yahooram reigned in his stead in the second year of Yahooram the son of Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah; because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
CHAPTER 2
AND it came to pass, when Yah the Eternally Self-Existing would take up EliYah into heaven by a whirlwind, that EliYah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 And EliYah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath sent me to Beth-El. And Elisha said unto him, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-El.
3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-El came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
4 And EliYah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing will take away thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
6 And EliYah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
8 And EliYah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that EliYah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
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 EliYah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of YsraEl, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of EliYah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
14 And he took the mantle of EliYah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of EliYah ? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of EliYah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-El: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
CHAPTER 3
NOW Yahooram the son of Ahab began to reign over YsraEl in Samaria the eighteenth year of Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah, and reigned twelve years.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made YsraEl to sin; he departed not therefrom.
4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of YsraEl an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of YsraEl.
6 And king Yahooram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all YsraEl.
9 So the king of YsraEl went, and the king of Yahoowdah, and the 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.
10 And the king of YsraEl said, Alas! that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11 But Yahooshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that we may inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing by him? And one of the king of YsraEl’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of EliYah .
12 And Yahooshaphat said, The word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is with him. So the king of YsraEl and Yahooshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 And Elisha said unto the king of YsraEl, 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 YsraEl said unto him, Nay: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, As Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Yahooshaphat the king of Yahoowdah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
24 And when they came to the camp of YsraEl, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against YsraEl: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
CHAPTER 4
NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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 pot of oil.
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the 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.
CHAPTER 5
2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of YsraEl a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of YsraEl.
5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of YsraEl. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of YsraEl, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
7 And it came to pass, when the king of YsraEl had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I the Almighty, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of the Almighty had heard that the king of YsraEl had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in YsraEl.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of YsraEl? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
15 And he returned to the man of the Almighty, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no the Almighty in all the earth, but in YsraEl: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of the Almighty, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
CHAPTER 6
AND the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against YsraEl, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 And the man of the Almighty sent unto the king of YsraEl, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And the king of YsraEl sent to the place which the man of the Almighty told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of YsraEl?
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in YsraEl, telleth the king of YsraEl the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing 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.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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 them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21 And the king of YsraEl said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
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 more into the land of YsraEl.
26 And as the king of YsraEl was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
31 Then he said, the Almighty do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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 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?
CHAPTER 7
THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, 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.
6 For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had made the host of the Syrians to hear a 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 YsraEl hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
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 multitude of YsraEl 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.
CHAPTER 8
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of the Almighty, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of the Almighty is come hither.
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of YsraEl: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
16 And in the fifth year of Yahooram the son of Ahab king of YsraEl, Yahooshaphat being then king of Yahoowdah, Yahooram the son of Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah began to reign.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of YsraEl, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
25 In the twelfth year of Yahooram the son of Ahab king of YsraEl did Ahaziah the son of Yahooram king of Yahoowdah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was AthaliYah, the daughter of Omri king of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 9
AND Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, I have anointed thee king over YsraEl. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, I have anointed thee king over the people of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, even over YsraEl.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in YsraEl:
12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, I have anointed thee king over YsraEl.
14 So Yahuw the son of Yahooshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Yahooram. (Now Yahooram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all YsraEl, because of Hazael king of Syria.
21 And Yahooram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Yahooram king of YsraEl and Ahaziah king of Yahoowdah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Yahuw, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he spake by his servant EliYah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
CHAPTER 10
10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing spake concerning the house of Ahab: for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath done that which he spake by his servant EliYah .
17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he spake to EliYah .
21 And Yahuw sent through all YsraEl: and all the worshippers of the lord [Baal] came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of the lord [Baal]; and the house of the lord [Baal] was full from one end to another.
28 Thus Yahuw destroyed the lord [Baal] out of YsraEl.
29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin, Yahuw departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-El, and that were in Dan.
30 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said unto Yahuw, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of YsraEl.
