E   And whan they came in to offer sacrifyces and burntofferynges, Iehu appoynted him foure score men without, ∧ sayde: Yf eny of these men escape whom I delyuer vnder

youre handes, then shal the same mans soule be for his soule. Now wh&abar; he had made an ende of the burntofferynge, Iehu sayde vnto the fotemen and knyghtes: Go in, ∧ smyte euery man, let noman go forth. And they smote th&ebar; with the edge of the swerde. And the fote men and knightes threw th&ebar; awaie and w&ebar;te vnto the cite of Baals house, and brought forth the piler in þe; house of Baal, and brent it, and brake downe Baals pyler with the house of Baal, and made a preuy house therof vnto this daie. Thus Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. But Iehu lefte not of from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat (which caused Israel to synne) namely, from the golden calues at Bethel and at Dan. And the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu: Because thou hast bene wyllinge to do that which was righte in my sighte, ∧ hast done vnto Achabs house all that was in my hert, ^note therfore shall thy children syt vpon þe; seate of Israel vnto the fourth generacion.

F   Neuerthelesse Iehu was not diligent to walke in the lawe of the LORDE God of Israel with all his hert: for he lefte not of fr&obar; the synnes of Ieroboam which made Israel to synne. At the same time beganne the LORDE to be greued at Israel. ^noteFor Hasael smote them in all the borders of Israel from Iordane Eastwarde, and all the londe Gilead of the Gaddites, Rubenites and Manassytes, from Aroer that lyeth on the ryuer by Arnon, and Gilead and Basan.

What more there is to saye of Iehu, and all that he dyd, and all his power, beholde, it is wryten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Iehu fell on slepe with his fathers, ∧ they buryed him in Samaria. And Ioahas his sonne was kynge in his steade. The tyme that Iehu reigned ouer Israel, is eight and twentye yeares at Samaria. The XI. Chapter.

A    ^noteAthalia the mother of Ochosias, wh&abar; she sawe that hir sonne was deed, gat her vp, and destroyed all the kynges sede. But Ioseba kynge Iorams doughter the syster of Ochosias, toke Ioas the sonne of Ochosias and stale him awaye with his norse in the chamber from amonge the kynges children which were slayne, and she hyd him from Athalia, so that he was not slayne. And he was hyd with her in the house of the LORDE sixe yeares. But Athalia was quene in the londe.

^noteNeuertheles in the seuenth yeare sent Ioiada, and toke the rulers ouer h&ubar;dreds with the captaynes and fote men, and caused th&ebar; to come to him in to the house of the LORDE and made a couenaunt with them, and toke an ooth of them in the house of the LORDE, and shewed them the kynges sonne, and c&obar;maunded them, and sayde: This is it that ye shall do: One thirde parte of you which enter on the Sabbath, shall kepe the watch in the kynges house, and one thyrde parte shalbe at the porte of Sur, and one thirde parte shal be at þe; porte which is behynde the fote men, and ye shal kepe the watch at the house of Massa. B   But two partes of you all that go of on the Sabbath, shal kepe the watch in the house of the LORDE aboute the kinge and ye shall get you rounde aboute þe; kynge and euery one with his weapen in his hande: and who so euer c&obar;meth within þe; wall, let him die, so that ye be with the kinge, wh&abar; he goeth out and in.

^noteAnd the rulers ouer the hundreds dyd all as Ioiada the prest had comma&ubar;ded them, and toke vnto them their men which entred vpon the Sabbath, with those that wente of on the Sabbath, and came to Ioiada þe; prest. And the prest gaue the captaynes speares and shyldes which had bene kynge Dauids, and were in the house of the LORDE. And the fote men stode aboute the kynge, euery one with his weapen in his hande, fr&obar; the corner on the righte syde of the house vnto the corner of the lefte syde, euen vnto the altare and to the house. And he broughte forth the kynges sonne, and set a crowne vpon his heade, and toke the ^note witnes, and made him kynge, and they were glad, and clapped their handes together, and sayde: God saue the kynge.

C    ^noteAnd whan Athalia herde the noyse of the people that ranne rogether, she came to the people into the house of the LORDE, and loked, and beholde, the kynge stode by the piler, as the vse was, and the syngers and tropettes by the kynge: and all the people of þe; l&obar;de were glad, and blewe with trompettes. But Athalia rente hir clothes, ∧ sayde: Vproure, vproure. Neuertheles Ioiada þe; prest commaunded þe; rulers ouer hundreds, which were appointed ouer the hoost, and saide vnto them: Brynge her without the wall, and whosoeuer foloweth hir, let him dye of the swerde (for the prest had sayde, that she shulde not dye in the house of the LORDE.) And they layde handes vp&obar; her, and she wente in by the waye where the horses go in to þe; kynges house, and there was she slayne.

D    ^noteThen made Ioiada a couenaunt betwene the LORDE and the kynge, and the people,

þt; they shulde be the people of the LORDE. Likewyse also betwixte the kynge and þe; people. Then wente all the people of the londe into the house of Baal, and brake downe his altares, and destroyed his ymages right well. And Mathan the prest of Baal slewe they before the altare: And the prest appoynted the officers in the house of the LORDE, and toke the rulers ouer hundreds, and the captaynes, and the fote men, and all þe; people of the londe, ∧ broughte the kynge downe from the house of the LORDE, and came the waye from the porte of the fote men vnto the kynges house, and he sat vpon the kynges seate. And all the people of the l&obar;de were glad, and the cite was at rest. As for Athalia, they slewe her with the swerde in þe; kynges house. And Ioas was seuen yeare olde, whan he was made kynge. The XII. Chapter.

A    ^noteIn the seu&ebar;th yeare of Iehu, was Ioas made kynge, and reigned fortye yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Zibea of Bersaba. And Ioas dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, as longe as Ioiada þe; prest taught him. But they put not downe þe; hye places: for the people offred ∧ brent incense yet vpon the hye places.

And Ioas sayde vnto the prestes: All the money that is sanctified to be bestowed vp&obar; þe; house of the LORDE, namely the money þt; euery man geueth vnto the treasury, and þe; money that euery man geueth for his soule, and all the money that euery man geueth of a fre hert, to be bestowed on the house of the LORDE, let the prestes take it vnto them, euery one his porcion: with that shall they repayre the decaye in the house of the LORDE, where they fynde that there is eny decaye.

But whan þe; prestes repayred not the decaye in the house vnto the thre and tw&ebar;tieth yeare of kynge Ioas, Ioas the kynge called Ioiada the prest with the other prestes, and sayde vnto them: Wherfore do ye not repayre the decaye in the house?

B   Therfore shall ye not take the money vnto you now euery one his porcion, but shall geue it to the decaye of the house. And the prestes agreed to take no money of the people, and to repayre the decaye of the house.

