B   And Elia sayde vnto him. Elisa, tary here I praye the, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho. He sayde: as surely as the Lord lyueth and as surely as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the, ∧ so they came to Iericho. And the chyldren of the prophetes þt; were at Iericho came to Elisa and sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, that the Lord will take a waye thy master from thy head thys daye? He answered: I knowe it also, holde ye your peace. And Elia sayde vnto him: tarye I praye the here, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordan. He sayde: as surely as the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue þe;. And so they two went togeather. And fyftie men of the sonnes of þe; prophetes came and stode on þe; other syde afarre of, and they two stode by Iordan.

And Elia toke his mantell and wrapte it together, ∧ smote the waters, and they were deuided, parte the one waye ∧ parte þe; other, so that they two went ouer thorowe drye lande. And it fortuned, that as sone as they were ouer, Elia sayd vnto Elisa: aske what I shall do for the, yer I be tak&ebar; awaye from the. And Elisa sayde: I praye the &rhand; let thy sprete be dowble vp&obar; me. And he sayde: thou hast asked an hard thynge. Neuerthelesse, yf thou se me whan I am taken a waye fr&obar; the thou shalt haue it so: yf thou do not, it shall not be. And it fortuned, þt; as they went walkyng and talkynge: beholde, there appeared a charet of fyre and horsses of fyre, and parted them both a sondre. ^note C   And Elia went vp thorowe the whorlewinde into heau&ebar;. And Elisa, sawe, ∧ cryed: O my father, O my father, the charet of Israel and the horsemen therof, and he sawe him nomoare: ∧ he toke his awne clothes, ∧ rent them in two peces.

He toke vp also the mantell of Elia that fell from him, ∧ went backe agayne ∧ stode by Iordans syde, ∧ toke the mantell of Elia (that fell from him,) and smote the waters (and they parted not asunder,) and he sayd: where is the Lorde God of Elia, and he him selfe? And when he had smyten the waters, they

Iehoram parted this waye ∧ that waye, ∧ Elisa went ouer. And whan the chyldren of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe hym from a farre, they sayde: the spryte of Elia doth rest on Elisa, and they came to mete him, and fell to the gro&ubar;de before him, ∧ sayde vnto him. Se: there be with thy serua&ubar;tes fyftie str&obar;ge men &rhand; let them go ∧ seke thy master: happlye the spryte of the Lorde hath taken hym vp, and cast hym vpon some mountayne or in to some valeye. And he sayde. Ye shall sende none. And whan they laye vpon him tyll he was ashamed, he sayde. Send. They sent therfore fyftye men, which sought him thre dayes and thre nyghtes, but founde him not. And whan they came agayne to him, which taryed at Iericho, he sayde vnto th&ebar;: dyd I not saye vnto you, that ye shulde not go?

D   And the men of the cytie sayde vnto Elisa beholde, Syr, the dwellynge of this cytie is pleasaunt as thou thy selfe seest: but the water is naught ∧ the gro&ubar;de baren. He sayde. Brynge me a new cruse, and put salt therin. And they brought it to him. And he w&ebar;t vnto the springe of the waters, and cast the salt in thither, ∧ sayde: thus sayth þe; Lorde. I haue healed this water, ther shall not come h&ebar;ceforthe ether deeth or barennesse. So þe; waters were healed vnto this daye, accordinge to the sayinge of Eliseus, which he spake.

And he went vp fr&obar; thence vnto Bethel. And as he was goinge vp the waye, there came lytle chyldr&ebar; out of the cytie, ∧ mocked him, ∧ sayd vnto him. Go vp thou bald heed, go vp thou bald heed. And he turned backe, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lorde. And there came two she Beares out of that woodd ∧ tare .xlii. chyldren of them. And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he turned agayne to Samaria. ¶ The .iij. Chapter. ¶ The kynges of Israel, Iuda and Edom lacke water, which they obtayne throughe the prayer of Eliseus. The kynge of Moab fighteth against Israel.

A   Iehoram the sonne of Ahab beganne to raygne vpon Israel in Samaria the .xviij. yere of Iehosaphat kynge of Iuda, and raygned twelue yeres. And he wrought euell in the syght of the Lorde: but not lyke his father and lyke his mother, for he put a waye þe; ymages of Baal, that his father had made. Neuerthelesse, he &rhand; cleaued vnto the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat (which made Israel to synne) and departed not ther from.

And Mesa kynge of Moab was a Lorde of shepe, and rendered vnto the kynge of Israel an hundred thousande lambes ∧ an hundred thousande rammes with þe; wolle. But whan Ahab was deed, it fortuned, that the kynge of Moab rebelled agaynst the kynge of Israel. And kynge Iehoram went out of Samaria the same ceason, and nombred all Israell, ∧ w&ebar;t, ∧ sent to Iehosaphat þe; kynge of Iuda, sayinge: the kynge of Moab hath offended agaynst me, wilt thou come &wt; me agaynst Moab to battell? He answered: I wyll come vp, for as I am, so art þu; &rhand; and as my people be, so are thy people, ∧ thy horses as myne. And he sayde. What waye shall we go vp? And he answered. The waye thorowe the wildernesse of Edom.

B   And so the kynge of Israel toke his iourneye, and the kynge of Iuda, ∧ the kynge of Edom. And when they had c&obar;passed þe; waye seuen dayes, they had no water for the hoost and for the cattell that folowed them. And þe; kynge of Israel sayde. Alas, þe; Lorde hath called these thre kynges together, to delyuer th&ebar; ouer into the hande of Moab. But Iehosaphat sayde: ^note is there not here a prophet of the Lorde, that we maye enquyre of þe; Lorde by him? And one of the kynge of Israels seruauntes answered and sayde: here is Elisa þe; sonne of Saphat, which &rhand; powred water on the h&abar;des of Elia. And Iehosaphat sayde Is not the worde of the Lorde &wt; hym? And so the kynge of Israel, ∧ Iehosaphat and the kynge of Edom went downe to him.

And Elisa sayde vnto the kynge of Israel. what haue I to do with the? Get the, to the prophetes of thy father, and to the prophetes of thy mother. And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto him. &rhand; Oh naye, For the Lorde hath called these thre kynges together to delyuer th&ebar; into the h&abar;de of Moab. And Elisa sayde: as sure as þe; Lord of Hostes lyueth (in whose syght I stand) and it were not þt; I regarde þe; presence of Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda, I wolde not loke towarde the, nor yet se the. But nowe bringe me a mynstrell. And wh&abar; the mynstrell played, the hande of the Lorde came vp&obar; him. C   And he sayde. Thus sayeth þe; Lorde. Make this playne grounde full of diches. For thus sayth the Lorde: ye shall se nether wynde nor rayne, ∧ yet the broke shalbe fylled &wt; water, that ye maye dryncke, both ye, and youre beastes, and youre catell. And this is yet but a small thynge in the syght of the Lorde, for asmoch as he will geue ouer þe; Moabites also into youre handes. And ye shall smyte euery stronge towne, and euery goodlye cytie, and shall fell euery pleasaunt tree, and stoppe euery well of water, and marre euery good platte of gro&ubar;de with stones. And in the morninge, whan the meateofferynge was offred, it fortuned, that there came water by the waye from Edom, and the contreye was fylled with water.