31 But Yahuw took no heed to walk in the law of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made YsraEl to sin.
32 In those days Yah the Eternally Self-Existing began to cut YsraEl short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of YsraEl;
34 Now the rest of the acts of Yahuw, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
36 And the time that Yahuw reigned over YsraEl in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
IN the three and twentieth year of Yahoow’aash the son of Ahaziah king of Yahoowdah Yahoo’achaz the son of Yahuw began to reign over YsraEl in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made YsraEl to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3 And the anger of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was kindled against YsraEl, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
4 And Yahoo’achaz besought Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of YsraEl, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing gave YsraEl a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of YsraEl dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made YsraEl sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
8 Now the rest of the acts of Yahoo’achaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
10 In the thirty and seventh year of Yahoow’aash king of Yahoowdah began Yahow’ash the son of Yahoo’achaz to reign over YsraEl in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl sin: but he walked therein.
12 And the rest of the acts of Yahoow’aash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
13 And Yahoow’aash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Yahoow’aash was buried in Samaria with the kings of YsraEl.
14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Yahoow’aash the king of YsraEl came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of YsraEl, and the horsemen thereof.
15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of YsraEl, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of YsraEl, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
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 revived, and stood up on his feet.
22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed YsraEl all the days of Yahoo’achaz.
25 And Yahow’ash the son of Yahoo’achaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Yahoo’achaz his father by war. Three times did Yahoow’aash beat him, and recovered the cities of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 14
IN the second year of Yahoow’aash son of Yahoo’achaz king of YsraEl reigned AmaziYah the son of Yahoow’aash king of Yahoowdah.
8 Then AmaziYah sent messengers to Yahow’ash, the son of Yahoo’achaz son of Yahuw, king of YsraEl, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
9 And Yahow’ash the king of YsraEl sent to AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the 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.
11 But AmaziYah would not hear. Therefore Yahow’ash king of YsraEl went up; and he and AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Yahoowdah.
12 And Yahoowdah was put to the worse before YsraEl; and they fled every man to their tents.
13 And Yahow’ash king of YsraEl took AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, the son of Yahow’ash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Yahow’ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
16 And Yahow’ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of YsraEl; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17 And AmaziYah the son of Yahoow’aash king of Yahoowdah lived after the death of Yahow’ash son of Yahoo’achaz king of YsraEl fifteen years.
22 He built Elath, and restored it to Yahoowdah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of AmaziYah the son of Yahoow’aash king of Yahoowdah Jeroboam the son of Yahoow’aash king of YsraEl began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin.
25 He restored the coast of YsraEl from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which he spake by the hand of his servant Yonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
26 For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing saw the affliction of YsraEl, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for YsraEl.
27 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said not that he would blot out the name of YsraEl from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Yahoow’aash.
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 Hamath, which belonged to Yahoowdah, for YsraEl, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of YsraEl; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 15
IN the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of YsraEl began AzariYah son of AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah to reign.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of AzariYah king of Yahoowdah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over YsraEl in Samaria six months.
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl.
12 This was the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing which he spake unto Yahuw, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of YsraEl unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year of AzariYah king of Yahoowdah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over YsraEl, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin.
20 And Menahem exacted the money of YsraEl, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl?
23 In the fiftieth year of AzariYah king of Yahoowdah PekahiYah the son of Menahem began to reign over YsraEl in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin.
26 And the rest of the acts of PekahiYah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl.
27 In the two and fiftieth year of AzariYah king of Yahoowdah Pekah the son of RemaliYah began to reign over YsraEl in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of YsraEl came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of RemaliYah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Yahootham the son of UzziYah.
31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of YsraEl.
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of RemaliYah king of YsraEl began Yahootham the son of UzziYah king of Yahoowdah to reign.
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3 But he walked in the way of the kings of YsraEl, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast out from before the children of YsraEl.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of RemaliYah king of YsraEl came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave Yahoodi’iy from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of YsraEl, which rise up against me.
CHAPTER 17
IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Yahoowdah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over YsraEl nine years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, but not as the kings of YsraEl that were before him.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried YsraEl away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the children of YsraEl had sinned against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, 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,
8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast out from before the children of YsraEl, and of the kings of YsraEl, which they had made.
9 And the children of YsraEl did secretly those things that were not right against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
13 Yet Yah the Eternally Self-Existing testified against YsraEl, and against Yahoowdah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
18 Therefore Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was very angry with YsraEl, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Yahoowdah only.