Then Ioiada the prest toke a chest, and bored an hole aboue therin, and set it on the righte hande besyde the altare, at the entrynge in to the house of the LORDE. And the prestes that kepte the thresholde, put all the money therin that was broughte vnto the house of the LORDE. Whan they sawe then that there was moch money in the chest, ^note þe; kynges scrybe came vp with the hye prest, and bounde the money together, and tolde it as moch as was founde in the house of the LORDE. And so the ready money was geuen vnto them that wrought and were appoynted to the house of the LORDE, C   and they gaue it forth to the carpenters and to th&ebar; that buylded and wroughte in the house of the LORDE, namely, to the dawbers and masons, and to them that boughte tymber and fre stone, to repayre the decaye in the house of the LORDE and all that they founde to haue nede of repayringe in the house.

Howbeit there were no syluer chargers, flat peces, basens, trompettes, ner eny other vessell of golde and syluer made on the house of the LORDE, of the money that was brought vnto the LORDES house: but it was geuen vnto the workmen to repayre the decaye in the house of the LORDE therwith. The men also that the money was delyuered vnto, for to geue the workmen, neded not to make eny acomptes, but did their busynes vpon credence. But the money of trespace offerynges and synneofferynges was not broughte vnto the house of the LORDE: for it was the prestes.

D   At the same tyme wente Hasael the kyn of Syria vp, and foughte agaynst Gath, and wanne it. And whan Hasael set his face to go vp to Ierusalem, kynge Ioas toke all that was sanctifyed, which his fathers Iosaphat, Ioram and Ochosias the kynges of Iuda had halowed, and what he himselfe had sanctifyed, and all the golde that was founde in the treasures of the house of the LORDE, and in the kynges house, and sent it vnto Hasael the kynge of Syria. And so he departed from Ierusalem.

What more there is to saye of Ioas, and all that he dyd, it is written in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And his seruauntes made insurreccion and conspyred, and smote him in the house of Millo, at the goynge downe vnto Silla. For Iosebar the sonne of Simeath, and Iosabad the sonne of Somer his seruauntes smote him to death: and he was buried with his fathers in the cite of Dauid. And Amasias his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XIII. Chapter.

A   In þe; XXIII. yeare of Ioas the sonne of Ochosias kynge of Iuda, was Ioahas the sonne of Iehu kynge ouer

Israel at Samaria, seuentene yeare: ∧ dyd þt; which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and walked after the sinnes of Ieroboam þe; sonne of Nebat (which caused Israel to synne) and lefte not of from them. And þe; wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel, ∧ he delyuered them ouer vnder the hande of Hasael kynge of Syria, and vnder the hande of Benadad the sonne of Hasael, as longe as they lyued.

And Ioahas besoughte the face of the LORDE. And the LORDE herde him, for he consydered the myserie of Israel, how the kynge of Syria oppressed them. And þe; LORDE gaue Israel a sauioure, which broughte them out of the power of the Syrians, so þt; the children of Israel dwelt in their tentes, like as afore tyme.

B   Yet lefte they not from the synnes of the house of Ieroboam, which caused Israel to synne, but walked in them. The groue at Samaria stode styll also. For of the people of Ioahas there were no mo lefte, but fyftye horsmen, ten charettes, and ten thousande fote men: ^note for the kynge of Syria had destroyed them, and made them as the dust in the barne.

What more there is to saye of Ioahas, and all that he dyd, and his power, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Ioahas fell on slepe with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria, ∧ Ioas his sonne was kinge in his steade.

C   In the seuen and thirtieth yeare of Ioas kynge of Iuda, was Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixtene yeare. And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel for to synne, but walked in them. What more there is to saye of Ioas, and what he dyd, ∧ his power, how he foughte with Amasias kynge of Iuda, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers, and Ieroboam sat vp&obar; his seate. And Ioas was buried in Samaria &wt; the kynges of Israel.

As for Eliseus, he fell in to a sicknes, wherof he dyed. And Ioas the kynge of Israel came downe vnto him, and wepte for him, and saide: ^note My father, my father, the charetman of Israel, and his horsmen. Eliseus sayde vnto him: Take the bowe and the arowes D   And whan he had taken the bowe and the arowes, he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: Bende the bowe with thine hande. And he bent it with his h&abar;de. And Eliseus layed his hande vpon the kynges hande, and sayde: Open that wyndowe towarde the East. And he opened it. And Eliseus saide: Shute. And he shot. He sayde: one arowe of the saluacion of the LORDE, one arowe of saluaci&obar; agaynst the Syrians: and thou shalt smyte the Syrians at Aphek, tyll they be brought to naughte.

And he sayde: Take þe; arowes. And wh&abar; he had taken them, he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: Smyte the earth. And he smote thre tymes and stode still. Then was the m&abar; of God wroth at him, and sayde: Yf thou haddest smytten fyue or sixe times, thou shuldest haue smytten þe; Syrians, tyll thou haddest vtterly brought them to naughte. But now shalt thou smyte them thre tymes.

E   Whan Eliseus was deed and buried, the men of warre of the Moabites fell in to the londe the same yeare. And it fortuned þt; they buryed a certaine man. But wh&abar; they sawe the men of warre, they cast the man in to Eliseus graue. ^noteAnd whan he was therin, and touched Eliseus bones, he reuyued, and stode vpon his fete.

So Hasael the kynge of Syria oppressed Israel, as longe as Ioahas lyued. But the LORDE was gracious vnto them, and had mercy vpon them, and turned him to them for his couenauntes sake, with Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, and wolde not destroye th&ebar; ^note nether dyd he cast them out from his presence vnto this houre.

And Hasael the kinge of Syria dyed, and Benadad his sonne was kynge in his steade. But Ioas turned backe, and toke out of the hande of Benadad the sonne of Hasael the cyties which he had tak&ebar; in battaill out of the hande of his father Ioahas: Thre tymes dyd Ioas smyte him, and broughte the cities of Israel agayne. The XIIII. Chapter.

A   In the seconde yeare of Ioas þe; sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel, was Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda made kynge: ^note fyue and twenty yeare olde was he, whan he was made kynge, ∧ reigned nyne and twentye yeare at Ierusal&ebar;. His mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem. And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE: yet not as his father Dauid, but euen as his father Ioas did so dyd he also: for þe; hye places were not put downe, but the people offred and brent inc&ebar;se yet vpon the hye places. Now whan he had gotten the power of the kyngdome, he

smote his seruauntes ^note which had smytt&ebar; the kynge his father: but the children of þe; deedslayers slewe he not, acordinge to þt; which is wrytt&ebar; in the boke of the lawe of Moses, where the LORDE hath c&obar;maunded ∧ sayde: ^note The fathers shal not dye for the children, ∧ the children shal not dye for the fathers: but euery one shal dye for his awne synne.