And when all the Moabites hearde þt; the kynges were come vp to fyght agaynst th&ebar;, they gathered all to geather, fr&obar; þe; youngest

The Sunamite that was able to put on harnesse and so vpwarde, and stode in the border of the lande.

And they were vp early in the morninge and the sonne shone vpon the water, that the Moabites sawe the water a farre of as red as bloude, and they sayde. This is þe; bloude of slaughter: the kynges are slayne and one hath smytt&ebar; another. Nowe therfore Moab gett the to the spoyle. And wh&ebar; they came to the Hoste of Israel, D   the Israelytes stode vp and smote the Moabites, so that they fledd before them, but they folowed vpon them, ∧ smote Moab. And they ouerthrewe the cyties, ∧ on euery good parcell of l&abar;de, cast euery m&abar; his stone, and fylled it, and they stopte all the welles of waters, and felde all þe; good trees. Onely &rhand; in the cytie of brick left they the stones therof: howbeit they went aboute it with slynges, and smote it.

And when the kynge of Moab sawe, that the battell was sore agaynst him, he toke &wt; him seuen hundred men that drew þe; swerde to haue gone thorowe, euen vnto þe; kynge of Ed&obar;: but they coulde not. And then he toke his eldest sonne (that shulde haue raygned in his steade) ∧ offered him for a burnt offering vpon the wall. And ther was great indignacyon agaynst Israel, and they departed from him, and returned to their awne lande. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter. &cross2; ¶ God geueth a certen poore woman oyle ∧ floure by Heliseus. Heliseus (whom the text calleth Elisa) obtayneth of God a chylde for hys hostesse: which dyeth and is after raysed to lyfe. He maketh sweete the porage: and multiplieth the loafes.

A   And there cryed a certen woman &rhand; of the wyues of the prophetes vnto Elisa, sayinge: thy seruaunt my husb&abar;de is deed, and thou knowest, that thy seruaunt dyd feare the Lorde.

And the creditor is come, to fett my two sonnes, to be his bondemen. Elisa sayde vnto her. Tell me what shall I do for þe;? What hast thou in thyne house? She sayde, thyne handmayde hath nothinge at all in þe; house, saue a pitcher with oyle. He sayde vnto her: Go ∧ borowe vessell for the, of them that are without euen of all thy neyboures, emptie vesselles and that not a fewe. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shutt the dore after the and after thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vesselles, and sett asyde þt; which is full.

B   And so the woman went from him, and shutt the dore after her and after her sonnes. And they brought to her, ∧ she powred out. And it came to passe, that when the vesselles were full, she sayde vnto her sonne: brynge me yet a vessell. And he sayde vnto her: I haue no mo. And the oyle ceased. Then she came, and tolde the man of God. And he sayde: go ∧ sell the oyle, ∧ paye th&ebar; þt; thou art in dett vnto, but lyue þu; ∧ thy chyldren of þe; rest. &cross3; Elisa

And it fell on a daye, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was &rhand; a great woman, þt; toke him in, for to eate breed. And so it came to passe, that fr&obar; that tyme forth (as ofte as he came þt; waye) he turned in thither to eate breed. And she sayde vnto her husb&abar;de. Beholde, I perceaue, that this is a holy man of God, that c&obar;meth so oft by oure place. Lett vs make him a chambre (I praye the) with walles, ∧ let vs set him there a beed, ∧ a table, a stole ∧ a candelsticke: that he maye turne in thyther when he commeth to vs.

C   And it fortuned on a daye, þt; he came thither ∧ turned into the chambre, ∧ laye there in, and sayde to Gehezi his serua&ubar;t: call this Sunamite. And whan he called her, she presented hyr selfe before hym. And agayne he sayde vnto him: Tell her. Beholde, thou hast bene carefull for vs, and hast made all thys prouisi&obar;. What shall we nowe do for þe;? Woldest thou be spoken for to the kynge or to the captayne of the Hoste? She answered &rhand; I dwell amonge myne awne people. And he sayde agayne, what is to be done for her? Ge hezi answered. Uerely she hath no chylde, ∧ her husbande is olde. And he sayde: call her. And whan he had called her, she stode in the dore. And he sayde ^note by soch a tyme, and as sone as the frute can liue, thou shalt embrace a sonne. And she sayde: Oh naye my Lorde, þu; m&abar; of God, do not lye vnto thine h&abar;dmayd. And the wyfe conceaued, and bare a sonne þt; same ceason that Eliseus had sayde vnto her as sone as the frute coulde haue lyfe.

And when the chylde was growne, it fell on a daye, that he w&ebar;t out to his father, and to the reapers. And he sayde vnto hys father, my heed, my heed. And he sayd to a lad. D   Carye him to his mother. And whan he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sate on her knees tyll none, and then dyed. And she went vp, and layde him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the dore about him, and went out, and called vnto her husbande and sayde: sende with me (I praye þe;) one of the younge m&ebar; ∧ one of the Asses, For I wyll runne to the man of God, and come agayne. And he sayde: wherfore wylt thou go to him seinge that to daye is nether newe mone nor Saboth daye. She answered: For health. Then she sadelled an Asse, ∧ sayde to hir seruaunt: leade a waye the asse, and make her not to go slowly (because I ryde vpon her) but whan I byd the.

&cross2; And so she went ∧ came vnto the man of God, to mount Carmel. And it fortuned: that when the m&abar; of God sawe her farre of, he sayde to Gehezi his serua&ubar;t. Beholde, y&obar;der is the Sunamite. R&ubar;ne therfore to mete her, and saye vnto her: Is all well with the and with thy husb&abar;de, ∧ with the ladd? And she answered. All is well. And wh&ebar; she came

Elisa to the man of God vp to the hyll, she caught him by the fete. But Gehezi went to her, to thrust her awaye. And þe; man of God sayde: let her alone, for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hidd it from me, and hath not tolde it me. Then she sayde: dyd I desyre a sonne of my Lorde? dyd I not require the, that thou shuldest not disceaue me?

Then he sayde to Gehezi: ^note gyrde vp thy loynes, and take my staffe in thyne h&abar;de, and go thy waye. ^noteIf þu; mete anye m&abar; &rhand; salute him not. And yf any salute the, answere him not agayne. And laye my staffe vp&obar; the face of the chylde. And the mother of the chylde sayde: ^note as sure as the Lorde lyueth, ∧ as thy soule liueth. I will not leaue þe;. And he arose and folowed her. Gehezi went before them, ∧ layed the staffe vpon the face of the chylde. But there was nether voyce nor any feling. Wherfore he went agayne to mete him, and tolde him, sayinge: the childe is not awaked.

