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 .xi. Chapter.
¶ Rehoboam is forbydden to fyght agaynst Ieroboam.
He hath .xviii. wyues, and .lx. concubines, and by them
xxviii. sonnes, and .lx. daughters.
A And wh&abar; Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, note
he gathered of the house of
Iuda ∧ Beniamin, nyne score thousande
chosen men of warre to fight agaynst
Israel, ∧ to brynge þe; kyngdome agayne to
Rehoboam. And the word of the Lorde came
to Semeiahu the man of God, saying:
speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon
kynge of Iuda, ∧ to all them of Israel
that are in Iuda ∧ Beniamin, ∧ saye: thus
sayeth þe; Lorde. Ye shall not go vp nor fight
agaynst your brethren: returne euery man
to his house, for thys thynge is done of me.
And they obeyed þe; wordes of þe; Lorde, and
returned fr&obar; goynge agaynst Ieroboam.
B And Rehoboam dwelt in Ierusalem, and
buylt str&obar;ge cyties in Iuda. He buylded vp
Bethleem, and Etham, and Theko: Bethzur,
Socho and Adullam: Gath, and Maresa:
and Ziph Adurahim, Lachis and asecha:
Zorca Aialon and Hebron, which is in
Iuda ∧ Beniamin, stronge cyties. And he
repayred þe; stronge holdes ∧ put captaynes
in them, and store of vitayle, ∧ wyne, ∧ oyle.
And in all cyties he put shyldes ∧ speares,
and made them exceadynge stronge, hauynge
Iuda and Beniamin on his syde.
C And the prestes and þe; leuites that were
in all Israel, resorted to hym out of all their
coastes. For the leuites lefte their suburbes
and their possession, and came to Iuda and
Ierusalem: note for Ieroboam and his sonnes
had cast them out from minystrynge vnto
the Lorde. noteAnd he ordeyned hym prestes
for the hylaultares, for the deuylles and for
the calues which he had made. And after þe;
leuites there went of all þe; trybes of Israel,
soche as submitted their hertes to seke the
Lorde God of Israel, and came to Ierusalem,
to offer vnto the Lorde God of their fathers.
And so they strengthed the kyngdome
of Iuda, and made Rehoboam the sonne
of Salomon myghtye thre yeare longe for
thre yere they walked in þe; waye of Dauid
and Salomon.
D And Rehoboam toke hym Mahalath þe;
daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid
to wyfe, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab
the sonne of Isai, which bare hym chyldren
Ieus, Samaria, and Zaha. And after her he
toke note Maaca þe; daughter of Absalon which
bare hym Abia, Atthai, Ziza, ∧ Selomith.
And Rehoboam loued Maacah the daughter
of Absalon aboue all his wyues ∧ concubynes,
for he toke eyghtene wyues and thre
skore concubynes, and begat .xxviii. sonnes
and .lx. daughters. Ad Rehoboam made
Abiah the sonne of Maacah the chefe ruler
amonge his brethren, and to haue the ouersyght
of the kyngdome. And he played wysely,
and scatered all his chyldren thorowe
out all the countreyes of Iuda and Ben Iamin
vnto euery stronge cytie. And he gaue
them aboundaunce of vitayle, and obtayned
many wyues.
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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