19 Also Yahoowdah kept not the commandments of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, but walked in the statutes of YsraEl which they made.
20 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing rejected all the seed of YsraEl, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 For he rent YsraEl from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave YsraEl from following Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and made them sin a great sin.
22 For the children of YsraEl walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
23 Until Yah the Eternally Self-Existing removed YsraEl out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was YsraEl carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of YsraEl: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-El, and taught them how they should fear Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing commanded the children of Ya‛aqoḇ, whom he named YsraEl;
CHAPTER 18
NOW it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of YsraEl, that HezekiYah the son of Ahaz king of Yahoowdah began to reign.
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 YsraEl did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Yahoowdah, nor any that were before him.
9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king HezekiYah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of YsraEl, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of HezekiYah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of YsraEl, Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away YsraEl unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of HilkiYah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and JoYah the son of Asaph the recorder.
26 Then said Eliakim the son of HilkiYah, and Shebna, and JoYah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in Yahoodi’iy’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
37 Then came Eliakim the son of HilkiYah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and JoYah the son of Asaph the recorder, to HezekiYah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
CHAPTER 19
2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to YeshaYahoo the prophet the son of Amoz.
15 And HezekiYah prayed before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and said, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the Almighty, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
20 Then YeshaYahoo the son of Amoz sent to HezekiYah, saying, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Set-Apart One of YsraEl.
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2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, after the abominations of the heathen, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing cast out before the children of YsraEl.
3 For he built up again the high places which HezekiYah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for the lord [Baal], and made a grove, as did Ahab king of YsraEl; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of YsraEl, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I make the feet of YsraEl move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing destroyed before the children of YsraEl.
12 Therefore thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Yahoowdah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
CHAPTER 22
15 And she said unto them, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Tell the man that sent you to me,
18 But to the king of Yahoowdah which sent you to inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
CHAPTER 23
4 And the king commanded HilkiYah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing all the vessels that were made for the lord [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 the ashes of them unto Beth-El.
13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of YsraEl 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.
15 Moreover the altar that was at Beth-El, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made YsraEl 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.
17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of the Almighty, which came from Yahoowdah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-El.
19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of YsraEl had made to provoke Yah the Eternally Self-Existing to anger, JosiYah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-El.
22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged YsraEl, nor in all the days of the kings of YsraEl, nor of the kings of Yahoowdah;
27 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, I will remove Yahoowdah also out of my sight, as I have removed YsraEl, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of JosiYah king in the room of JosiYah his father, and turned his name to Yahooyaqiym, and took Yahoo’achaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
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8 Yahooyakiyn was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of YsraEl had made in the temple of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had said.
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25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of NethaniYah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote GedaliYah, that he died, and Yahoodi’iy and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
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7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begat Yitshaq. The sons of Yitshaq; Esau and YsraEl.
35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of YsraEl; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
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THESE are the sons of YsraEl; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Yahoowdah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of YsraEl, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
39 And AzariYah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
CHAPTER 3
NOW these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second DaniEl, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
8 And Elishama, and Elida, and Eliphelet, nine.
23 And the sons of NeariYah; Elioenai, and HezekiYah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were, HodaiYah, and Eliashib, and PelaiYah, and Akkub, and Yahoohanan, and DalaiYah, and Anani, seven.
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4 And PenuEl the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
10 And Jabez called on the Almighty of YsraEl, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And the Almighty granted him that which he requested.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
35 And YahooEl, and Yahuw the son of Yahoosibiah, the son of SeraiYah, the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and JeshohaiYah, and AsaiYah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and BenaiYah,
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains PelatiYah, and NeariYah, and RephaiYah, and UzziEl, the sons of Ishi.
CHAPTER 5
NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of YsraEl, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Yahooceph the son of YsraEl: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of YsraEl were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of YahooEl; ShemaiYah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of YahooEl, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and the lord [Baal]-meon:
12 YahooEl the chief, and Shapham the next, and Yahanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Yahootham king of Yahoowdah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of YsraEl.