And when Elisa was come into þe; house: Beholde, the chylde was deed and layde vp&obar; his bed. He went in therfore, ∧ shut the dore to the ladd and him, and prayed vnto þe; Lorde. ^note F   And went vp ∧ laye vp&obar; the ladd, ∧ put his mouth on his mouth, ∧ his eyes vp&obar; his eyes, ∧ his handes vpon his h&abar;des, and wh&abar; he so laye vpon the chylde, the flesshe of the chylde waxed warme. And &rhand; he w&ebar;t agayne, ∧ walked once vp and downe in þe; house, and then went vp, and layed him selfe vpon him agayne. And then þe; chylde gasped seuen times and opened his eyes. And he called Gehezi, ∧ sayde: Call for this Sunamite. So he called her: which wh&ebar; she was come in vnto him, he sayde vnto her: ^note take thy s&obar;ne. Therfore she went in, and fell at his fete, ∧ bowed her selfe to the grounde, and toke vp her sonne, and went out. &cross3; Elisa came agayne to Gilgal, and there was a derth in the lande, and the chyldr&ebar; of the prophetes dwelt with him. G   And he sayde vnto his seruaunt. Set a great pot on the fyre, and make pottage for the chyldren of the prophetes. And one went out into the felde, to gather herbes, ∧ founde (as it were) a wilde vyne, and gathered therof wylde Coloquyntydas his lappe full, ∧ came, ∧ shred them into the potte of potage: for they knewe it not. So they powred out for the men to eate. And it fortuned, þt; when they tasted of the pottage, they cryed out, and sayde: O thou man of God &rhand; there is deeth in the pot: and they coulde not eate therof. But he sayde: brynge meale. And he cast it into þe; pot, ∧ sayde: fyll for the people, that they maye eate, and there was no more harme in the pot.

There came a man from Baal Salisa, ∧ brought the man of God bread of þe; fyrst frutes, eu&ebar; .xx. loafes of barlye, and newe corne which was yet in his bagges. And he sayde: Geue vnto the people, that they maye eate. And his mynister answered: why, shall I set this before an hundred men? He sayde agayne: geue it vnto the people that they maye eate. For thus sayth the Lorde ^note they shall eate, and ther shalbe left ouer. And so he sett it before them, ∧ they dyd eate, and left ouer, accordynge to the worde of the Lorde. ¶ The .v. Chapter. &cross2; ¶ Naaman the Sirian is healed of hys leprosye. Gehezi is strycken with a leprosye, because he toke money and rayment of Naaman.

A   Naaman, captayne of the Hoste of the kynge of Siria, was a greate man, and honorable in the syght of his master: because þt; by him the Lorde had geu&ebar; &club; health vnto Siria. He was also a myghtie man, and experte in warre, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by c&obar;panies, ∧ had brought out of the contreye of Israel a lytle mayde, ∧ she was with Naam&abar;s wyfe. And she sayde vnto her ladye: I wold to God my Lorde were with the prophet that is in Samaria: for he wolde delyuer him of his leprosie. And &rhand; he went in, and tolde his Lorde, sayinge: thus and thus sayde the mayde, that is of þe; l&abar;de of Israel. And þe; kynge of Syria sayde: Come and entre in and I wyll sende a letter vnto the kynge of Israel. And he came, and toke with him ten talentes of syluer, B   and .vj. thousande peces of golde, ∧ ten chaunge of raym&ebar;tes, and brought the letter to þe; kynge of Israel contaynynge this tenoure: Nowe when this letter is come vnto the: Beholde, I haue therwith sent Naaman my seruaunt to the, that thou mayest rydde him of his leprosie. And it fortuned, that when þe; kynge of Israel had redde the letter, he rent his clothes, and sayde: ^note am I God, that I shulde slaye, ∧ make alyue? For he doth sende to me that I shulde delyuer a man fr&obar; his leprosie. Wherfore c&obar;syder (I praye you) and se howe he seketh a quarell agaynst me. which when Elisa the man of God had hearde, howe that the kynge of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to þe; kynge, sayinge. Wherfore hast thou rent thy clothes? C   let him come nowe to me ∧ he shall know, þt; there is a prophet in Israel.

And so Naaman came &wt; his horsses and with his charettes, &abar;d stode at the dore of the housse of Elisa. And Elisa sent a messenger vnto him, sayinge: go and washe þe; in Iord&abar; seuen tymes, ∧ thy fleshe shall come agayne to the, ∧ thou shalt be cleansed. But Naam&abar; was wroth, ∧ w&ebar;t a waye, ∧ sayde. Beholde I thought &wt; my selfe: he wolde surely come out, and stande ∧ call on the name of þe; Lorde his God, and put his hande on the place that he maye heale the leprosie. Are not Abana ∧ Pharphar, ryuers of Damasco, better then all the waters of Israel? Yf I washe me also

Naaman in them, shall I not be clensed? And so he turned him, and departed with displeasure. And his seruauntes came, ∧ c&obar;moned with hym, and sayde: Father, yf the prophete had bydd the do some great thinge, oughtest thou not to haue done it? D   How moch rather then, wh&abar; he sayth to the: wasshe, and be cleane? Then went he downe, ∧ wasshed him selfe seu&ebar; tymes in Iord&abar;, accordynge to the sayinge of þe; man of God, ∧ his flesshe cha&ubar;ged, like vnto þe; flesshe of a lytle chylde, ^note ∧ he was cle&abar;sed.

And he turned agayne to the man of God, he and all his c&obar;panie, and stode before him, and sayde: Beholde, I knowe nowe þt; there is no God in all the worlde, but in Israel. &cross3; Nowe therfore take &rhand; a blessinge of thy serua&ubar;t. But he sayde: ^note as surely as the Lorde liueth (before whom I st&abar;de) I will receaue none. E   And whan the other wolde haue constrayned hym to receaue it, he wolde not. And Naaman sayde: (Euen as thou wylt, but I beseche the.) &rhand; Shall there not be geu&ebar; to thy serua&ubar;t as moch of this erthe as two mules maye beare? For thy serua&ubar;t will here forth offer nether burnt sacrifyce nor offeringe vnto any other God, saue vnto the Lorde. But herin the Lorde be mercyfull to thy serua&ubar;t, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon, ∧ doth worshyppe there, ∧ leaneth on my hande, and I also worshyppe in the house of Rimmon. (Whan I do worshyppe I saye) in the house of Rimm&obar;, the Lorde be mercyfull vnto thy seruaunt because of thys thinge. Unto wh&obar; he sayde: go in peace. And when he was departed from him as it were F    a furlonge of grounde, Gehezi the seruaunt of Elisa the man of God, sayde: beholde, my master hath spared Naaman thys Syrian, that he wolde not receaue of hys hande those thynges þt; he offered. As surely as the Lorde lyueth, I wyll runne after him, ∧ take some what of him. And so Gehezi folowed Naaman. And wh&ebar; Naam&abar; sawe him runninge after him, he lyght downe from the charet, to mete him, and sayde: ^note is all well? He answered: All is well. Beholde, my master hath sent me, sayinge: se, there be come to me euen nowe fr&obar; mount Ephraim two yonge men of the chyldren of the prophetes: geue them I praye the, one tal&ebar;t of syluer and two chaunge of garm&ebar;tes. G   And Naam&abar; sayde: With a good will. Take two talentes: ∧ he compelled him to bynde two talentes of syluer in two bagges, with two chaunge of garmentes, and layed them vpon two of his seruauntes, to beare them before him. And whan he came in to a secrete place, he toke them fr&obar; their hande, ∧ bestowed it in the house, ∧ the men were let go, and they departed.

