AnoteAnd Iosias helde the feast of
Easter in Ierusalem vnto the
LORDE, and slewe þe; Passeouer
the xiiij. daye of the first moneth.
He set þe; prestes also in ordre
(acord&ibar;ge to their daylie courses) beynge
arayed in longe garm&ebar;tes in the t&ebar;ple of the
LORDE. And he spake vnto the Leuites the
holy ministers of Israel, that they shulde halowe
them selues vnto the LORDE, to set the
holy arke of the LORDE, in the house that kynge
Salom&obar; the sonne of Dauid had buylded
and sayde: Ye shal nomore beare the Arke vpon
yo&highr; shulders. Now serue yoo&highr; LORDE, ∧
take the charge of his people of Israel, after
youre vyllagies and youre trybes: acordinge
as kynge Dauid the kynge of Israel hath ordened,
∧ acordinge as Salomon his sonne
hath honorably prepared: Yee loke þt; ye all
do seruyce in the temple, acordinge to the ordringe
and distribucion of the pryncipall m&ebar;
which are appoynted out of the trybes, to do
seruyce for the childr&ebar; of Israel. noteKyll þe; Passeouer,
∧ prepare offeringes for yo&highr; brethren,
and do accordinge to the commaundem&ebar;t of
þe; LORDE, which he gaue vnto Moses. And
vnto þe; people þt; was fo&ubar;de, Iosias gaue xxx.
thousande of shepe, lambes, kyddes and goates,
∧ thre thousande ox&ebar;. These the kynge (of
his kyngly liberalite) gaue vnto the people,
acordinge as he had promysed: ∧ to the prestes
(for the Passeouer) he gaue two thousande
shepe ∧ an hundreth ox&ebar;. Morouer Iechonias
∧ Semeias and Nathanael brethren, ∧
Hasabias, Iehiel and Iosabad, gaue them
to the Passeouer, fyue thousande shepe and
fyue hundreth bullockes.
And whan these thinges were brought to
passe, the prestes and the Leuites stode goodly
in their ordre, and had the vnleuended
bred thorow out þe; trybes. And after the ordringe
of the pryncipall men in the trybes,
they offred vnto the LORDE in the sight of
the people, acordinge as it is wrytten in the
boke of Moses, note ∧ so they rosted the Easterlambe
as acordinge was. As for the th&abar;kofferinges
∧ the other, they dight th&ebar; in kettels ∧
pottes, ∧ sett them before the people &wt; good
will, and afterwarde before them selues and
the prestes. For the prestes offred the fatt, vntyll
the tyme was expyred, but the Leuites
prepared for them selues ∧ for their brethren
the childr&ebar; of Aaron. The syngers also þe; children
of Asaph. stode in their ordre, acordinge
as Dauid had deuysed. So dyd Asaph, Zachary
∧ Iedith&ubar;, which were appoynted by the
kynge. Morouer the porters ∧ dorekepers stode
by the dores ∧ þt; diligently, so þt; none wente
out of his stondinge ∧ seruyce: for their brethren
(the Leuites) prepared for them. Thus
were all thinges perfourmed, that belonged
to the offringe of the LORDE. In that daye
they helde the Passeouer, ∧ offred thankofferinges
besyde þe; sacrifice of þe; LORDE, acordinge
to þe; c&obar;maundement of kynge Iosias.
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C So the children of Israel which were th&ebar;
present helde an honorable Passeouer, ∧ the
feast of swete bred vij: dayes l&obar;ge. Yee soch a
Passeouer was not kepte in Israel, from þe; tyme
of the prophet Samuel. And all the kynges
of Israel helde not soch an Easter, as
this which kynge Iosias helde, ∧ þe; prestes, þe;
leuites, þe; Iewes ∧ all Israel, of all th&ebar; þt; were
at Ierusal&ebar;. In þe; xviij: yeare of þe; raigne of
Iosias was this Passeouer kepte. And &wt; a
parfecte hert dyd kynge Iosias ordre all his
workes (before þe; LORDE) ∧ þe; thinges þt; were
wrytt&ebar; of h&ibar; in tymes past, c&obar;cernynge those
þt; synned ∧ were vngodly agaynst þe; LORDE
before all people, ∧ þt; sought not the worde of
þe; LORDE vpon Israel. After all these actes
of kynge Iosias, Pharao þe; kynge of Egipte
w&ebar;te vp, note ∧ came towarde Carcamis by Euphrates,
∧ Iosias w&ebar;te to mete h&ibar;. Then sent
the kynge of Egipte vnto Iosias, sayenge:
what haue I to do &wt; þe;, o kynge of Iuda? I
am not sent of þe; LORDE to fight agaynst þe;,
for my warre is vp&obar; Euphrates, go thou þi;
waye home agayne in all þe; haist. And Iosias
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wolde not turne agayne vpon his charet,
but vndertoke to fight agaynst him, ∧ herkened
not vnto þe; worde of þe; prophet, which
he tolde him out of the mouth of God, but
pitched a battaill agaynst him in þe; felde of
Mageddo. And the prynces preassed to kynge
Iosias. Then sayde the kynge vnto his
seruauntes: note Cary me awaye out of the battayll,
for I am sore wounded. And immediatly
his seruauntes toke him awaye out of the
front of the battayll. Then satt he vp vpon
the sec&obar;de charett, came to Ierusal&ebar;, dyed, ∧
was buried in his fathers sepulcre. And in
all Iewry they mourned for Iosias, yee the
rulers also &wt; their wyues made lam&ebar;tacion
for him vnto this daye: And this was done
euer still in Israel.