B   Ten thousande of the Edomites smote he also in the Salt valley, and wanne Sela in battayll, and called it Iatheel vnto this daye. ^noteThen sent Amasias messaungers vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas the sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel, sayenge: Come hither, let vs se one another. But Ioas þe; kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias the kynge of Iuda, sayenge: The hawthorne that is in Libanus, sent to the Ceder tre in Libanus, sayenge: Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife. But a wylde beest of the felde ranne ouer þe; hawthorne, and trode it downe. Thou hast smytt&ebar; the Edomites, therfore is thine hert waxen proude: Take the prayse, and byde at home: why stryuest thou for mysfortune, þt; thou mayest fall, and Iuda with the? Howbeit Amasias consented not.

C   Then w&ebar;te Ioas the kynge of Israel vp, and they sawe one another, he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda. But Iuda was smytten before Israel, so that euery one fled in to his tente. And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias the kynge of Iuda, the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Ochosias at Beth Semes, and came to Ierusalem, and brake downe þe; wall of Ierusalem from þe; porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte, euen foure hundreth cubites l&obar;ge: and toke all the golde and syluer, and ornamentes that were founde in the house of the LORDE, and in þe; treasures of the kynges house, ∧ the children also to pledge, ∧ departed agayne to Samaria.

What more there is to saie of Ioas, what he dyd, and of his power, ∧ how he foughte with Amasias the kynge of Iuda, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers, and was buried at Samaria amonge þe; kynges of Israel. And Ieroboam his sonne was kynge in his steade.

D   But Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda, lyued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel, fiftene yeare. What more there is to saye of Amasias, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And they conspyred agaynst him at Ierusalem, but he fled vnto Lachis. And they sent after him vnto Lachis, and slewe him there. And they broughte him vpon horses, ∧ he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in þe; cite of Dauid. ^noteAnd all the people of Iuda toke Asarias in his sixtenth yeare, and made him kynge in steade of Amasias his father. He buylded ^note Eloth, and broughte it agayne vnto Iuda, after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers.

In the fyftenth yeare of Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda, was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria, one and fortye yeare. And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne.

E   But the borders of Israel broughte he agayne from Hemath vnto þe; see that lyeth in the playne felde, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE God of Israel, which he spake by his seruaunt ^note Ionas þe; sonne of Amithai the prophete, which was of ^note Gath Epher. For the LORDE considered the myserable affliccion of Israel, how that euen they which were shut vp and desolate, were awaye, and that there was no helper in Israel. ^noteAnd the LORDE sayde not that he wolde destroye the name of Israel from vnder heau&ebar;. And he helped th&ebar; by Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas.

What more there is to saye of Ieroboam, and all that he dyd, and of his power, how he foughte, and how broughte Damascon and Hemath agayne vnto Iuda in Israel, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Ieroboam fell on slepe with his fathers, with the kynges of Israel. And Zacharias his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XV. Chapter.

A   In the seuen ∧ twentieth yeare of Ieroboam kynge of Israel, reigned Asarias the sonne of Amasias kynge of Iuda: and ^note was sixtene yeare olde whan he was made kynge, and reigned two and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusal&ebar;. And he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE, acordinge to all as dyd Amasias his father, sauynge that they put not downe the hye places. For the people dyd sacryfice and brent incense yet vpon the hye places. Howbeit the LORDE smote the kynge, so that he was leper vnto his death, ^note and dwelt in a frye house. But Iotham the kynges sonne ruled the house,

and iudged the people in the londe.

What more there is to saye of Asarias, ∧ all þt; he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And Asarias fell on slepe with his fathers, ∧ was buried with his fathers in the cite of Dauid, ∧ Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade.

B   In the eight and thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda, was Zacharias the sonne of Ieroboam kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixe monethes. And he dyd þt; which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, euen as his fathers dyd. He departed not from þe; synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne. And Sellum the sonne of Iabes conspyred agaynst him, and smote him in the presence of þe; people, and slewe him, ∧ was kynge in his steade. What more there is to saie of Zacharias, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. ^noteAnd this is it, þt; the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu: Thy children shall syt vp&obar; the seate of Israel vntyll the fourth generacion. And euen so came it to passe.

C   Sellum the sonne of Iabes reigned in þe; nyne ∧ thirtieth yeare of ^note Asarias kynge of Iuda, ∧ reigned one moneth at Samaria. For Menahem the sonne of Gadi w&ebar;te vp from Thirza, ∧ came to Samaria, and smote Sellum the sonne of Iabes at Samaria, ∧ slewe him, and was kynge in his steade.

What more there is to saye of Sellum, ∧ of his sedicion which he stered vp, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. At the same tyme dyd Manahem smyte Tiphsa, ∧ all þt; were therin, ∧ the coastes therof from Thirza, because they wolde not let him in, and smote all their wemen &wt; childe, and rypte them vp.

D   In the nyne ∧ thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda, beganne Manahem the sonne of Gad to reigne ouer Israel ten yeares at Samaria, and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE. As longe as he lyued, departed he not from þe; synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne. And Phul the kynge of Assiria came into the l&obar;de. And Manahem gaue vnto Phul a thousande talentes of syluer to holde with him, and to c&obar;firme him in the kyngdome. And Manahem raysed vp a taxe in Israel vpon the richest, fiftye Sycles of syluer vpon euery man, to geue vnto þe; kynge of Assiria. So the kynge of Assiria w&ebar;te home agayne, and taried not in the londe.

What more there is to saye of Manahem, ∧ all þt; he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And Manahem fell on slepe &wt; his fathers. And Pecahia his sonne was kynge in his steade.

E   In the fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda, beganne Pecahia the sonne of Manahem to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria two yeare, and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE: for he departed not fr&obar; the synnes of Ieroboam þe; sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne. And Pecah the sonne of Romelia his knyghte conspyred agaynst him, ∧ smote him at Samaria in þe; palace of the kynges house &wt; Argob and Ariah, and fiftye men &wt; him of þe; childr&ebar; of Gilead, ∧ slewe him, ∧ was kynge in his steade. What more there is to saye of Pecahia, ∧ all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel.

In the two and fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda, beganne Pecah the sonne of Romelia to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria, twentye yeare, ∧ dyd that which was euell in the sighte of þe; LORDE: for he departed not from the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne.

F   In the tyme of Pecah the kynge of Israel, came Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria, ∧ toke Eion, Abel Beth Maecha, Ianoha, Redes, Hasor, Gilead, Galile, and all the londe of Nephtali, ∧ caried th&ebar; awaye in to Assiria.