But he went in, and stode before his master. And Elisa sayde vnto him: whence commest þu; Gehezi? He sayde: thy seruaunt went Elisa no whether. But he sayde vnto hym: went not myne hert with the, when the man turned agayne from his charet to mete the? &club; Is it nowe a tyme to receaue moneye, to receaue garmentes, olyue trees, vyneyardes, shepe and oxen, men seruauntes ∧ mayde seruauntes? The leprosye therfore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto the, and vnto thy seed for euer. ^noteAnd he went out from his presence a leper, as whyte as snowe. ¶ The .vj. Chapter. ¶ Eliseus maketh yron to swymme aboue the water. The Sirians beseage Israel, so that two wemen agree togeather to eate their awne chyldren.

A   The chyldr&ebar; of the prophetes sayde vnto Elisa: Beholde, the place where we dwell with þe;, is to lytle for vs. We wyll therfore go vnto Iordane, and take thence euery m&abar; a beame, and buylde vs a place, to dwell in. And he answered: goo. And one sayde: be content I praye the, and come with thy serua&ubar;tes. And he answered: I wyll come, and so he went with them.

And when they came to Iordan, they cutt downe wood. But it fortuned, that as one was fellinge downe of a tre, the axe heed fell into the water. B   And he cryed, ∧ sayde: Alas master, it was lent me. And the man of God sayde. Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut downe a stycke, ∧ cast it in thither, ∧ immediatly the yr&obar; dyd swymme. Therfore sayde he: take it vp. And he stretched out his hande, and toke it vp.

But the kynge of Siria warred agaynst Israel, ∧ toke councell with his seruauntes, and sayde: In yonder secrete place shalbe my remayninge. And the man of God sent vnto the kynge of Israel, sayinge: Beware, that thou go not ouer to soch a place, for there the Sirians are lurkynge. Therfore the kynge of Israel sent to the place which the man of God tolde him, and warned him of, and saued him selfe from it, not once nor twyse.

And the hert of the kynge of Siria was troubled for this thinge, and he called for his serua&ubar;tes and sayde vnto them: wyll ye not shewe me, which of oure m&ebar; (betrayeth me) to the kynge of Israel? And one of his serua&ubar;tes sayde: none my Lorde o kynge. But Elisa the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the kinge of Israel, yea euen, the wordes þt; thou speakest in thy preuye ch&abar;bre. He sayde: go, ∧ spie where he is, that I maye sende and fett him. And one tolde him, sayinge: beholde, he is in Doth&abar;. Therfore sent he thither horses and charettes, and a myghtye Hoste. C   And they came by nyght, ∧ c&obar;passed þe; citie about.

And when the seruaunt of the m&abar; of God rose vp early to go out: Beholde, there was an Host round about the towne with horses and charettes. And his seruaunt sayde vnto

Elisa him: Alas master, what shall we do? He answered ^note feare not, for they that be with vs, are moo then they that be wyth them. D   And Elisa prayed and sayde: Lorde (I beseche þe;) open hys eyes, that he maye se. And the Lorde opened the eyes of the yonge man. And beholde, the mountayne was full of horses, and charettes of fyre rounde aboute Elisa. And when they came downe to hym, Elisa prayed vnto the Lorde, and sayde: Smyte thys people (I praye the) with ^note blindnesse. And he smote them with blindnes, accordinge to the desyre of Elysa. And Elisa sayde vnto them this is not the waye, nether is this the towne: folowe me, and I wyll bringe you to the m&abar; whom ye seke. But he ledd them to Samaria.

And it fortuned, that when they were come to Samaria, Elisa sayde: Lorde, open their eyes that they maye se. E   And the Lorde opened their eyes, and they sawe. And beholde, they were in the myddes of Samaria. And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Elisa, when he sawe them: My father, shall I smyte them: And he answered: Thou shalt not smyte them. But smyte those that thou hast taken with thyne awne swerde, and &wt; thyne awne bowe. But rather set bread and water before them, that they maye eate and drincke, and go to their master. And he prepared a great refeccyon for them. And when they had eaten and dr&obar;cke, he sent th&ebar; a waye and they went to their master. And so the soudyoures of Syria &rhand; came nomore into the lande of Israel.

F   After thys it chaunced, that Benhadad kynge of Siria gathered all his Hoste ∧ w&ebar;t vp, and beseged Samaria. But there was a greate derth in Samaria: and beholde, they beseged it, vntyll an Asses heed (was solde) for foure skore syluer pens, and the fourth part of &rhand; a Cab of doues donge for fyue sicles. And as þe; kynge of Israel was goinge vp&obar; the wall, there cryed a wom&abar; vnto him sayinge: helpe, my Lorde O kynge. He sayd: yf þe; Lord do not succoure the: wherwith can I helpe the: &rhand; &wt; the barne, or &wt; the wyne presse? And the kynge sayde vnto her: what wilt þu;? She answered: yonder wom&abar; sayde vnto me: brynge thy sonne, þt; we maye eate him to daye, and we wyll eate myne to morowe. ^noteAnd so we dressed my sonne and dyd eate him. And I sayde to her the other daye: brynge thy sonne þt; we maye eate hym, and she hath hyd her sonne. G   And it came to passe, that when the kynge hearde þe; wordes of the woman, he rent his clothes, and went vp on the wall. And the people loked: and beholde he had a sack cloth vnder, vpon hys flesshe. Then he sayde: ^note God do so ∧ so to me, yf the heed of Elisa þe; sonne of Saphat shall st&abar;de on him this daye. But Elisa satt in his house and the elders satt by him, ∧ the kynge sent a man before him. But yer the messenger came to him, he sayde to the elders haue ye not sene, howe that &rhand; the sonne of this murtherar hath sent, to take awaye myne heed? be circumspect when the messenger commeth, and shut the dore, and holde him at the dore: is not the sounde of hys masters fete behinde him? Whyle he yet talked with th&ebar;: Beholde þe; messenger came downe vnto him, ∧ sayde beholde, &rhand; this euell is of þe; Lorde, ∧ what more shall I loke for of the Lorde ¶ The .vij. Chapter. ¶ Elisa prophesyeth pl&ebar;teousnes of vytailles and other thynges to Samaria. The Syrians runne awaye ∧ haue no man folowynge them. The Lorde that wolde not beleue the worde of Elisa is troden to deeth.

