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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxiij. Chapter. ¶ The last communicacyon of Dauid, and the descripcyon of the myghty men to hym belongynge.

A   These be &rhand; the last sayinges of Dauid. Dauid the sonne of Isay sayde. And the m&abar; (which was made, the anoynted of the God of Iacob, and the noble Psalmist of Israel) sayde: þe; sprete of the Lorde spake by me, ∧ his worde was in my tonge. The God of Israel spake &rhand; of me, euen þe; most myghtie of Israel, sayde: he þt; beareth rule ouer m&ebar;, ought to rule iustlye in þe; feare of God. And as þe; mornynge lyght when the sonne is vp, a mornynge in whych are no cloudes to lett the bryghtnesse, and as the grasse of the erth is by the vertue of the rayne. &rhand; Shall not my house be so &wt; God? noteFor he hath made with me an euerlastinge couenaunt, perfecte and sure in all poyntes ∧ this is truly all my health ∧ all my desire þt; it growe but not as grasse. But þe; vngodly m&abar; of Belial shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp, which can not be taken &wt; handes: But the man that shall touche them, must haue yron, or a longe helue. noteOr els must they be burnt with fyre in the same place.

B   These be the names of the myghtye men whom Dauid had: &rhand; one þt; satt in þe; seat of wisdome, be&ibar;ge chefest am&obar;ge thre, pleasa&ubar;t was he and stronge: he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. After him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre

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Dauids Captayns worthies &wt; Dauid, which defyed the Phylistines that were there geathered together to battell: wh&abar; the men of Israel were gone vp. He arose ∧ layed on the Philistines, vntyll hys hande was werye, and claue vnto the swerde. And the Lorde gaue great victorye the same daye. And the people (whych had fled) returned, and went after him to runne to the spoyle. After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite: and the Philistines geathered together besyde a towne. (Where was a parcell of lande full of ryce) and the people fled from the Philistines. But he stode in the myddes of the grounde, and defended it, and slue the Philistines. And the the Lorde gaue great victorye.

noteThese thre (which were of the thirtye chefe captaynes) went downe to Dauid in þe; haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam, ∧ the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valeye of Geauntes. C   And Dauid was then in an holde. And the Soudioures of the Philistines were in Bethlehem. And Dauid longed and sayde. Oh, that I had of the water that is in the well by the gate of Bethlehem, for to drincke. And the thre myghtie brake thorowe the Host of the Philistines, ∧ fett water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and toke and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse he wolde not dryncke therof, but offered it vnto the Lorde, and sayde: the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so. Is not this the bloude of the men that wente in ieopardye of their lyues? and therfore he wolde not dryncke it. And these thinges dyd these thre myghtie men. noteAbisai the brother of Ioab, þe; sonne of Saruiah, was chefe am&obar;ge the thre, and he lyfte vp hys speare agaynst thre hundred, ∧ slue them, and had the name amonge the thre. For he was nobler man then the thre and was their captayne. Howbeit he attayned not vnto (the fyrst) thre.

And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada (þe; sonne of a myghtie man) valyant in actes, of kabzeel, slue two stronge ly&obar;s, euen ly&obar;s of Moab. He went downe also, ∧ slue a lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe. And he slue an Egypcyan, a goodly bygge man, which had a speare in his hande. But he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egypcians hande, and slue him &wt; hys awne speare. D   These thynges did Banaiahu the s&obar;ne of Iehoiada, ∧ had the name am&obar;ge the thre worthies. He was honorable am&obar;ge thirtye, but he attayned not to þe; (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell. Asahel the brother of Ioab also was one of the thirtye. Then Elhan&abar; the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem: S&abar;ma the haronite: Elica the Harodite: Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Akes the Thekoite: Abiezer of Anathoth: Meobnai the Husathite: Zelmon an Ahohite: Dauids Captayns Maharai the Netophatite: Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite: Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of an hill of the chyldr&ebar; of Beniamin: Banaiahu the Phiratonite: Hedai, of the ryuer of Gaas: Abialbon the Arbathite: Asmaueth a Barhumite: Elihaba a Saalbonite: and the sonnes of Iasen, Ionathas. Samma the Hararite. Ahiam the sonne of Sarar an Hararite: Eliphelet the sonne of Aasbai the sonne of a Maachathite: Eliam the sonne of Aithophel the Gilonite: Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba: Bani the Gadite: Zelec an Amonite: Naharai a Berothyte, which was the harnesberer of Ioab þe; sonne of Zaruia. Ira the Iethrite: Gareb þe; Iethrite Uria the Hethite, thirtye ∧ seuen in all.
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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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