And Osea the sonne of Ela conspyred agaynst Pecah the sonne of Romelia, ∧ slue him, and was kynge in his steade in the tw&ebar;tieth yeare of Iotham the sonne of ^note Osias. What more there is to saye of Pecah, ∧ all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel.

G   In the seconde yeare of Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel, was Iotham the sonne of Osias kynge of Iuda, ∧ was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge, and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Ierusa the doughter of Sabok. And he dyd þt; which was righte in þe; sighte of the LORDE, acordinge vnto all as dyd Osias his father, sauynge that he put not downe the hye places: for the people offred ∧ brent incense yet vpon the hye places. He buylded the hye porte of the house of the LORDE. What more there is to saye of Iotham, and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytt&ebar; in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda.

At þe; same tyme beganne þe; LORDE to sende Rezin þe; kynge of Syria, ∧ Pecah þe; sonne of Romelia into Iuda. And Iotham fell

on slepe with his fathers, and was buried &wt; his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father. And Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XVI. Chapter.

A    ^noteIn the seuententh yeare of Pecah þe; sonne of Romelia, was Achas the sonne of Iotham kynge of Iuda. Tw&ebar;tye yeare olde was Achas wh&abar; he was made kynge, ∧ reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem, ∧ dyd not þt; which was righte in the sighte of þe; LORDE his God, as dyd Dauid his father: for he walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel, ^note Yee and caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre, after the maner of the abhominacions of the Heythen, whom the LORDE droue awaye before the childr&ebar; of Israel. And he dyd sacrifice, and brent incense vpon the hye places, ∧ vpon all hilles, and amonge all grene trees. ^noteThen wente Rezin the kynge of Syria, and Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel vp to Ierusalem to fighte agaynst it, and layed sege to Achas: but they coulde not wynne it. At the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria, brynge ^note Eloth agayne vnto Syria, and thrust þe; Iewes out of Eloth. But the Syrians came ∧ dwelt therin vnto this daye.

B   Neuertheles Achas sent messaungers vnto Teglatphalasser þe; kynge of Assiria, say&ebar;ge: I am thy seruaunt ∧ thy sonne, come vp ∧ helpe me out of þe; hande of the kynge of Syria, ∧ of the kynge of Israel, which are rysen vp agaynst me. And Achas toke the syluer ∧ golde þt; was founde in þe; house of þe; LORDE, ∧ in the treasures of þe; kynges house, ∧ sent a present to þe; kynge of Assiria. ^noteAnd þe; kinge of Assiria c&obar;sented vnto him, ∧ wente vp to Damascon, ∧ wanne it, ∧ caried them awaye vnto Cira, ∧ slewe Rezin. And kynge Achas w&ebar;te to Damascon for to mete Teglatphalasser þe; kynge of Assiria. And wh&abar; he sawe an altare þt; was at Damascon, kynge Achas sent a patrone ∧ symilitude of þe; same altare vnto the prest Vrias, euen as it was made. And Vrias the prest buylded an altare, and made it acordinge as kynge Achas had sent vnto him from Damascon, tyll Achas þe; kynge came from Damascon.

C   And whan þe; kynge came from Damascon, and sawe the altare, he offred theron, ∧ kyndled his burntofferynges and meatofferynges vpon it, and poured his drynkofferinges theron, ∧ caused the bloude of þe; deedofferynges which he offred, to be sprenkled vpon the altare. But the brasen altare that stode before the LORDE, put he awaye, so that it stode not betwene the altare and the house of the LORDE, but set it in the corner on the north syde of the altare.

And Achas the kynge c&obar;maunded Vrias þe; prest, ∧ sayde: Vp&obar; the greate altare shalt thou kyndle þe; burntoffrynge in the mornynge, ∧ the meatoffrynge in the euenynge, ∧ the kynges burntoffrynge ∧ his meatoffrynge, ∧ the burntoffrynge of all the people in the londe, &wt; their meatoffrynge ∧ drynkoffrynge. And all the bloude of the burntofferynges, ∧ all the bloude of the other offrynges shalt thou sprenkle theron: but with the brasen altare wyll I deuyse what I can. Vrias the prest dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge commaunded him.

And kynge Achas brake downe the seates, and put a waye the ^note ketell from aboue, and toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that were there vnder, and set it vpon þe; pauement of stone. And the pulpit for the Sabbath which they had buylded in the house, and þe; entrye of the kynges house turned he vnto the house of the LORDE, for the kynge of Assirias sake.

What more there is to saye of Achas, what he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in þe; Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers, ∧ was buried &wt; his fathers in the cite of Dauid. And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XVII. Chapter.

A   In the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge of Iuda, beg&abar;ne Oseas þe; sonne of Ela to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare, and dyd þt; which was euell in þe; sighte of the LORDE, but not as þe; kynges of Israel þt; were before him. Agaynst him dyd Salmanasar þe; kynge of Assiria come vp. And Oseas was subiecte vnto him, ∧ gaue him trybutes. But wh&abar; þe; kynge of Assiria perceaued þt; Oseas had conspyred ∧ sent messaungers to Sua þe; kynge of Egipte, ∧ payed not trybute yearly to þe; kynge of þe; Assirians, he beseged him ∧ put him in preson. ^noteAnd the kynge of Assiria wente vp in to all the londe and to Samaria, and layed sege vnto it thre yeare. ^noteAnd in the nyenth yeare of Oseas dyd þe; kynge of Assiria wynne Samaria, ^note and caried Israel awaye in to Assiria, and set them at Halah and at Habor by the water Gosan, and in the cities of the Meedes.

B   For whan the childr&ebar; of Israel synned agaynst þe; LORDE their God (þt; broughte th&ebar; out of þe; londe of Egipte, from the h&abar;de of Pharao kynge of Egipte) and serued other goddes: and walked after the customes of

the Heyth&ebar;, whom the LORDE had dryuen out before the children of Israel, and dyd as the kynges of Israel, and prouoked þe; LORDE their God, and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of þe; LORDE their God: namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities, both in castels and stronge cities, and set vp pilers and groues, vpon all hye hilles, and amonge all grene trees, and brent incense there in all þe; hye places, euen as dyd the Heythen, whom the LORDE had cast out before them, ∧ wroughte wicked thinges, wherwith they prouoked the LORDE vnto wrath, ∧ serued the Idols, wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them: ^note Ye shal not do soch a thynge.