A   Then Elisa sayde: heare ye the worde of the Lorde: thus sayth þe; Lorde. ^note to morowe thys tyme shall a bousshell of fyne floure be solde for a Sicle, and two bousshelles of Barley for a Sycle in the gate of Samaria. Then a certayne Lorde (on whose hand the kynge leaned) answered the man of God, and sayde: beholde, yf the Lorde wolde make wyndowes in heuen, myghte this sayinge come to passe? He sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it &wt; thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.

And there were foure leperous men at þe; entringe in of þe; gate. And they sayde one to another, why sytt we here, vntill we dye? Yf we saye: we will entre into the citie, beholde: the derth is in the cytie, and we shall dye therin. And yf we sytt styll here, we dye also. Nowe therfore come, and let vs fall vp&obar; the hoste of the Sirians: If they saue oure lyues we shall lyue: Yf they kyll vs, then are we deed. And so they arose in the nyght, to go to the hoste of þe; Sirians. And when they were come to the vttmost parte of the hoste of Siria: beholde, there was no man there.

For the Lorde had made the hoste of the Siri&abar;s ^note to heare a noyse of charettes and a noyse of horsses, ∧ the noyse of a great hoste. In so moch þt; they sayde one to another, lo, þe; kynge of Israel hath hyred agaynst vs þe; kynges of the Hethites, and the kynges of the Egypcyans, to come vp&obar; vs. Wherfore they arose and fled in þe; nyght, and left their t&ebar;tes their horsses, and their Asses, and the felde which they had pytched eu&ebar; as it was, ∧ fled for their lyues. And when these lippers came to the edge of the host, they w&ebar;t into a tent, ∧ dyd eate, ∧ dryncke, ∧ caryed thence syluer, ∧ gold and raym&ebar;t, and went and hydd it: came agayne and entred into another tent, and caryed thence also, and went and hidd it.

Then sayde one to another: We do not well thys daye, for asmoch as it is a daye to bringe good tydinges, ∧ we holde oure peace Yf we tarye tyll þe; daye lyght, some mischeffe

Elisa wyll come vpon vs. Nowe therfore come, that we maye goo, and tell the kynges housholde. C   And so they came, ∧ called vnto the porter of the cytie, and tolde them sayinge: we came to the pauilions of the Syrians: ∧ se, there was no man there, nether voyce of man, but horsses and Asses tyed, and the tentes were, euen as they were wont to be.

And so the man called vnto the porters, ∧ they tolde the kynges house within. And the kynge arose in the nyght, and sayde vnto his seruauntes. I wyll shewe you nowe, what the Syrians haue done vnto vs. They knewe that we be hungrye, ∧ therfore are they gone out of the pauylions, to hyde them selues in the felde, sayinge: Wh&abar; they come out of the cytie, we shall catch them alyue, and get into the cytie. And one of his seruauntes answered, and sayde. Let men take (I praye you) fyue of þe; horsses that remayne, and are lefte in the multitude. Beholde &rhand; they are euen as all the multitude of Israel that are lefte in þe; cytie: beholde (I saye) they are euen as all the multitude of þe; Israelytes that are consumed, ∧ we wyll sende, ∧ se. They toke therfore the horsses of two charettes, and the kynge sent after the hoste of the Syrians, sayinge: go, ∧ se. And they went after them, euen vnto Iordan: D   and lo, all the waye was full of clothes and vesselles which the Syrians had cast from them in their haste.

And the messengers returned, and tolde the kynge. And the people went out, ∧ spoyled the tentes of the Syrians. And so it came to passe, that a busshel of fyne flowre was sold for a sycle, and two busshelles of barley for a sycle ^note accordynge to the worde of the Lorde. And the kynge apoynted þe; Lorde (on whose hand he leaned) to be at the gate. And þe; people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed, accordynge to the worde of the man of God which he sayde, when þe; kynge came downe to him. And so came the thynge to passe þt; the man of God had spoken to þe; kynge, saynge: two busshelles of barley for a sycle, ∧ a busshell of fyne floure for another, shalbe ^note to morowe this tyme in the gate of Samaria. Wher vnto that Lorde answered the m&abar; of God, and sayde. Yee, and yf þe; Lorde made wyndowes in heau&ebar; myght it come to passe? And he sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it with thyne eyes, ∧ shalt not eate therof. And euen so chaunced it vnto him: for the people troad vpon him in the gate, and he dyed. ¶ The .viij. Chapter. ¶ Elisa prophesieth vnto the Sunamite þe; derth of .vij. yere. After þe; deeth of B&ebar;hadab raygneth Hazaell in Siria. Iehor&abar; þe; sonne of Iehosaphat raygneth in Iuda. Edom falleth from Iuda, Ohoziah succedeth Iehor&abar;.

A   Then spake ^note Elisa vnto the wom&abar; (whose sonne he had restored to lyfe agayne) sayinge: vp and go, thou and thyne house, ∧ soiourne wheresoeuer Hazael thou canst, for þe; Lorde hath called for a derth, and the same shall come vp&obar; þe; land seuen yeres. And the woman arose, and dyd after the sayinge of þe; man of God, and went both she and her houshold, ∧ soiourned in the lande of the Philistines seuen yere. And at þe; seuen yeres ende, it fortuned, that the woman came agayne out of the lande of þe; Philistines, and went out to call vp&obar; the kynge for her house and for her land. And the kynge talked with Gehezi the seruaunt of the man of God, sayinge: tell me I praye the all the great deades that Elisa hath done. B   He tolde þe; kynge, howe he had restored a deed bodye to lyfe agayne: but in the meane tyme þe; woman (whose sonne he had raysed vp agayne) cryed to þe; kynge for her house ∧ for her l&abar;de. And Gehezi sayde: My Lorde O kyng, thys is the woman, and thys is her sonne whom Elisa raysed vp agayne. And whan þe; kynge asked the woman, she tolde hym. And so the kynge delyuered her a ch&abar;brelayne, sayinge: restore thou vnto her all that are hers, and all the frutes of the felde, C   sence the daye that she left the lande, vnto this tyme.

And ^note Elisa came to Damascon, ∧ Benhadad the kynge of Siria was sycke. And one tolde him sayinge. The m&abar; of God is come hither. And þe; kynge sayde vnto Hazael: ^note take a present in thine h&abar;de, and goo mete the man of God, that thou mayest aske the Lord by him, whether I shall recouer of this disease. And so Hazael w&ebar;t to mete him and toke the present with him, and of euery good thinge of Damasc&obar;, eu&ebar; as moch as fourtye Cameles coulde beare, and came ∧ presented hym selfe before hym, and sayde: Thy sonne Benhadad kynge of Siria hath sent me to the, sayinge, shall I recouer of this dysease?