24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and EliEl, and AzriEl, and YirmeYahoo, and HodaviYah, and YahdiEl, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
26 And the Almighty of YsraEl stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser 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.
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2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and UzziEl.
3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and UzziEl.
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of YahooEl, the son of Shemuel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of EliEl, the son of Toah,
35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of YahooEl, the son of AzariYah, the son of TsephanYah,
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of YsraEl.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most Set-Apart, and to make an atonement for YsraEl, according to all that Moses the servant of the Almighty had commanded.
50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
64 And the children of YsraEl gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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3 And the sons of Uzzi; IzrahiYah: and the sons of IzrahiYah; Michael, and ObadYah, and YahooEl, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and UzziEl, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Yahoow’aash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and AbiYah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
28 And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-El and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Yahooceph the son of YsraEl.
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11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and EliEl,
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and EliEl,
24 And HananiYah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 And IphedeiYah, and PenuEl, the sons of Shashak;
27 And JaresiYah, and EliYah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Yahuwsh the second, and Eliphelet the third.
CHAPTER 9
SO all YsraEl were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of YsraEl and Yahoowdah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
8 And IbneiYah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
16 And ObadYah the son of ShemaiYah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and BerechiYah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing was with him.
43 And Moza begat Binea; and RephaiYah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
CHAPTER 10
NOW the Philistines fought against YsraEl; and the men of YsraEl fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
7 And when all the men of YsraEl that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
CHAPTER 11
THEN all YsraEl gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in YsraEl: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people YsraEl, and thou shalt be ruler over my people YsraEl.
3 Therefore came all the elders of YsraEl to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yah the Eternally Self-Existing; and they anointed David king over YsraEl, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing by Samuel.
4 And David and all YsraEl went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all YsraEl, to make him king, according to the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing concerning YsraEl.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Yahoow’aab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, EliYahba the Shaalbonite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
38 YahooEl the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
46 EliEl the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Yahooshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 EliEl, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and BealiYah, and ShemariYah, and ShephatiYah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and JesiYah, and Azareel, and Yahooezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
9 Ezer the first, ObadYah the second, Eliab the third,
11 Attai the sixth, EliEl the seventh,
12 Yahoohanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Yahoozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Yahoozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what YsraEl ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all YsraEl: and all the rest also of YsraEl were of one heart to make David king.
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in YsraEl.
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2 And David said unto all the congregation of YsraEl, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of YsraEl, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
5 So David gathered all YsraEl together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of the Almighty from Kirjath-jearim.
6 And David went up, and all YsraEl, to the lord [Baal]ah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Yahoowdah, to bring up thence the ark of the Almighty Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
8 And David and all YsraEl played before the Almighty with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
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2 And David perceived that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had confirmed him king over YsraEl, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people YsraEl.
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all YsraEl, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
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3 And David gathered all YsraEl together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
7 Of the sons of Gershom; YahooEl the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; ShemaiYah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; EliEl the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10 Of the sons of UzziEl; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, AsaiYah, and YahooEl, ShemaiYah, and EliEl, and Amminadab,
12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl unto the place that I have prepared for it.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of YahooEl; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of BerechiYah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of KushaiYah;
18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, ZekarYah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and BenaiYah, and MaaseiYah, and MattithiYah, and Elipheleh, and MikneiYah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
20 And ZekarYah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and MaaseiYah, and BenaiYah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And MattithiYah, and Elipheleh, and MikneiYah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and AzaziYah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
23 And BerechiYah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And ShebaniYah, and Yahooshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and ZekarYah, and BenaiYah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of the Almighty: and Obed-edom and JehiYah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of YsraEl, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
28 Thus all YsraEl brought up the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
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3 And he dealt to every one of YsraEl, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and to record, and to thank and praise Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl:
5 Asaph the chief, and next to him ZekarYah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and MattithiYah, and Eliab, and BenaiYah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
13 O ye seed of YsraEl his servant, ye children of Ya‛aqoḇ, his chosen ones.
17 And hath confirmed the same to Ya‛aqoḇ for a law, and to YsraEl for an everlasting covenant,
36 Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
40 To offer burnt offerings unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which he commanded YsraEl;
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5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up YsraEl unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all YsraEl, spake I a word to any of the judges of YsraEl, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people YsraEl:
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people YsraEl, and will 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,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people YsraEl. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing will build thee an house.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people YsraEl, whom the Almighty went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For thy people YsraEl didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, becamest their the Almighty.