C   And whan the LORDE testified in Israel and Iuda by all the prophetes and Seers, sayenge: ^note O turne agayne from youre euell wayes, and kepe my commaundem&ebar;tes and ordynaunces, acordinge to all þe; lawe which I gaue vnto youre fathers, and that I sent vnto you by my seruauntes the prophetes: they wolde not herken, ^note but herdened their neckes, acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers, which beleued not on the LORDE their God. Yee they despysed his ordinaunces and his couenaunt which he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he witnessed amonge them, and walked in their awne vanities, and became vayne folowinge the Heythen, which dwelt rounde aboute them, concernynge whom the LORDE had commaunded them, that they shulde not do as they dyd. Neuertheles they forsoke all the commaundementes of the LORDE their God ^note and made them two molten calues and groues, and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, ∧ serued Baal, and ^note caused their sonnes and doughters to go thorow the fyre, and medled &wt; soythsayers and witches, and gaue them selues ouer to do that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath.

D   Then was the LORDE very wroth at Israel, and put them awaye fr&obar; his presence, so þt; there remayned nomo ^note but onely þe; trybe of Iuda. Nether dyd Iuda kepe the commaundem&ebar;tes of the LORDE their God, but walked after the customes of Israel, which they dyd. Therfore dyd þe; LORDE cast awaye all þe; sede of Israel, and troubled them, and delyuered them in to the handes of the spoylers, tyll he had cast them out of his presence: for Israel was deuyded from the house of Dauid. And they made th&ebar; a kynge, one Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which turned Israel back from þe; LORDE, ∧ caused th&ebar; to synne so sore. Thus walked the childr&ebar; of Israel in all þe; synnes of Ieroboam, which he had done, ∧ departed not fr&obar; them, vntyll þe; LORDE put Israel out of his presence, acordinge as he had spok&ebar; by all his seruauntes þe; prophetes. ^note E   So Israel was caried awaye out of their awne londe to Assiria vnto this (daye.

The kynge of Assiria caused men to come fr&obar; Babilon, from Cutha, fr&obar; Aua, from Hemath ∧ Sepharuaim, ∧ caused th&ebar; to inhabite þe; cities in Samaria in steade of the children of Israel. And they toke possession of Samaria, ∧ dwelt in þe; same cities. But wh&abar; they beg&abar;ne to dwell there, ∧ feared not þe; LORDE, the LORDE sent lyons am&obar;ge th&ebar;, which slewe them. And they caused it be sayde vnto þe; kynge of Assiria: The Heyth&ebar; whom thou hast broughte hither, ∧ caused them to inhabite the cities of Samaria, knowe not the lawe of þe; God of the londe. Therfore hath he sent lyons am&obar;ge them, ∧ beholde, they slaye th&ebar;, because they knowe not the ordinaunce of the God of the londe.

F   The kinge of Assiria c&obar;maunded ∧ saide: Bringe thither one of þe; prestes þt; were caried awaye fr&obar; thence ∧ let him go thither, ∧ dwell there, ∧ teach th&ebar; the ordina&ubar;ce of the God of þe; londe. Then came one of þe; prestes which were caried awaye from Samaria, ∧ dwelt at Bethel, ∧ taughte them how they shulde feare þe; LORDE. But euery people made th&ebar; goddes, ∧ put th&ebar; in the houses vpon þe; hye places, which the Samaritanes had made, euery people &ibar; their cities wherin they dwelt. They of Babil&obar; made Sochoth Benoth. They of Chut made Nergel. They of Hemath made Asima. They of Aua made Nibehas ∧ Tharthak. They of Sepharuaim burnt their sonnes vnto Adramelech and Anamelech þe; goddes of th&ebar; of Sepharuaim.

G   And whyle they feared þe; LORDE, they made prestes in þe; hye places of þe; lowest amonge them, ∧ put them in þe; houses of þe; hye places: thus they feared þe; LORDE, ∧ serued þe; goddes also, acordinge to þe; custome of euery nacion, from whence they were broughte. And vnto this daye do they after þe; olde fashion, so þt; they nether feare þe; LORDE, ner yet kepe their awne ordinaunces and lawes, after the lawe and commaundement that the LORDE c&obar;maunded the childr&ebar; of Iacob, ^note vnto whom he gaue þe; name of Israel, and made a couenaunt with them, and commaunded them, and sayde: ^note Feare none other goddes, and worshipe them not, and serue them not, and offer not vnto them:

but the LORDE which broughte you out of the l&obar;de of Egipte, with greate power and outstretched arme, Him feare, him worshippe, ∧ vnto him do sacrifice: and the statutes, ordinaunces, lawe ∧ c&obar;maundement which he hath caused to be wrytten vnto you, those se that ye kepe, that ye allwaye do therafter, and feare none other goddes. And forget not the couenaunt which he hath made with you, lest ye feare other goddes. But feare þe; LORDE youre God, he shall delyuer you from all youre enemies. Neuertheles they wolde not herken, but dyd after their olde custome.

Thus these Heythen feared the LORDE, and serued their Idols also, and so dyd their children and childers childr&ebar; likewyse. Eu&ebar; as their fathers haue done before them, so do they vnto this daye. The XVIII. Chapter.

A    ^noteIn the thirde yeare of Oseas þe; sonne of Ela kynge of Israel, reigned Ezechias þe; sonne of Achas kynge of Iuda. And he was fyue and twentie yeare olde whan he was made kynge, ∧ reigned nyne ∧ twentye yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Abi the doughter of Zachary. And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, acordinge vnto all as dyd Dauid his father. ^noteHe put awaye the hye places, and brake downe the pilers, ∧ roted out the groues, and brake the brasen serpente ^note which Moses had made. For vnto that tyme had the children of Israel brent inc&ebar;se vnto it. And it was called Nehusthan. He put his trust in the LORDE God of Israel, so that after him there was not his like am&obar;ge all the kynges of Iuda nether had bene before him. He cleued vnto the LORDE, and departed not backe from him, and kepte his commaundementes, which the LORDE had c&obar;maunded Moses. And the LORDE was &wt; him. And whither so euer he w&ebar;te forth, he behaued him selfe wysely. B   He resisted the kyn of Assiria, and was not subdued vnto him. ^noteHe smote the Philistynes also vnto Gasa, and their borders, from the castels vnto the stronge cities.

^noteIn the fourth yeare of Ezechias kynge of Iuda (þt; was the seuenth yeare of Oseas the sonne of Ela kynge of Israel) came Salmanasar the kynge of Assiria vp agaynst Samaria, and layed sege vnto it, and wanne it after thre yeares in the sixte yeare of Ezechias, that is in the nyenth yeare of Oseas kynge of Israel, th&ebar; was Samaria wonne. And the kynge of Assiria caried Israel awaye vnto Assiria, and set them at Halah and Habor by the water Gosan, and in the cities of the Meedes. And all because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God, and had transgressed his couenaunt: And as for all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had commaunded th&ebar;, they had nether herkened vnto eny of those, ner done them.