D These thinges are written in the boke of
of the stories of þe; kynges of Iuda: namely,
all the actes ∧ workes of kynge Iosias, his
kyngly power ∧ maiesty, his vnderstandinge
in the lawe of God, ∧ what he dyd, yee
thinges which are not wrytt&ebar; in the boke of
the kynges of Israel ∧ Iuda. noteAnd þe; people
toke Iechonias the sonne of Iosias, ∧ made
him kynge in þe; steade of Iosias his father,
whan he was xxxiij. yeare olde. And he raigned
ouer Israel thre monethes. And the kinge
of Egipte put him downe, þt; he shulde not
raigne in Ierusal&ebar;, ∧ raysed vp a taxinge of
the people: namely, an C. talentes of syluer
∧ one tal&ebar;t of golde. The kinge of Egipte also
made Ioachim his brother kynge of Iuda
∧ Ierusal&ebar;. As for th&ebar; of the kinges councell
&wt; the kynge himself and Zaraceles his
brother, he toke th&ebar;, ∧ caried th&ebar; awaye presoners
in to Egipte. Fyue ∧ twentie yeare olde
was Ioachim, whan he was made kynge
in the londe of Iuda and Ierusalem, and he
dyd euell before the LORDE. E After this, Nabuchodonosor
þe; kynge of Babyl&obar; came vp,
bounde him &wt; bandes of yron, ∧ caried him
vnto Babil&obar;. note Nabuchodonosor also toke all
þe; vessell þt; were halowed in the t&ebar;ple of the
LORDE, ∧ all þe; Iewels, ∧ caried th&ebar; vnto Babilon,
∧ brought th&ebar; in to his owne t&ebar;ple at
Babilon. Of his vnclennes ∧ vngodlynes, it
is writt&ebar; in þe; boke of the actes of þe; kynges.
And Ioachim his sonne raigned in his steade:
He was made kynge beinge xviij. yeare olde,
∧ raigned but thre monethes ∧ x. dayes in
Ierusal&ebar;, ∧ dyd euell before the LORDE. So
after a yeare, Nabuchodonosor sent ∧ caused
him be brought vnto Babilon &wt; þe; holy vessels
of þe; LORDE, ∧ made Sedechias his brother
kynge of Iuda and Ierusal&ebar;, whan he
was xxj. yeare olde: and he raigned xj. yeare.
And he dyd euell also in þe; sight of þe; LORDE,
∧ cared not for þe; wordes þt; were spok&ebar; vnto
h&ibar; by þe; prophet Ieremy at þe; mouth of the
LORDE. noteAnd where as he had made on ooth
vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor, he manswore
himself, ∧ fell fr&obar; him hauynge a stiff neck ∧
hert, ∧ tr&abar;sgressed all þe; statutes ∧ ordinaunces
of the LORDE God of Israel. The rulers
also ∧ heades of þe; people of the LORDE dyd
moch euell, ∧ became vngodly, more th&ebar; the
Heithen, beynge defyled in all maner of abhominaci&obar;s:
Yee ∧ defyled þe; holy t&ebar;ple of the
LORDE at Ierusal&ebar;. F And the God of their fathers
sent his messaungers vnto th&ebar;, to turne
them backe ∧ to call th&ebar; agayne fr&obar; their
synnes: for he wolde fayne haue spared th&ebar;
for his holy tabernacles sake. Neuertheles,
they had his messaungers in derision: ∧ loke
what God spake vnto th&ebar; by his prophetes,
they made but a sporte of it. This drew on so
longe, tyll the LORDE was wroth &wt; his people
for their vngodlynes, ∧ tyll he caused the
kinges of þe; Caldees to come vp, which slew
their yonge men &wt; the swerde, yee euen in the
compasse of their holy t&ebar;ple, ∧ spared no body,
nether yonge ner olde, nether mayden ner
yonge man: but they were all delyuered in to
the power of the kynges of þe; Caldees, ∧ all
the holy vessels of the LORDE and the kynges
treasures toke they, ∧ caried them vnto Babilon.
noteAs for the house of the LORDE, they br&ebar;t
it, ∧ brake downe the walles of Ierusal&ebar;, set
fyre vpon hir towres, destroyed all hir noble
buyldinges and brought them to naught,
and the people that were not slayne with the
swerde, they caried vnto Babilon.
Thus became they þe; presoners ∧ b&obar;de m&ebar;
of þe; kynge of Babilon, tyll they were delyuered
∧ raygned for them selues, when the wordes
of the LORDE were fulfilled, which he
promysed them by the mouth of the prophet
Ieremy, and tyll the londe had hir rest: note namely,
all the tyme þt; it laye wayest, had it rest ∧
quyetnes lxxvij. yeares.