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing of Hosts is the Almighty of YsraEl, even a the Almighty to YsraEl: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
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14 So David reigned over all YsraEl, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
CHAPTER 19
10 Now when Yahoow’aab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of YsraEl, and put them in array against the Syrians.
16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before YsraEl, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
17 And it was told David; and he gathered all YsraEl, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before YsraEl; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before YsraEl, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
CHAPTER 20
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
7 But when he defied YsraEl, Yahoonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
CHAPTER 21
AND Satan stood up against YsraEl, and provoked David to number YsraEl.
2 And David said to Yahoow’aab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number YsraEl from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Yahoow’aab answered, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing 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 trespass to YsraEl?
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Yahoow’aab. Wherefore Yahoow’aab departed, and went throughout all YsraEl, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Yahoow’aab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of YsraEl were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Yahoowdah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
7 And the Almighty was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote YsraEl.
12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing destroying throughout all the coasts of YsraEl. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
14 So Yah the Eternally Self-Existing sent pestilence upon YsraEl: and there fell of YsraEl seventy thousand men.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of YsraEl, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
CHAPTER 22
THEN David said, This is the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for YsraEl.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of YsraEl; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of the Almighty.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto YsraEl in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over YsraEl for ever.
12 Only Yah the Eternally Self-Existing give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning YsraEl, that thou mayest keep the law of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing charged Moses with concerning YsraEl: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
17 David also commanded all the princes of YsraEl to help Solomon his son, saying,
CHAPTER 23
SO when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over YsraEl.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of YsraEl, with the priests and the Levites.
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and YahooEl, three.
12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and UzziEl, four.
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, RehabiYah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of RehabiYah were very many.
20 Of the sons of UzziEl; Michah the first, and JesiYah the second.
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
25 For David said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
CHAPTER 24
NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of the Almighty, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And ShemaiYah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl had commanded him.
24 Of the sons of UzziEl; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
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4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; BukkiYah, MattaniYah, UzziEl, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, HananiYah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CHAPTER 26
3 Elam the fifth, Yahoochanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
7 The sons of ShemaiYah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and SemachiYah.
22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and YahooEl his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer; RehabiYah his son, and JeshaiYah his son, and Yahooram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
29 Of the Izharites, ChenaniYah and his sons were for the outward business over YsraEl, for officers and judges.
30 And of the Hebronites, HashabiYah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of YsraEl on this side Jordan westward in all the business of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and in the service of the king.
CHAPTER 27
NOW the children of YsraEl 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, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
16 Furthermore over the tribes of YsraEl: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, ShephatiYah the son of Maachah:
18 Of Yahoowdah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
19 Of Zebulun, IshmaiYah the son of ObadYah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of AzriEl:
20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of AzaziYah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, YahooEl the son of PedaiYah:
22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of YsraEl.
23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had said he would increase YsraEl like to the stars of the heavens.
24 Yahoow’aab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against YsraEl; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
CHAPTER 28
AND David assembled all the princes of YsraEl, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
4 Howbeit Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl chose me before all the house of my father to be king over YsraEl for ever: for he hath chosen Yahoowdah to be the ruler; and of the house of Yahoowdah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all YsraEl:
5 And of all my sons, (for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing over YsraEl.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all YsraEl the congregation of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and in the audience of our the Almighty, keep and seek for all the commandments of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
CHAPTER 29
6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of YsraEl, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,
10 Wherefore David blessed Yah the Eternally Self-Existing before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl our father, for ever and ever.
18 O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of Abraham, Yitshaq, and of YsraEl, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and offered burnt offerings unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all YsraEl:
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all YsraEl obeyed him.
25 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all YsraEl, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in YsraEl.
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all YsraEl.
27 And the time that he reigned over YsraEl was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over YsraEl, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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Chapter 1
2 Then Solomon spake unto all YsraEl, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all YsraEl, the chief of the fathers.
13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over YsraEl.
CHAPTER 2
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing my the Almighty, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing our the Almighty. This is an ordinance for ever to YsraEl.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and an house for his kingdom.
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of YsraEl, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
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2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of YsraEl, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of YsraEl, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of YsraEl assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
4 And all the elders of YsraEl came; and the Levites took up the ark.
6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of YsraEl that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when Yah the Eternally Self-Existing made a covenant with the children of YsraEl, when they came out of Egypt.
CHAPTER 6
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of YsraEl: and all the congregation of YsraEl stood.
4 And he said, Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of YsraEl to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people YsraEl:
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people YsraEl.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
10 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of YsraEl, as Yah the Eternally Self-Existing promised, and have built the house for the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, that he made with the children of YsraEl.
12 And he stood before the altar of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing in the presence of all the congregation of YsraEl, and spread forth his hands:
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 YsraEl, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
14 And said, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, there is no the Almighty like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
16 Now therefore, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of YsraEl; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 Now then, O Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people YsraEl, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
24 And if thy people YsraEl be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people YsraEl, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people YsraEl, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people YsraEl, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people YsraEl, 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 pray in this house;
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from 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, and fear thee, as doth thy people YsraEl, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
CHAPTER 7
3 And when all the children of YsraEl saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, which David the king had made to praise Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all YsraEl stood.
8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all YsraEl with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
10 And on the 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 Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to YsraEl his people.
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in YsraEl.
CHAPTER 8
2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of YsraEl to dwell there.
7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of YsraEl,
8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of YsraEl consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
9 But of the children of YsraEl did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of YsraEl, because the places are Set-Apart, whereunto the ark of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath come.
17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
CHAPTER 9
8 Blessed be Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing thy the Almighty: because thy the Almighty Cheseded YsraEl, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all YsraEl forty years.
CHAPTER 10
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all YsraEl come to make him king.
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all YsraEl came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
16 And when all YsraEl saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O YsraEl: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all YsraEl went to their tents.
17 But as for the children of YsraEl that dwelt in the cities of Yahoowdah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of YsraEl stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 And YsraEl rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
CHAPTER 11
AND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Yahoowdah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against YsraEl, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Yahoowdah, and to all YsraEl in Yahoowdah and Benjamin, saying,
13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all YsraEl resorted to him out of all their coasts.
16 And after them out of all the tribes of YsraEl such as set their hearts to seek Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of their fathers.
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
CHAPTER 12
AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and all YsraEl with him.
6 Whereupon the princes of YsraEl and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is righteous.
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 seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had chosen out of all the tribes of YsraEl, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
CHAPTER 13
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all YsraEl;
5 Ought ye not to know that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl gave the kingdom over YsraEl to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
12 And, behold, the Almighty himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of YsraEl, fight ye not against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
15 Then the men of Yahoowdah gave a shout: and as the men of Yahoowdah shouted, it came to pass, that the Almighty smote Jeroboam and all YsraEl before Abijah and Yahoowdah.
16 And the children of YsraEl fled before Yahoowdah: and the Almighty delivered them into their hand.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of YsraEl five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Thus the children of YsraEl were brought under at that time, and the children of Yahoowdah prevailed, because they relied upon Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of their fathers.
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-El with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
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3 Now for a long season YsraEl hath been without the true the Almighty, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, and sought him, he was found of them.
9 And he gathered all Yahoowdah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of YsraEl in abundance, when they saw that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing his the Almighty was with him.
13 That whosoever would not seek Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of YsraEl: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
CHAPTER 16
IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of YsraEl came up against Yahoowdah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Yahoowdah.
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, break thy league with Baasha king of YsraEl, that he may depart from me.
4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of YsraEl; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Yahoowdah and YsraEl.
CHAPTER 17
AND Yahooshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against YsraEl.
4 But sought to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of YsraEl.
8 And with them he sent Levites, even ShemaiYah, and NethaniYah, and ZebadiYah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Yahonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Yahooram, priests.
17 And of Benjamin; Elida a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
CHAPTER 18
3 And Ahab king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4 And Yahooshaphat said unto the king of YsraEl, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing today.
5 Therefore the king of YsraEl gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Almighty will deliver it into the king’s hand.
7 And the king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Yahooshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
8 And the king of YsraEl called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
9 And the king of YsraEl and Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
16 Then he said, I did see all YsraEl scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
17 And the king of YsraEl said to Yahooshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
19 And Yah the Eternally Self-Existing said, Who shall entice Ahab king of YsraEl, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
25 Then the king of YsraEl said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Yahoow’aash the king’s son;
28 So the king of YsraEl and Yahooshaphat the king of Yahoowdah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29 And the king of YsraEl said unto Yahooshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of YsraEl disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of YsraEl.
31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Yahooshaphat, that they said, It is the king of YsraEl. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Yahooshaphat cried out, and Yah the Eternally Self-Existing helped him; and the Almighty moved them to depart from him.
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of YsraEl, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of YsraEl between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of YsraEl stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
CHAPTER 19
8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Yahooshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of YsraEl, for the judgment of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 20
7 Art not thou our the Almighty, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people YsraEl, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let YsraEl invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl with a loud voice on high.
29 And the fear of the Almighty was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that Yah the Eternally Self-Existing fought against the enemies of YsraEl.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Yahooshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Yahuw the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of YsraEl.
35 And after this did Yahooshaphat king of Yahoowdah join himself with Ahaziah king of YsraEl, who did very wickedly:
37 Then Eliezer the son of DodavYah of Mareshah prophesied against Yahooshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
CHAPTER 21
2 And he had brethren the sons of Yahooshaphat, AzariYah, and Jehiel, and ZekarYah, and AzariYah, and Michael, and ShephatiYah: all these were the sons of Yahooshaphat king of YsraEl.
4 Now when Yahooram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of YsraEl.
6 And he walked in the way of the kings of YsraEl, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
12 And there came a writing to him from EliYah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Yahooshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Yahoowdah,
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of YsraEl, and hast made Yahoowdah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:
CHAPTER 22
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Yahooram the son of Ahab king of YsraEl to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Yahooram.
CHAPTER 23
AND in the seventh year Yahooyada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, AzariYah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Yahoochanan, and AzariYah the son of Obed, and MaaseiYah the son of AdaiYah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 And they went about in Yahoowdah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Yahoowdah, and the chief of the fathers of YsraEl, and they came to Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 24
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Yahoowdah, and gather of all YsraEl money to repair the house of your the Almighty from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for Yahooyada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Yahoowdah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and of the congregation of YsraEl, for the tabernacle of witness?
9 And they made a proclamation through Yahoowdah and Jerusalem, to bring in to Yah the Eternally Self-Existing the collection that Moses the servant of the Almighty laid upon YsraEl in the wilderness.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in YsraEl, both toward the Almighty, and toward his house.
CHAPTER 25
6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of YsraEl for an hundred talents of silver.
7 But there came a man of the Almighty to him, saying, O king, let not the army of YsraEl go with thee; for Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is not with YsraEl, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
9 And AmaziYah said to the man of the Almighty, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of YsraEl? And the man of the Almighty answered, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing is able to give thee much more than this.
17 Then AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah took advice, and sent to Yahoow’aash, the son of Yahoo’achaz, the son of Yahuw, king of YsraEl, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
18 And Yahoow’aash king of YsraEl sent to AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the 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.
21 So Yahoow’aash the king of YsraEl went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Yahoowdah.
22 And Yahoowdah was put to the worse before YsraEl, and they fled every man to his tent.
23 And Yahoow’aash the king of YsraEl took AmaziYah king of Yahoowdah, the son of Yahoow’aash, the son of Yahoo’achaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
25 And AmaziYah the son of Yahoow’aash king of Yahoowdah lived after the death of Yahoow’aash son of Yahoo’achaz king of YsraEl fifteen years.
26 Now the rest of the acts of AmaziYah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Yahoowdah and YsraEl?
CHAPTER 26
2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Yahoowdah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
CHAPTER 27
7 Now the rest of the acts of Yahootham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of YsraEl and Yahoowdah.
CHAPTER 28
2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of YsraEl, and made also molten images for the lord [Baal]im.
