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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CAP. XI.
1 Forsothe kyng Salomon to brennyngly
louede many hethen wymmen,
the dou&yogh;ter forsothe of Pharao, and
Moabitis, and Amonytis, and Ydumees,
and Cidonees, and Ethees;
2 of the gentils,
on the whiche the Lord seide to the
sones of Yrael, &YOGH;e shulen not goon into
hem, ne of hem shulen goon out to &yogh;ou;
moost certeynli forsothe thei shulen turne
a weie &yogh;oure hertis, that &yogh;e folwen the
goddis of hem. And so to thes is couplid
kyng Salomon, bi moost brennynge loue.
3 And there weren to hym wiues as
queens seuen hundrid, and secoundarie
wiues thre hundrid; and wymmen turneden
awey the herte of hym.
4 And whanne
now he was oold, the herte of hym is
beshrewid bi wymmen, that he folwide
alien goddis; and the herte of hym was
not parfit with the Lord his God, as the
herte of Dauid, his fadre.
5 But Salomon
heryede Astertem, the goddesse of Sydonyes,
and Chamos, the god of Moabitis,
and Moloch, the mawmet of Amonytees;
6 and Salomon dide that was not plesynge
before the Lord, and he fulfillide not
that he folwe the Lord, as Dauid, his
fader.
7 Thanne Salomon beeldide vp the
temple of Chamos to the mawmet of
Moab, in the hil that is a&yogh;ens Jerusalem,
and to Moloch, the mawmet of the sones
of Amon.
8 And in this maner he dide to
alle his heythen wyues, that brenden encense,
and offreden to her goddis.
9 Therfor
the Lord wraththid to Salomon, forthi
that his mynde was turned aweie fro
the Lord God of Irael; the which aperide
-- --
to hym the secounde,
10 and hadde comaundid
of this word, that he shulde not
folwe alyen goddis; and he kepte not that,
that the Lord comaundyde to hym.
11 And
so the Lord seide to Salomon, For thou
haddist this anentis thee, and keptist not
my couenant, and myn heestis, the whiche
I comaundide to thee, brekynge I shal
kitte thi rewme, and &yogh;euen it to thi seruant.
12 Neuerthelater in thi days I shal
not doon, for Dauid, thi fader; fro the
hoond of thi sone I shal kutte it;
13 and al
the rewme I shal not doon a wey, but o
lynage I shal &yogh;yue to thi sone, for Dauid,
my seruaunt, and Jerusalem, that I haue
chosen.
14 The Lord forsothe reride an aduersary
to Salomon, Adad Ydume, of the
kyngis seed, that was in Edom.
15 Forsothe
whanne Dauid was in Ydume, and Joab,
the prince of chyualrie, hadde styed vp
to byrye hem that weren slayn, and
hadde slayn al maal in Ydume;
16 forsothe
sexe monethis there dwellide Joab, and
al Irael, to the tyme that thei hadden
slayn al maal in Ydume;
17 he Adad fleei&yogh;,
and Ydume men, of the seruauntis of his
fadir, with hym, that he goo into Egipt;
forsothe Adad was a litil child.
18 And
whanne thei hadden rysen fro Madian,
thei camen into Pharan; and thei token
with hem men of Pharan, and wenten
into Egipt, to Pharao, the kyng of Egipt;
the which &yogh;af to hym an hows, and ordeynde
meetis, and a loond asignede.
19 And Adad foonde grace before Pharao
ful myche, in so myche that he &yogh;af to
hym a wijf, the sister germayn of his
wiif Taphnes, the queen.
20 And the sister
of Taphnes gat to hym Jenebath, a sone;
and Taphnes norishide hym in the hows
of Pharao; and Jenebath was dwellynge
before Pharao, with his sones.
21 And
whanne Adad hadde herd in Egipt, Dauid
to haue slept with his fadris, and
-- --
Joab, prynce of chyualrie, to be deed, he
seide to Pharao, Lete me, that I goo into
my loond.
22 And Pharao seide to hym,
What thing forsothe anentis me nedist
thow, that thou seche to goo to thi
loond? And he answerde, Noon; but I
preye thee, that thou lete me.