And Elisa sayd vnto him: go ∧ saye vnto him: thou shalt recouer, howbeit þe; Lorde hath shewed me, þt; he shall surely dye. D   And &club; he loked asyde, and was asshamed, and þe; man of God wepte. And Hazael sayde: why wepeth my Lord? He answered: for I know the euyll thinges that thou shalt do vnto the chyldren of Israel: for their stronge cyties shalt thou sett on fyre, and their yo&ubar;ge men shalt thou sley with þe; swerde ∧ shalt dasshe out the braynes of their suckynge chyldren, ∧ all to teare their wemen with chylde.

But Hazael sayde: what is thy serua&ubar;t, a dogge, that I shulde do this great thynge? And Elisa answered: the Lorde hath shewed me, that thou shalt be kynge of Siria. And so he departed from Elisa, ∧ came to his master, which sayde to him. What sayde Elisa to the? He answered: he tolde me, that thou shuldest recouer. And on the morowe it fortuned, that he toke a thicke cloth, and dypt it in water, and &rhand; spred it on his face, and he dyed, and Hazael raygned in his steade.

Iehu.

The fyfte yeare of Iehoram the sonne of Ahab kynge of Israel, Iehosaphat beynge also kinge of Iuda, Iehor&abar; the sonne of Iehosaphat kynge of Iuda, beg&abar;ne to raygne. ^notexxxii. yere olde was he, when he beganne to raygne, and he raygned eyght yere in Ierusalem. And he walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel, as they that were of þe; house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wyfe, and he dyd euell in the syght of the Lorde. And þe; Lorde wolde not destroye Iuda, and that because of Dauid hys seruaunt, ^note as he promysed hym to geue hym all waye a lyght amonge hys chyldren.

E    ^noteIn those dayes Ed&obar; dyd wickedly wh&ebar; he was vnder the hande of Iuda. For they made them a kynge of theyr awne. So Iehoram went to Zair, he and all his charettes with hym. And he rose by nyght, and smote the Edomites, which c&obar;passed hym in, with the captaynes of hys charettes, ∧ the people fledd into theyr tentes. But Edom rebelled, so that he wold not be vnder the h&abar;de of Iuda vnto thys daye. And then Lobnah began to be disobedient euen that same tyme.

The rest of the wordes that c&obar;cerne Ioram and all that he dyd, are they not wrytt&ebar; in the boke of the chronicles of the kynges of Iuda? And Ioram rested with hys fathers, and was buryed besyde his fathers in the citie of Dauid. And &rhand; ^note Ahaziahu his sonne raygned in his steade. In the .xij. yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab kynge of Israel, dyd Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehor&abar; kinge of Iuda begynne to raygne. Two ∧ twentye yere olde was Ahaziahu when he beg&abar;ne to raygne, and he raygned one yere in Ierusalem, and hys mothers name was Athaliahu the daughter of Omri kynge of Israel. But he walked in the waye of the house of Ahab, and dyd euell in the sight of the Lorde, euen as dyd the house of Ahab. For he was þe; s&obar;ne in lawe of the house of Ahab.

G   And he went with Ior&abar; the sonne of Ahab to warre agaynst Hazael kynge of Siria, in Ramoth Gilead, ∧ the Sirians wo&ubar;ded Ioram. And ^note kynge Ioram went back agayne to be healed in Iesrahel of the wo&ubar;des which the Siri&abar;s had geu&ebar; hym at Ramoth, when he fought agaynst Hazael king of Siria. And Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram kynge of Iuda went downe to se Ior&abar; the sonne of Ahab in Iesrael, because he was sycke there. ¶ The .ix. Chapter. ¶ Iehu is made kyng of Israel, and kylleth Iehor&abar; the kyng therof, and Ahaziahu, otherwyse called Ochozias, the kynge of Iuda also, and causeth Iezabell to be caste downe out of a wyndowe, and the dogges eate her.

A   And Elisa the prophete called one of the chyldren of the prophetes, ∧ sayd vnto him: ^note gyrde vp thy loynes, and take thys boxe of oyle in thyne hande, and get the to Ramoth in Gilead. And when thou commest thyther, loke where is Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat, the s&obar;ne of Nimsi, and go to him, and make him aryse vp from amonge hys brethren, ∧ carye hym to a secret chambre. Then take the boxe of oyle, and powre it on hys heed, and saye: thus sayth the Lorde: I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel. And then open the dore, and flee without any taryinge. And so the seruaunt of the prophete gat him to Ramoth Gilead: and when he came in, beholde, the captaynes of the hoost were syttynge togyther. And he sayde: I haue an errand to þe;, o captayne. And Iehu sayde: vnto which of all vs? He sayde: to the, o captayne. And he arose, and went into the house.

B   And he powred the oyle on hys heed, and sayde vnto hym: thus saythe the Lorde God of Israel: ^note I haue anoynted the to be kinge ouer the people of the Lorde, euen ouer Israel. Thou shalt smyte þe; house of Ahab thy master, that I maye adu&ebar;ge the bloud of my seruauntes the prophetes, and the bloude of all the seruauntes of the Lorde, of the hande of Iezabel, for the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroyed, and ^note I wyll destroye from Ahab, euen hym þt; maketh water agaynst the wall, and him that is presoned and forsaken in Israel: and I wyll make the house of Ahab lyke the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and lyke the house of Baasa þe; sonne of Ahia. And as for Iezabel ^note the dogges shall eate her in the felde of Iezrael, and ther shalbe none to burye her. And he opened the dore, and fledd.

Iehu came out to the seruauntes of hys lorde, and one sayde vnto hym, is all well? C   Wherfore came thys madd felowe to the? And he sayde vnto th&ebar;: ye knowe what maner of man it is, and what hys c&obar;municacy&obar; is. They sayde vnto hym agayne: it is not so, tell vs. He sayde: thus and thus spake he to me, sayinge: Thus sayth the Lorde: I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel. Then they &club; besyde the horologye hasted, and toke euery man hys garment, and put it vnder hym, and blewe with trompettes, sayinge: Iehu is kynge. And so, Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat the sonne of Nimsi conspyred agaynst Ioram. Ioram kepte Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel because of Hazael kynge of Siria: and ^note kynge Ioram returned to be healed in Iezrahel, of the woundes which the Sirians had geuen him, when he fought with Hazael kynge of Siria.