C    ^noteIn the fourt&ebar;th yeare of kynge Ezechias dyd Sennacherib þe; kynge of Assiria come vp agaynst all the stronge cities of Iuda, ∧ c&obar;quered th&ebar;. Then sent Ezechias the kynge of Iuda to þe; kynge of Assiria vnto Lachis, sayenge: I haue offended, turne back fro me: loke what thou layest vnto me, I wil beare it. Th&ebar; the kynge of Assiria layed vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda, thre hundreth talentes of syluer, ∧ thirtie talentes of golde. ^noteSo Ezechias gaue all þe; slyuer þt; was fo&ubar;de in þe; house of the LORDE, ∧ in the treasures of þe; kynges house. At þe; same tyme brake Ezechias the kynge of Iuda the dores of the t&ebar;ple of þe; LORDE, ∧ the plates of golde which he him selfe had caused to laye ouer th&ebar;, ∧ gaue th&ebar; vnto the kynge of Assiria.

^noteAnd the kynge of Assiria sent Thartan, and the chefe chamberlayne, ∧ the chefe butler from Lachis to kynge Ezechias with a greate power vnto Ierusalem. And they w&ebar;te vp: and whan they came there, they stode styll at the condyte by the ouer pole, which lyeth in the waye vp&obar; the fullers londe, and called vnto the kynge. Th&ebar; came there forth vnto them Eliachim the sonne of Helchias the stewarde, and Sobna the scrybe, ∧ Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretary.

D   And the chefe butler sayde vnto th&ebar;: Tell kynge Ezechias: Thus sayeth þe; greate kynge, eu&ebar; the kynge of Assiria: What presumpcion is this þt; thou trustest vnto? Thinkest thou, þt; thou hast yet councell and power to fighte? Where vnto trustest thou then, that thou art fallen of fro me? Beholde, puttest thou thy trust in this broken staffe of rede, in Egipte? which who leaneth vpon, it shall go into his hande, ∧ pearse it thorow. Euen so is Pharao the kynge of Egipte vnto all them that put their trust in him. But yf ye wolde saye vnto me: We put oure trust in þe; LORDE oure God. Is not that he, whose hye places and altares Ezechias hath tak&ebar; downe, and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusal&ebar;: Before this altare which is at Ierusal&ebar;, shal ye worshippe?

Make a multitude now therfore vnto my lorde the kynge of Assiria, and I wil geue þe;

two thousande horses, let se yf thou be able to man them: how wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes? And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen? But thinkest thou that I came vp hither without þe; LORDE to destroye these cities? The LORDE hath commaunded me: Go vp in to that londe and destroye it.

E   Then sayde Eliachim the sonne of Helchia ∧ Sobna and Ioah vnto the chefe butler: Speake to thy seruauntes in the Syri&abar;s language, for we vnderstonde it, and speake not vnto vs in the Iewes speche before the eares of the people that are vpon the wall. Neuertheles þe; chefe butler sayde vnto th&ebar;: Hath my lorde then sent me vnto thy lorde, or to the, to speake these wordes? Yee euen vnto the men, which syt vpon the wall, that they maye eate their owne donge and drynke their owne stale &wt; you. So the chefe butler stode and cried with loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake and sayde: Heare the worde of the greate kynge the kynge of Assiria. Thus sayeth the kynge: Let not Ezechias disceaue you, for he is not able to delyuer you fro my h&abar;de: ∧ let not Ezechias make you to trust in the LORDE, sayenge: The LORDE shall delyuer vs, and this cite shal not be geuen in to the handes of þe; kynge of Assiria. Folowe not ye Ezechias, for thus sayeth the kynge of Assiria:

F   Do me this blessynge, and come forth vnto me, so shal eueryman eate of his vyne and of his fygge tre, and drynke of his well, tyll I come my selfe and fetch you in to a londe, which is like youre awne l&obar;de, wherin is corne, wyne, bred, vynyardes, oyle trees, oyle and hony, so shal ye lyue, and not dye. Folowe not ye Ezechias, for he disceaueth you, when he sayeth: The LORDE shal delyuer vs. ^noteHaue the goddes of the Heythen delyuered eueryone his londe from the hande of the kynge of Assiria? Where are the goddes of Hemath and Arphad? Where are the goddes of Sepharnaim Hena and Iua? Haue they delyuered Samaria fro my hande? Where is there one god amonge the goddes of all londes, which hath delyuered his londe fro my hande? that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my hande.

As for the people, they helde their peace, and gaue him no answere: for the kynge had commaunded and sayde: Answere him nothinge. Then came Eliachim the sonne of Helchia þe; stewarde, and Sobna the scrybe, and Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes, and tolde him the wordes of the chefe butler. The XIX. Chapter.

A    ^noteWhan Ezechias þe; kynge herde this, he rente his clothes, ∧ put on a sack cloth, ∧ wente in to þe; house of the LORDE, ∧ sent Eliachim the stewarde ∧ Sobna the Scrybe with the Eldest prestes, clothed in sackcloth, vnto the prophet Esay þe; sonne of Amos, ∧ they saide vnto him: Thus sayeth Ezechias: This is a daye of trouble, ∧ of defiaunce ∧ blasphemy. The childr&ebar; are come to the byrth, ∧ there is no strength to be delyuered of them. Yf happly the LORDE thy God wil heare all the wordes of þe; chefe butler, whom his lorde the kynge of Assiria hath sent, to blasphemie þe; lyuynge God, ∧ to defye him with soch wordes as the LORDE thy God hath herde, therfore lifte thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt, which are yet lefte behynde.

B   And wh&abar; kynge Ezechias seruauntes came to Esay, Esay sayde vnto them: Speake thus vnto youre lorde: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Feare not thou the wordes þt; thou hast herde, wherwith the kynge of Assirias seruauntes haue blasphemed me. Beholde, I wil put him in another mynde, so þt; he shall heare tydinges, ∧ go agayne in to his awne countre, ^note and in his awne londe wil I cause him to fall thorow the swerde.

And whan þe; chefe butlar came agayne, he founde the kynge of Assiria fightinge agaynst Libna: for he had herde that he was departed from Lachis. And he herde of Taracha the kynge of the Morians: Beholde, he is gone forth to fighte with the. Then turned he back, ∧ sent messaungers to Ezechias, ∧ caused to saye vnto him: Let not thy God disceaue the, on whom thou trustest ∧ sayest: Ierusalem shal not be geu&ebar; in to the h&abar;de of the kynge of Assiria. Beholde, thou hast herde what the kynges of Assiria haue done vnto all londes, ∧ how they d&abar;ned them, ∧ shalt thou be delyuered? Haue þe; goddes of þe; Heithen delyuered th&ebar;, whom my father destroyed, as Gosan, Haran, Reseph, ∧ the childr&ebar; of Eden which were at Thalassar? Where is þe; kynge of Hemath, þe; kynge of Arphad, ∧ þe; kinge of þe; cite Sepharnaim, Hena ∧ Iua?