23 Forsothe
God reryde to hym an aduersarie, Rason,
sone of Eliadan, that flei&yogh; Adadezer, kyng
of Soba, his lord;
24 and he gadride a&yogh;ens
hym men, and he is maad prince of
theues, whanne Dauid shulde haue slayn
hem; and thei wenten to Damasch, and
dwelliden there; and thei ordeyneden
hym a kyng in Damasch.
25 And he was
an aduersarie to Irael alle the days of
Salomon; and this is the yuel of Adad,
and haat a&yogh;en Yrael; and he regnede in
Cyrye.
26 Forsothe Jeroboam, the sone of
Nabath, Eufrate of Seredera, seruaunt of
Salomon, whos moder was a womman
widwe, Serua bi name; and he reride
the hoond a&yogh;ens the kyng.
27 And this the
cause of the rebellioun a&yogh;ens hym; for
Salomon beeldide Mello, and euenede the
swelw&yogh;e of the citee of Dauid, his fader.
28 Forsothe Jeroboam was a my&yogh;ti man, and
a strong; and Salomon seynge the &yogh;onge
waxynge man of good witte, and able to
be tau&yogh;t, he made hym a prefect vpon
the tributis of al the hows of Joseph.
29 It is doon thanne in that tyme, that Jeroboam
shulde goon out fro Jerusalem;
and Ahyas Silonyte, prophete, foonde him
in the weye, couerde with a newe mantil;
forsothe thei two weren alone in the
feelde.
30 And Ahyas takynge hys newe
mantil, with the which he was couerde,
kitte into twelue parties.
31 And he seith
to Jeroboam, Tak to thee ten kyttyngis;
thes thingis forsothe seith the Lord God
of Yrael, Loo! I shal kitte the rewme
fro the hoond of Salomon, and I shal
&yogh;yue to thee ten lynagis;
32 but o lynage
-- --
shal leeue to hym, for my seruaunt Dauid,
and Jerusalem, the citee that I haue
chosen of alle the lynagis of Irael;
33 forthi
that he forsook me, and honourde Astartem,
goddesse of Sydonees, and Chamos,
god of Moab, and Moloch, god of the
sonys of Amon; and he wente not in my
weyes, that he dide ri&yogh;twisnesse before
me, and my heestis, and my domys, as
Dauid, his fader.
34 Ne I shal not doo
aweye al the rewme fro his hoond, but
I shal putte hym a duyk alle the days of
his lijf, for Dauid, my seruaunt, whom I
chees, the which kepte myn heestis, and
my maundementis.
35 I shal doo aweye
forsothe the rewme fro the hoond of his
sone, I shal &yogh;yue to thee the ten lynagys;
to his sone forsothe I shal &yogh;yue o lynage,
36
that there abyde stille a lantern to Dauid,
my seruaunt, alle dais before me in
Jerusalem, citee that I chees, that there
were my name.
37 Forsothe thee I shall
take, and thou shalt regne vpon alle
thingis that thi soule desyrith, and thou
shalt be kyng vpon Yrael.
38 If thanne
thou herist alle thingis that I shal comaunde
to thee, and gost in my weies,
and dost that is ri&yogh;t before me, kepynge
my maundementis, and myn heestis, as
Dauid, my seruaunt, dide, I shal be with
thee, and beelde to thee a trewe hows,
what maner wise I beeldide to Dauid an
hows, and I shal take to thee Yrael;
39 and I shal tourmente the seed of Dauid
vpon this, neuerthelater not alle dais.
40 Thanne Salomon wolde slee Jeroboam, the
whiche roos, and flei&yogh; into Egipt, to Susaach,
the kyng of Egipt; and he was
in Egipt vnto the deeth of Salomon.
41 Forsothe the remnaunt of the wordis of
Salomon, and alle thingis that he dide,
and the wisdom of him, loo! alle thei
ben writyn in the boke of the wordis of
the dais of Salomon.
42 Forsothe the dais
the whyche Salomon regnede in Jerusalem
-- --
vpon al Yrael, ben fourti &yogh;eer.
43 And
Salomon slept with his faders, and is
biried in the citee of Dauid, his fader;
and Roboam, his sone, regnede for him.
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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