D   And Iehu sayde: If it be youre myndes, then let no man departe and scape out of the citye, to go, ∧ tell in Iezrahel. So Iehu gatt vp into a charette, and wente to Iezrahel, where Ioram laye, ∧ Ahaziahu kyng of Iuda was come downe thither to se Ior&abar;. And

Iehoram. the watchman that stode on þe; towre in Iezrael, spyed the company of Iehu as he came, and sayde: I se a companye. And Iehoram sayd: take an horsm&abar;, and sende to mete th&ebar;, that he maye aske whether it be peace. And so there went one on horsbacke to mete him, and sayde: thus sayth the kynge: is it peace? and Iehu sayde: what hast thou to do with peace? turne the behynde me. And the wathman tolde, sayinge: the messenger came to them, but he commeth not agayne.

E   Then he sent out another on horsbacke, which came to them, and sayde: thus saythe the kynge: is it peace? Iehu answered: what hast thou to do with peace? turne the behind me. And the watchman tolde, sayinge: he came to them also, and commeth not agayne, and the driuynge is lyke the driuynge of Iehu the sonne of Nimsi: for he driueth the charet as he were madd. And Iehoram sayde: make ready. And þe; charet was made ready. And Iehoram kinge of Israel, and Ahaziahu kynge of Iuda went out ether of them in hys charet agaynst Iehu, and met hym in þe; furlonge of Naboth þe; Iezraelite. And it fortuned, that when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde: is it peace Iehu? He answered: What peace shulde there be, so l&obar;ge as þe; whordoms of thy mother Iezabel, and her witchcraftes are so great? And Iehor&abar; turned his h&abar;des, and fledd, and sayde to Ahaziahu: ther is falshed, o Ahaziahu. And Iehu toke a bowe in hys handes, and smote Iehor&abar; betwene the armes, ∧ the arowe went thorowe hys hert. F   And he fell downe flatt in hys charet. Then sayde Iehu to Bidkar a captayne: take him, ∧ cast him in the platt of the grounde of Naboth the Iezraelite. For I rem&ebar;bre þt; whan I and þu; roade together in a charet after Ahab his father, þe; Lorde layed this heuy burth&ebar; vp&obar; hym. I haue sene yesterdaye þe; bloud of Naboth, ∧ the bloude of his sonnes, sayde the Lord: ∧ I will quyte it the in this gro&ubar;d, sayth the Lorde. Nowe therfore take him, ∧ cast hym in the plat of ground, accordyng to the worde of the Lorde. But wh&ebar; Ahaziahu the kynge of Iuda sawe this, he fledd by the waye of the gard&ebar; house. And Iehu folowed after hym, ∧ sayde: smyte him also in the charet: (and they smote hym) in hys charet. at þe; goynge vp to Gur by Iible&abar;, ∧ he fleed to Magiddo, ∧ ther dyed. And his serua&ubar;tes caried hym in a charet to Ierusalem, ∧ buryed hym there in his sepulchre, &wt; his fathers, in þe; citie of Dauid. And in the .xi. yere of Ior&abar; þe; sonne of Ahab, beganne Ahaziahu to raygne ouer Iuda. And wh&ebar; Iehu was come to Iezrahel Iezabel hearde of it, ∧ &rhand; starched her face, ∧ tired her heed, ∧ loked out at a windowe. G   And as Iehu entred at þe; gate, she sayde: had zimri peace which slue hys master? And he lyft vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayde: Iezabel. who is of my syde, who? And ther loked out to hym two or thre chamberlaynes. And he sayde: throwe her downe. So they threwe her downe, and her bloude dasshed towarde the wall, ∧ toward the horses, and he troade her vnder fote.

And when he was come in, he dyd eate ∧ drincke, ∧ sayde: go ∧ vyset I praye you yonder cursed creature, and burie her: ^note for she is a kynges daughter. And so when they came to burye her, they founde nomore of her then the skulle, and the fete, and the palmes of her handes. Wherfore they come agayne, ∧ told hym. And he sayde: thys is the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by the h&abar;de of his seruaunt Elia the Thesbite, sayinge: ^note in the felde of Iezrahel shall dogges eate the flessh of Iezabel. And so þe; carkas of Iezabel was euen as donge vpon the earth, in the felde of Iezrahel: so that no man myght saye: Thys was Iezabel. ¶ The .x. Chapter. ¶ Iehu causeth the .lxx. sonnes of Ahab to be slayne and after þe; .xlij. of hys brethren. He fyndeth a meane also to kyll all the prestes of Baal. After hys deeth, hys sonne raygneth in hys steade.

A   Ahab had ^note .lxx. s&obar;nes in Samaria. And Iehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria vnto þe; rulers of Iezrael, to the elders, and to them that brought vp Ahabs children, sayinge: nowe whan thys letter commeth to you, ye þt; haue with you your masters s&obar;nes, ye haue with you both charettes and horses: a strong citye haue ye also: and harnes, loke which of your masters s&obar;nes is best and most mete, and set hym on hys fathers seate, &rhand; and fyght for youre Lordes house. But they were exceadingly afrayde, ∧ sayde: se, two kinges were not able to stande before hym, how shall we then be able to stande? And he that was gouerner of Ahabs house, and he that ruled the citye, þe; elders also, ∧ þe; tutours sent to Iehu, saieng: we are thy serua&ubar;tes, ∧ will do all þt; þu; shalt byd vs: we wyll make no man kynge: therfore do þu; what semeth good &ibar; thine eyes.

B   Then he wrote another letter to th&ebar;, sayinge: If ye be myne, and wyll herken vnto my voyce, then take the hedes of the m&ebar; that are youre masters sonnes, and come to me to Iezrahel by to morowe thys tyme. And the kynges sonnes were .lxx. pers&obar;nes, and they were with the great men of the citye, which brought them vp. And when the letter came to them, they toke the kynges chyldren, and slue them, euen .lxx. personnes, ∧ layed theyr heedes in baskettes, and sent them to him to Iezrahel. And there came a messenger, and tolde hym, sayinge: they haue brought the heedes of the kynges sonnes. And he sayde: let them laye them on two heapes in the enterynge in of the gate, vntyll the mornynge.

Iehu.

C   And wh&abar; it was daye, he went out, and stode, ∧ sayde to all þe; folke: ye be ryghteous. Beholde, I c&obar;spired against my master, and slue him. But who slue all these? Lerne here, þt; ther shall fall vnto the erth nothyng of the worde of þe; Lorde, which he spake c&obar;cerning the house of Ahab. For þe; Lord hath brought to passe the thinges þt; he spake &rhand; by þe; h&abar;de of his serua&ubar;t ^note Elia. And so Iehu slue all þt; remayned of the house of Ahab, in Iezrahel: and all þt; were great &wt; him, ∧ his kynsfolkes and his prestes, so þt; he let nothing of him remayne. And he arose, ∧ departed, ∧ came to Samaria. And wh&abar; Iehu was in the waye to the house where the shepherdes dyd shere their shepe, he met &wt; the brethren of Ahaziahu king of Iuda, ∧ sayde: what are ye? They answered: the brethren of Ahaziahu are we, and go downe to salute þe; children of þe; kinge and of þe; quene. And he sayde: take th&ebar; alyue. Wh&obar; when they had taken them alyue, they slue them at the well which was besyde the house where the shepe are shoren, euen two and fourtye men, nether left he any of them.