C   And whan Ezechias had receaued the letters of the messaungers and had red them, he wente vp vnto the house of the LORDE, and layed them abrode before the LORDE, ∧ made his prayer before the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE God of Israel, thou that syttest vp&obar; the Cherubins, thou onely art God

amonge all þe; kyngdomes of the earth, thou hast made heauen and earth. Enclyne thine eare O LORDE, and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde, and heare the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God. It is true (O LORDE) that the kynges of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde, and haue cast their goddes in the fyre: for they were not Goddes, but þe; worke of m&ebar;s hondes, wodd and stone, therfore haue they destroyed them. But now O LORDE helpe thou vs out of his hande, that all the kyngdomes vpon earth maye knowe, that thou LORDE art God alone.

D   Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto Ezechias, sayenge: Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib þe; kynge of Assiria, I haue herde it. This is it that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him: He hath despysed þe; and mocked the O virgin thou doughter Sion: he hath shak&ebar; his heade at the O doughter Ierusalem. ^noteWhom hast thou despysed ∧ blasphemed? Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce? Eu&ebar; agaynst þe; holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes: thou hast blasphemed þe; LORDE by thy messaungers, and sayde: Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes, vpon the sydes of Libanus. I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees, and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it. I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters, and with þe; soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See.

E   But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo, and haue prepared it from the begynnynge? Now haue I caused it for to come, that contencious stronge cities mighte fall into a waist heape of stones, ∧ they that dwell therin, shal be faynte, and fearfull and a shamed, ^note and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde, and as þe; grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes, that wythereth afore it be growne vp. I knowe thy habitacion, thy out and ingoynge, and that thou ragest agaynst me. For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me, and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares, therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose, and a brydle bytt in thy lippes, and wyll brynge the agayne, euen the same waye thou camest.

F   And let this be a token vnto the O Ezechias. In this yeare eate þt; which is fallen. in the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe: In þe; thirde yeare sowe and reape, and plante vynyardes, and eate the frute therof. And the doughter Iuda which is escaped ∧ remayneth, shall from hence forth take rote beneth, and beare frute aboue. For the remnaunt shal go forth from Ierusalem, ∧ they þt; are escaped, shall go out fro mount Sion. The gelousy of the LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe.

Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge þe; kynge of the Assyrians: He shall not come in to this cite, and shall shute no arowe therin, nether shal there come eny shylde before it, nether shall he dygge eny b&abar;cke aboute it, but shal go agayne the waye that he came, and shall not come in to this cite, sayeth the LORDE: and I wyll defende this cite, to helpe it for myne awne sake, and for my seruaunt Dauids sake.

G   And in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE, and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians, an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men. And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge, beholde, all laye full of deed coarses. ^noteSo Sennacherib the kinge of Assyria brake vp, and departed, and returned, and abode at Niniue. And as he worshipped in þe; house of Nesrach his god, his awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote him with the swerde, and fled in to þe; londe of Ararat. And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XX. Chapter.

A    ^noteAt that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke. And the prophet Esay þe; sonne of Amos, came to him, ∧ sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth þe; LORDE: Set thine house in ordre for thou shalt dye ∧ not lyue. And he turned, his face to the wall, and prayed vnto þe; LORDE, and sayde: Remembre (O LORDE) that I haue walked faithfully before the, ∧ with a perfecte hert, and haue done þt; which is good in thy syghte. And Ezechias wepte sore. But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the cite, þe; worde of þe; LORDE came to him, ∧ sayde: Turne back, ∧ tell Ezechias þe; prynce of my people: Thus sayeth þe; LORDE God of thy father Dauid: I haue herde thy praier, ∧ considered þi; teares. Beholde, I wil heale þe;: on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to þe; house of the LORDE, ∧ fiftene yeares wil I adde vnto þi; life, ∧ wyll delyuer the ∧ this cite from the kynge of Assyria, ∧ this cite wil I defende for myne awne sake, and for my serua&ubar;t Dauids sake. And Esay sayde: Bringe

hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, and it was healed.

B   Ezechias sayde vnto Esay: Which is þe; token, that the LORDE wyll heale me, and that I shal go vp in to the house of þe; LORDE on the thirde daye? Esay sayde: This token shalt thou haue of the LORDE, that the LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde. Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde, or shal it turne ten degrees backwarde? Ezechias sayde: It is an easy thinge for the shadowe to go ten degrees downewarde, þt; is not my mynde: but that it go ten degrees backwarde. Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto the LORDE, ^note and the shadowe wente backe ten degrees in Achas Dyall, which he was descended afore.

^noteAt the same tyme Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon, sent letters and presentes vnto Ezechias, for he had herde that Ezechias had bene sicke. And Ezechias reioysed with them, ∧ shewed them all the house of rotes, the syluer, golde, spyces, and the best oyle, and the house of ordinaunce, and all that was founde in his treasures. There was nothinge in his house and in all his domynion, but Ezechias shewed it them.

C   Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge Ezechias, and sayde vnto him: What haue these men sayde? and whence came they vnto the? Ezechias sayde: They came to me out of a farre countre, euen from Babilon. He sayde: What haue they sene in thyne house? Ezechias sayde: They haue sene all that is in my house, and there is nothynge in my treasures but I haue shewed it them. Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias: Heare the worde of the LORDE: Beholde, ^note the tyme commeth, that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon, and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye, and there shall nothinge be lefte, sayeth the LORDE. ^noteYee and the children which come of the, whom thou shalt beget, shalbe taken awaye, to be chamberlaynes in the kynge of Babilons palace. Ezechias sayde vnto Esay: It is good that the LORDE hath spoken. And he sayde morouer: Let there be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme.

What more there is to saye of Ezechias, and all his power, and what he dyd, and of the pole and water condyte, wher by he conueyed water in to the cite, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. ^noteAnd Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers, and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XXI. Chapter.

A    ^noteManasses was twolue yeare olde, whan he was made kinge, and reigned fyue and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Hephziba. And he dyd that which was euell in þe; sight of the LORDE (euen after the abhominaci&obar;s of the Heithen, whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel) and waxed frowarde, ^note and builded vp the hye places which his father Ezechias had destroyed, and sett vp Baals altares, and made groues (as Achab the kynge of Israel dyd) and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, and serued them. And buylded altares in the LORDES house, wherof the LORDE sayde: I wyll set my name at Ierusalem. And in both the courtes of the house of the LORDE buylded he altares vnto all the hoost of heau&ebar;. And ^note caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre, and regarded byrdes cryenge and tokens, and maynteyned soythsayers, and expounders of tokens, and so moch dyd he of this which was euell in the sight of the LORDE, that he prouoked him vnto wrath.

B   A groue Idol also which he had made, set he in the house, wherof the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne: In this house, and at Ierusalem ( ^note which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel) wil I set my name for euer, and wyl not cause þe; fote of Israel to be remoued eny more from the londe, which I gaue vnto their fathers, yee so that they obserue and do acordynge vnto all that I haue charged them, and after all the lawe that my seruaunt Moses c&obar;maunded them. Neuertheles they wolde not herken, but Manasses disceaued them, so þt; they dyd worse then the Heithen, whom the LORDE expelled before þe; children of Israel.

Then spake the LORDE by his seruauntes the prophetes, and saide: Because that Manasse the kynge of Iuda hath gone these abhominacions, which are worse then all þe; abhominacions that the Amorites haue done which were before them, and hath caused Iuda also to synne agaynst their God, therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: C    ^note Beholde, I wyll brynge soch a plage vpon Ierusalem and Iuda, that who so euer heareth it, both his eares shal glowe, and ouer Ierusalem wyll I stretch forth the lyne of Samaria, and the weighte of the house of Achab, and wyll wype out Ierusalem, euen as one wypeth a platter, and I wyl ouerthrowe it.

And þe; remnaunt of myne inheritaunce wil I cast out, ∧ scater them abrode, ∧ wil delyuer them in to the h&abar;des of their enemies, to be spoyled and rent of all their enemies: because they haue done þt; which is euell in my sighte, ∧ haue prouoked me vnto wrath, sence the daye that I broughte their fathers out of Egipte, vnto this daye. D   Manasses also shed exceadinge moch innoc&ebar;t bloude, so longe tyll Ierusal&ebar; was full on euery syde, without the synnes wherwith he caused Iuda for to synne, so þt; they dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE.

What more there is to saie of Manasses, and all that he dyd, and his synnes which he commytted, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And Manasses fell on slepe with his fathers, and was buried in the garden besyde his house, namely, in the garden of Vsa, and Amon his sonne was kynge in his steade.

^noteTwo and twentye yeare olde was Amon whan he was made kynge, ∧ he reigned two yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Mesumeleth, þe; doughter of Harus of Iatba, and he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, as Manasses his father had done, E   and walked in all the waye which his father walked, and serued the Idols which his father had serued, and worshipped them, and forsoke the LORDE the God of his father, and walked not in the waye of the LORDE.

And his seruauntes conspyred agaynst Amon, ∧ slewe the kynge in his house. But the people of the londe slewe all them þt; had c&obar;spyred agaynst kynge Amon. And the people of the londe made Iosias his sonne kynge in his steade. As for other thinges that Amon dyd, beholde, they are wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And he was buried in his graue in Vsas gard&ebar;. And Iosias his sonne was kynge in his steade. The XXII. Chapter.

A    ^noteIosias was eight yeare olde wh&abar; he was made kynge, ∧ reigned one and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Iedida the doughter of Adaia of Bascath, and he dyd that which was righte in þe; sighte of the LORDE, and walked in all þe; waye of Dauid his father, ∧ turned not asyde, nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte.

^noteAnd in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias, the kynge sent Saphan þe; sonne of Asalia the sonne of Mesulam the scrybe, in to þe; house of the LORDE, and sayde: ^note Go vp to Helchias the hye prest, that the money that is brought vnto þe; house of þe; LORDE (which the tresholde kepers haue gathered of þe; people) maye be delyuered vnto them, that they maye geue it to the workmen which are appoynted in the house of the LORDE, ∧ to geue it vnto the labourers in the house (þt; they maye repayre the decaye of the house) namely, vnto the carpenters, and buylders, ∧ masons, and to them þt; bie timber ∧ fre stone for the repairinge of the house: but so þt; there be no accomptes taken of them concernynge the money, that is vnder their hande, but þt; they deale withall vpon credence.

B   And Helchias þe; prest sayde vnto Saph&abar; the scrybe: ^note I haue founde the boke of the lawe in the house of the LORDE. And Helchias gaue the boke vnto Saphan, that he might reade it. And Saphan the scrybe bare it vnto the kynge, and brought him worde agayne, ∧ sayde: Thy seruauntes haue gathered together þe; money þt; was founde in the house, ∧ haue delyuered it vnto the workm&ebar;, which are appoynted in þe; house of the LORDE. And Saphan the scrybe tolde the kynge and sayde: Helchias the prest hath delyuered me a boke, and Saphan red it before the kynge.

But whan the kinge herde the wordes of the boke of lawe, he rente his clothes. And the kynge c&obar;maunded Helchias the prest, ∧ Ahicam the sonne of Saphan, ∧ Achbor the sonne of Michaia, and Saphan the scribe, ∧ Asaia þe; kynges seruaunt, and sayde: Go yo&highr; waye and axe councell at the LORDE for me, ^note for the people, and for all Iuda, concernynge the wordes of this boke that is founde: C   for greate is the wrath of the LORDE that is kyndled ouer vs, because o&highr; fathers haue not herkened vnto the wordes of this boke, to do all that is wrytten vnto vs therin.

Then wente Helchias the prest, and Ahicam, Achbor, Saphan ∧ Asaia vnto Hulda the prophetisse þe; wife of Sell&ubar; the sonne of Thecua the sonne of Harham the keper of þe; clothes, and she dwelt at Ierusalem in the seconde porte, and they spake vnto her. And she sayde vnto them: Thus sayeth þe; LORDE God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you vnto me, Thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, I wil brynge euell vpon this place, and the inhabiters therof, euen all the wordes of þe; lawe which the kynge hath caused to be red, because they haue forsaken me, and brent incense vnto other goddes, to prouoke me vnto wrath with all the workes of their handes. Therfore is my wrath kindled agaynst this cite, and shall not be quenched.

D   But tell this vnto the kynge of Iuda, which hath sent you to axe councell at the LORDE: Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: Because thine hert is not departed fr&obar; the wordes which thou hast herde, and hast humbled thyselfe before the LORDE, to heare what I haue spoken agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof (how that they shall become a very desolacion and curse) ∧ hast rente thy clothes, and wepte before me, I haue herde it, sayeth the LORDE: ^note therfore wyll I gather the vnto thy fathers, so þt; thou shalt be put in to thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not se all the euell that I wyll brynge vpon this place. And they brought the kynge worde agayne. The XXIII. Chapter.