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brought him up to the king of Ba-upon it was brass and the height bylon to Riblah; and they gave of the chapiter three cubits; and judgment upon him. the wreathen work, and pomegra

7 And they slew the sons of Ze-nates upon the chapiter round about, dekiah before his eyes, and put out all of brass and like unto these the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound had the second pillar with wreathen him with fetters of brass, and car- work. ried him to Babylon.

f8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, (which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem :

f18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Rib

f9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire, 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. f11 Now the rest of the people|lah : that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adar the captain of the guard carry away. f12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. f13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that ƒ 23 And when all the captains of was in the house of the LORD, did the armies, they and their men, the Chaldees break in pieces. and heard that the king of Babylon had carried the brass of them to Baby-made Gedaliah governor, there lon.

14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

15 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. f16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter

g 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. f22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

f25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama,

of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

lon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoia. chin king of Judah out of prison;

28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne

of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: 29 And changed his prison garfor they were afraid of the Chaldees. ments: and he did eat bread conf27 And it came to pass in the tinually before him all the days of seven and thirtieth year of the cap- his life. tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,|

30 And his allowance was a con

in the twelfth month, on the seven tinual allowance given him of the and twentieth day of the month, king, a daily rate for every day, all that Evil-merodach king of Baby- the days of his life.

red,

¶ The First Book of the CHRONICLES.

CHAP. I.

DAM, Sheth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Je

3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

15 And the Hivite, and the Archite, and the Sinite,

16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamatbite.

17 ¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Shelah begat Eber.

and Tiras.

f19 And unto Eber were born two 6 And the sons of Gomer; Ash-sons: the name of the one was Pechenaz, and Riphath, and Togar-leg; because in his days the earth mab. Iwas divided: and his brothers name was Joktan.

7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, f8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. e10 And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be mighty upon the earth. Il And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim.

f13 And Canaan begat Zidon his first-born, and Heth,

14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite and the Girgashite,

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

24 ¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27 Abram; the same is Abraham.

28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

29 T These are their generations. The first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth;

then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

30 Mishma, and Dumalı, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. f32 ¶ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Shebah, and Dedan.

33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

f34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel.

35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.'

37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. f38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam and Timna was Lotan's sister.

40 The sons of Shobal: Alian,

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

g 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. g 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Mazrekah reigned in his stead.

g48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

f 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

g 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

f 51 ¶ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth.

52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

53 Duke Kenez, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAP. II.

T

HESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and

and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, and Onam. And the sons of Zibe-I 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, on; Aiah, and Anah. Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Che

ran.

Bilhan,

c 3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, f42 The sons of Ezer; the first-born of Judah, was evil in and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons the sight of the LORD; and he slew of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. g 43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

g 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

him.

f 4 And Tamar his daughter-inlaw bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. c 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar,

the troubler of Israel, who trans- | Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the gressed in the thing accursed. father of Tekoa.

8 And the sons of Ethan; Aza-f 25 T And the sons of Jerahmeel riah. the first-born of Hezron were, Ram the first born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

f 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

f 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse.

f13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third.

14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15

Ózem the sixth, David the seventh :

f 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. f27 And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab. and Abishur.

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. f 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan : Ahlai.

f 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the 32 And the sons of Jada the broIshmaelite. ther of Shammai; Jether, and Jof 18 ¶ And Caleb the son of Hez-nathan: and Jether died without ron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

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children.

33 And the sons of Jonathan ; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

f 34 T Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. f 42 ¶ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha

CHAPTER III.

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the father of Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

f 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concu-
bine, bare Haran, and Moza, and
Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai; Re-
gem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
f 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine,
bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

53 And the families of Kirjath-f 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, son, Manasseh his son,

and the Shumathites, and the Mish-f 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. raites: of them came the Zarea-f 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born Johanan, the second thites, and the Eshtaulites.

54 The sons of Salma; Beth-le-Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the hem, and the Netophathites, Ata- fourth Shallum.

roth, the house of Joab, and half off 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son the Manahethites, the Zorites. g 55 And the families of the scribes f 17 T And the sons of Jeconiah; which dwelt at Jabez; the Tira- Assir, Salathiel his son. thites, the Shimeathites and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

f19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the TOW these were the sons of sons of Zerubbabel, Meshullam, and

him in Hebron; the first-born Am-ter:

non, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and

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