D   And when he was departed thence, he met &wt; Iehonadab þe; sonne of ^note Rechab c&obar;mynge agaynst him. And &rhand; he blessed him, ∧ sayde to hym: is thyne hert ryght, as myne hert is true &wt; thine? And Iehonadab answered: yea that it is, (yf it, be sayth he) then geue me thyne hande. And wh&abar; he had geuen him his hand, he toke him vp to him into þe; charet, ∧ sayde: come &wt; me, ∧ se the zeale that I haue for the Lord: ∧ so they made him ryde in hys charet. And when he came to Samaria, he slue all þt; remayned vnto Ahab in Samaria, tyll he had wypte him out, accordyng to the saying of the Lorde which he spake to Elia.

And Iehu gathered all þe; people together and sayd vnto th&ebar;: ^note Ahab serued Baal a lytle. But Iehu shall serue hym more. Nowe therfore call vnto me all þe; prophetes of Baal all soch as serue him, ∧ all his prestes, and let none be lackyng. E   For I haue a greate sacrifyce to do to Baal: ∧ therfore, whosoeuer is myssed, he shall not lyue. But Iehu dyd it for a sutteltye, to the int&ebar;t that he might destroye þe; serua&ubar;tes of Baal. And Iehu sayde: Proclayme an holy conuocacyon for Baal, and Iehu sent vnto all Israel. And all þe; seruauntes of Baal came, þt; ther was not a m&abar; lefte behynde that came not. And they came into the house of Baal, ∧ the house of Baal was full from one ende to another.

And he sayde vnto hym that was the keper of the vestrye, bringe forth garm&ebar;tes for all the seruauntes of Baal. And he brought them out garmentes. And when Iehu went with Iehonadab the sonne of Rechab into þe; house of Baal, he sayde vnto the seruauntes of Baal: searche, and loke, that there be here &wt; you none of the seruauntes of the Lorde, but the seruauntes of Baal only. And when they w&ebar;t in to offer sacrifice ∧ burntoffringe: Iehu appoynted .lxxx. men without, ∧ sayd: If any of the m&ebar; whom I haue brought vnder youre handes, escape, he that letteth him go, shall dye for hym.

F   And it fortuned, þt; assone as he had made an ende of offering the burntsacrifyce, Iehu sayde to the men of warre and to the captaines: go in, and sleye them, let none come out. And they smote them with the edge of the swearde. And the men of warre and the captaynes cast them out, and went vnto the citye of the t&ebar;ple of Baal, and fet the ymages out of the temple of Baal, and burnt them. And they brake the ymage of Baal, ∧ brake the house of Baal, ∧ made a draft house of it vnto thys daye. And so Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. But fr&obar; þe; synnes of Ierobo&abar; the s&obar;ne of Nebat, which made Israel to synne: Iehu departed not, nether from folowing of them (nether forsoke he) the gold&ebar; calues that were in Bethel and in Dan.

And the Lorde sayde vnto Iehu: because thou hast done ryght well, in bryngynge to passe the thynge that is ryght in myne eyes, and hast done vnto the house of Ahab accordinge to all thinges þt; are in myne hert, therfore shall ^note thy children vnto the fourth generacyon syt on the seate of Israel. But Iehu cared not for this, to walke in the lawe of the Lord God of Israel with all his hert: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ierobo&abar;, which made Israel to synne.

G   &club; In those dayes the Lorde began to cut Israel short: ^note and Hazael smote th&ebar; in all þe; coastes of Israel, fr&obar; Iordan eastwarde: eu&ebar; all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Rubenites, and th&ebar; þt; were of Manasses, fr&obar; Aroer vnto the ryuer of Arnon: euen Gilead ∧ Basan. The rest of the wordes þt; c&obar;cerne Iehu ∧ all þt; he dyd, and all his power, are they not written in the boke of the Chronycles of the kynges of Israel? And Iehu slept &wt; hys fathers, ∧ they buryed him in Samaria, and Iehoahaz his sonne raygned in hys steade. And the tyme that Iehu raygned vpon Israel in Samaria, is xxviij. yeres. ¶ The .xj. Chapter. ¶ Athalia putteth to deeth all the kynges sonnes except Iehoaz þe; sonne of Ohoziah, which is hidden and after her deeth is made kynge.

A   And Athalia the mother of Ahaziahu, when she sawe that her sonne was deed, she arose, and destroyed all the kinges seede. But Iehosaba the daughter of kynge Ioram, and syster of Ahaziahu, toke Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu, and stale hym from amonge the kynges sonnes that were slayne, &abar;d his nource with hym, out of a slepynge ch&abar;bre, and hyd hym from Athalia, that he was not slayne. And he was with her hyd in the house of þe; Lorde

Iehoiada. vj. yere. And Athalia did raigne ouer þe; l&abar;de.

And the .vij. yere Iehoiada sent and fet þe; rulers ouer h&ubar;dredes, &wt; the captaynes, ∧ th&ebar; of the garde, and toke them to hym into the house of the Lorde, and made a bonde &wt; th&ebar;, and toke an othe of them in the house of the Lorde, and she wed them the kynges sonne. And he c&obar;ma&ubar;ded th&ebar;, saying: thys is it þt; ye must do: one thyrd parte of you, whose dewty is to come on þe; Sabboth daye, shall kepe the watch of the kynges house. And another thyrde parte shall kepe the gate of Sur: and another thyrd parte shall kepe þe; gate, which is behynde them of the garde: and so &club; shall ye kepe the watche of the house of Messah, B   ∧ two partes of you, that is, all that go out on the Sabboth daye, shall kepe the watche of the house of the Lorde about the kynge, and ye shall c&obar;passe the kynge rounde about, and euery m&abar; shall haue his weapen in his h&abar;de. And whosoeuer c&obar;meth with in the ranges, let hym be slayne. And se that ye be with the kynge as he goeth out and in.

And the captaynes ouer þe; h&ubar;dredes dyd, according to all thinges that ^note Iehoiada the preste c&obar;maunded: and they toke euery man hys m&ebar;, that were to come in on þe; Sabboth daye with th&ebar; that shuld go out on þe; Sabboth, and came to Iehoiada the preste. And to the captaynes ouer hundredes, dyd the preste geue kinge Dauids speares ∧ shyldes that were in the t&ebar;ple. And they of the garde stode, ∧ euery man had his weapen in hys hande rounde about the kynge, fr&obar; þe; ryght corner of the temple to the left, alonge by the aultar and the t&ebar;ple. And he brought out the kynges sonne, C   ∧ put the crowne vpon him: ∧ delyuered hym ^note &rhand; the witnesse, and made him kyng, ∧ anoynted hym. And they clapte their handes, and sayde: God saue the kyng: