Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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1 And alle the lynagis of Irael camen to
Dauid, in Ebron, seiynge, Loo! we ben
-- --
thi boon and thi flesh.
2 But and &yogh;istirdai
and before &yogh;isterdai, whanne Saul was
kyng vpon vs, thou were ledynge out
and bryngynge a&yogh;en Yrael; forsothe the
Lord seide to thee, Thou shalt fede my
puple Irael, and thou shalt be duyk vpon
Irael.
3 Forsothe and the eldris of Irael
camen to the kyng, in Ebron; and kyng
Dauid smoot with hem couenaunt of pees
in Ebron, before the Lord; and thei
anoyntiden Dauid into kyng vpon Irael.
4 A sone of thretti &yogh;eer was Dauid, whanne
he bigan to regne, and fourti &yogh;eer he
regnede in Ebron;
5 he regnyde vpon Juda
seuen &yogh;eer and sixe monethis; forsothe
in Jerusalem he regnede thretti and three
&yogh;eer, vpon al Irael and Juda.
6 And the
kyng &yogh;eede, and al the men that weren
with hym, into Jerusalem, to Jebuse,
dweller of the loond. And it is seid to
Dauid of hem, Thou shalt not go in
hidre, but if thou take a wey the blynde
and the halt, seiynge, Dauid shal not goo
yn hidre.
7 Forsothe Dauid took the tote
hil Syon; that is the citee of Dauid.
8 Forsothe
he purposide in that dai mede to
hym that smoot Jebuse, and touchide the
goters of the `hows eues, and took a wey
the halt and the blynde, hatynge the lijf
of Dauid. Therfore it is seid in prouerbe,
The blynde and the halt shulen not goon
into the temple.
9 Forsothe Dauid dwellide
in the tote hil, and clepide it the
citee of Dauid; and he bieldide bi enuyroun
fro Mello, and with in forth.
10 And
he wente profitynge and vndre growynge;
and the Lord God of oost was
with hym.
11 Forsothe Yram, the kyng of
Tiry, sente messagers to Dauid, and cedre
trees, and `crafty men of trees, and
crafti men of stonys to the wallys; and
thei beeldiden the hows of Dauid.
12 And
Dauid knewe, for the Lord hadde confermyd
hym kyng vpon Irael, and for
-- --
he hadde arerid out his kyngdam vpon
his puple Yrael.
13 Thanne Dauid took &yogh;it
secundarye wyues, and wyues of Jerusalem,
after that he was comyn fro
Ebron; and there ben born to Dauid
and other sones and dou&yogh;tris.
14 And
thes the names of hem that ben born to
hym in Jerusalem; Samua, and Sobab,
and Nathan,
15 and Salomon, and Jobaar,
and Elisua,
16 and Repheg, and Japhia, and
Elizama, and Helida, and Heliphelech.
17 Thanne Philisteis herden, that thei hadden
anoyntid Dauid kyng vpon Yrael,
and thei alle stieden vp for to seche
Dauid. The which thing whanne Dauid
hadde herd, wente doun in to a strength.
18 Forsothe Philisteis comynge ben heeld
out in the valey of Raphaym.
19 And
Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, If
I shal stie vp to Philisteis, and if thou
shalt &yogh;yue hem in myn hoond? And the
Lord seide to Dauid, Sty, for takyng I
shal &yogh;yue Philisteis in thin hoond.
20 Thanne Dauid cam in Baal Pharasym,
and smoot hem there, and seide, The
Lord hath dyuidid myn enemyes before
me, as watris ben dyuidid. Therfor
the name of that place is clepid Baal
Pharasym.
21 And thei laften there her
grauen thingis, the whiche Dauid took,
and his men.
22 And &yogh;it the Philisteis
addiden for to stie vp, and thei ben held
out in the valey of Raphaym.
23 Forsothe
Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, If
I shal stye a&yogh;ens the Philisteis, and if
thou shalt take hem into myn hoondis?
The which answerde, Thou shalt not
stye vp a&yogh;ens hem, but goo about bihynde
the bak of hem, and comynge to hem fro
a&yogh;ens of the peer trees.
24 And whanne
thou herist noise of cry goynge in the
cop of the peer trees, thanne thou shalt
-- --
goo into batail; for thanne the Lord shal
goo out before thi face, that he smyte the
tentis of Philisteis.
25 And so Dauid dide
as the Lord comaundide to hym; and he
smoot Philisteis fro Gabaa vnto thou
come to Jezer.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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