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. XXIV.
1 Of seuen &yogh;eer was Joas, whanne he
hadde begunne to regnen, and fourtye
&yogh;eer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of
his modir Sebia of Bersabe.
2 And he
dyde that was good before the Lord, alle
-- --
the days of Joiada, the preste.
3 Forsothe
and Joas took two wijues, of the whiche
he gat sones and dou&yogh;ters.
4 After whiche
thingus it pleside to Joas, that he schulde
enstore the hous of the Lord.
5 And he
gadirde the prestis and Leuytis, and
seyde to hem, Goth out to the cytees of
Juda, and gadereth of al Irael monee, to
the reparaciouns of the temple of the
Lord oure God, by alle &yogh;eers; and swijth
doth it. Bot the Leuytis diden it more
necgligently.
6 And the kyng clepide Joiada,
prince, and seyde to hym, Why was not
to thee bisynesse, that thou constreyn
Leuytis to brengyn in fro Juda and Jerusalem
monee, the whiche is ordeynd of
Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, that
al the multitude of Irael schulde bryngyn
it in to the tabernacle of wytnessynge?
7 Athalia forsothe most vnpitous, and hir
sonus, distruyeden the hous of God; and
of alle thingus, that weren halowed to the
temple of the Lord, sche enournede the
temple of Baalym.
8 Thann the kyng
comaundide, and thei maaden the ark,
and putten it beside the &yogh;ate of the Lord
with outeforth.
9 And it is prechid in
Juda and in Jerusalem, that alle schulden
bere pris to the Lord, that Moyses ordeynde
to the seruauntis of God vpon al
Irael, in deserte.
10 And alle the princis
and alle the puple gladedyn, and goon
in, thei &yogh;euen in to the ark of the Lord,
and putten, so that it was ful.
11 And
whanne tyme was, that thei schulden
bern the arke bifore the kyng bi the
hondis of Leuytis, forsothe thei seen
myche monee; and ther wente in a
scribe of lawe, whom the firste preste
hadde ordeyned, and thei heelden oute
the monee, that was in the arke; forsothe
the arke thei bern a&yogh;ein to his
place. And so thei diden bi sundre days,
-- --
and ther is gadird monee with oute
noumbre;
12 the whiche the kyng and
Joiada &yogh;euen to hem that stoden vpon
the werkis of the hous of the Lord. And
thei hireden of it hewers of stoones, and
craftise men of alle werkis, that thei restoren
the hous of the Lord; also forgers
of yren, and of brasse, that that, that
hadde begunne to fallen, were susteyned.
13 And thes that wrou&yogh;ten diden wijsly, and
the gap of the wallis was hillid bi the
hondis of hem; and thei rereden the hous
of the Lord in to the rather state, and
thei maaden it to stonden fast.
14 And
whanne thei hadden fulfild alle the
werkis, thei brou&yogh;ten before the kyng
and Joiada the tother part of the monee,
of the whiche ben maad the vessels of
the temple in to the seruyse, and to brent
sacrifices; also violis, and other golden
vessels and sylueren. And ther weren
offrid brent sacrifices in the hous of the
Lord contynuly, alle the days of Joiade.
15 Forsothe Joiada eeldide ful of days, and
dyed, whanne he was of an hundrith and
thritti &yogh;eer;
16 and thei birieden hym in
the cytee of Dauid with kingus; forthi
that he hadde done good with Irael, and
with his hous.
17 Forsothe after that Joiada
died, the princis of Jude wenten in,
and honoureden the kyng, the whiche
pleside by the seruyses of hem, assentide
to hem.
18 And thei forsoken the temple
of the Lord God of their fadirs, and thei
serueden to mawmette woodis, and grauen
thingus; and ther is don the wrath of
the Lord a&yogh;eynus Judam and Jerusalem
for this synne.
19 And he sente to hem
prophetis, that thei schulden turnen a&yogh;ein
to the Lord; whom beforen witnessynge
thei wolden not heeren.
20 And so the Spirite
of the Lord clothed Zacharie, the
sone of Joiade, preste; and he stode in
-- --
the si&yogh;te of the puple, and seyde, Thes
thingus seith the Lord, Why ouerpasse
&yogh;e the heeste of the Lord, that schal not
profiten to &yogh;ou, and &yogh;e han forsaken the
Lord, that he forsake &yogh;ou?
21 The whiche
gadered a&yogh;eynus hym, senten stoones, after
the heste of the kyng, in the hall of the
hous of the Lord.
22 And king Joas is not
recordid of the mercy that Joiada, the
fadir of hym, hadde done with hym; bot
he slew&yogh; his sone. The whiche, whanne
he schulde dyen, seith, The Lord see, and
requyre.
23 And whanne the &yogh;eer was ouerturned,
the hoost of Cirie stei&yogh;ede up
a&yogh;einus hym, and came in to Judam and
Jerusalem, and slew&yogh; alle the princis of
the puple; and al the pray thei senten
to the king, to Damasc.
24 And certis
whanne ther was commen a litil noumbre
of Ciries, the Lord toke in the
hondis of hem vnnoumbreable multitude,
forthy that thei hadde forsaken the
Lord God of their fadirs. In to Joas also
thei enhauntiden schenschipful domys;
25 and goynge awey thei laften hym in
grete langours. Forsothe his seruauntis
arisen a&yogh;einus hym, in to vengyng of the
blode of the sone of Joiade, prest; and
thei slewen hym in his bed, and he is
deed. And thei birieden hym in the
cytee of Dauid, bot not in the sepulcris
of kingis.
26 Forsothe ther aweytiden to
hym Zabath, the sone of Semath Amanytidis,
and Josabeth, the sone of Semarith,
Moabitidis.
27 Bot the sonus of hym,
and the soume of monee that was leyd
to gydre vndir hym, and the enstorynge
of the hous of God, ben writen more diligently
in the boke of Kyngis.
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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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