3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had cast out before the children of YsraEl.
5 Wherefore Yah the Eternally Self-Existing his the Almighty delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of YsraEl, who smote him with a great slaughter.
7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew MaaseiYah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
8 And the children of YsraEl carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against YsraEl.
19 For Yah the Eternally Self-Existing brought Yahoowdah low because of Ahaz king of YsraEl; for he made Yahoowdah naked, and transgressed sore against Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all YsraEl.
26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yahoowdah and YsraEl.
27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of YsraEl: and HezekiYah his son reigned in his stead.
CHAPTER 29
7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the Set-Apart place unto the Almighty of YsraEl.
10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and YahooEl the son of AzariYah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and AzariYah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; JoYah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of JoYah:
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; ZekarYah, and MattaniYah:
14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; ShemaiYah, and UzziEl.
24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all YsraEl: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all YsraEl.
27 And HezekiYah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 30
AND HezekiYah sent to all YsraEl and Yahoowdah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all YsraEl, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all YsraEl and Yahoowdah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of YsraEl, turn again unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of Abraham, Yitshaq, and YsraEl, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
21 And the children of YsraEl that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised Yah the Eternally Self-Existing day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.
25 And all the congregation of Yahoowdah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of YsraEl, and the strangers that came out of the land of YsraEl, and that dwelt in Yahoowdah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of YsraEl there was not the like in Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 31
NOW when all this was finished, all YsraEl that were present went out to the cities of Yahoowdah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Yahoowdah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of YsraEl returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of YsraEl brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
6 And concerning the children of YsraEl and Yahoowdah, that dwelt in the cities of Yahoowdah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of Set-Apart things which were consecrated unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty, and laid them by heaps.
8 And when HezekiYah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and his people YsraEl.
13 And Jehiel, and AzaziYah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Yahoozabad, and EliEl, and IsmachiYah, and Mahath, and BenaiYah, were overseers under the hand of CononiYah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of HezekiYah the king, and AzariYah the ruler of the house of the Almighty.
CHAPTER 32
17 He wrote also letters to rail on Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the Almighty of HezekiYah deliver his people out of mine hand.
32 Now the rest of the acts of HezekiYah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of YeshaYahoo the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Yahoowdah and YsraEl.
CHAPTER 33
2 But did that which was evil in the sight of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had cast out before the children of YsraEl.
7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of the Almighty, of which the Almighty had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of YsraEl, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of YsraEl 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 hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Yahoowdah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom Yah the Eternally Self-Existing had destroyed before the children of YsraEl.
16 And he repaired the altar of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Yahoowdah to serve Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his the Almighty, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of YsraEl.
CHAPTER 34
7 And when he had 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 YsraEl, he returned to Jerusalem.
9 And when they came to HilkiYah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of the Almighty, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of YsraEl, and of all Yahoowdah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Go, inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing for me, and for them that are left in YsraEl and in Yahoowdah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, to do after all that is written in this book.
23 And she answered them, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
26 And as for the king of Yahoowdah, who sent you to inquire of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl concerning the words which thou hast heard;
33 And JosiYah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of YsraEl, and made all that were present in YsraEl to serve, even to serve Yah the Eternally Self-Existing their the Almighty. And all his days they departed not from following Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, the Almighty of their fathers.
CHAPTER 35
3 And said unto the Levites that taught all YsraEl, which were Set-Apart unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, Put the Set-Apart ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of YsraEl did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now Yah the Eternally Self-Existing your the Almighty, and his people YsraEl,
4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of YsraEl, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
17 And the children of YsraEl that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18 And there was no passover like to that kept in YsraEl from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of YsraEl keep such a passover as JosiYah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Yahoowdah and YsraEl that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
25 And YirmeYahoo lamented for JosiYah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of JosiYah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in YsraEl: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of YsraEl and Yahoowdah.
CHAPTER 36
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Yahoowdah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Yahooyaqiym. And Necho took Yahoo’achaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Yahooyaqiym, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of YsraEl and Yahoowdah: and Yahooyakiyn his son reigned in his stead.
13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by the Almighty: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto Yah the Eternally Self-Existing Almighty of YsraEl.