The defolation Judges of Benjamin. 36 So the children of Benjamin faw 5. And the children of Ifrael faid, Whe that they were finitten: for the men of1f- is there among all the tribes of Ifrael, that rael gave place to the Benjamites, because came not up with the congregation unto they trufted unto the liers in wait, which the LORD? for they had made a great

they had fet befide Gibeah.

oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall furely be put to death.

37 Andtheliers in wait hasted andrufhed upon Gibeah, and the liers in waedrew themselves along, and smote all the city 6 And the children of Ifrael repented with the edge of the fword.

them for Benjamin their brother and fa'd,

38 Now there was an appointed figne There is one tribe cut off from Ifrael this between the men of Ifrael and the liers day:

in wait, that they should make a great 7 How shall we do for wives for them. flame with fmoke to rise up out of the city, that remain, feeing we have fworn by the 39 And when the men of Ifrael retired LORD, that we will not give them of ours in the battel Benjamin began to fmite and daughters to wives?

kill of the men of Ifrael about thirty per- 81 And they faid, What one is there of fons, for they faid, Surely they are smit- the tribes of Ifrael, that came not up to ten down beforeus, as in the first battel. Mizpeh to the LORD? and behold, there

40 But when the flame began to arife came none to the camp from Jabefh-gitead ap out of the city, with a pillar of finoke, to the affembly.

the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city afcended up to heaven.

41 And when the men of Ifrael turned again, men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that evill was come upon them.

9 For the people were numbred, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabefh-gilead there.

10 And the congregation sent thither, twelve thousandmen of the valianteft, and commanded them, faying, Go and smite

42 2 Therefore they turned their backsbe the inhabitants of Jabeth-gilead with the fore the men of Ifrael, unto the way of edge of the fword, with the women and the the wilderness, but the battell overtook children.

them, and them which came out of the And this is the thing that ye shall cities, they deftroyed in the midst of them. do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites and every woman that hath tien by man. round abourd, and chased them, and trode 12. And they found among the inhabithem down with ease over against Gibeah tants of Jabeft-gilead, four hundred toward the fun-rifing. young virgins that hadknown no man by 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen lying with any male and they brought thousand menjal thefe were men of valour them unto the camp to Shiloh, which 45 And they turned and Aed toward the in the land of Canaan. wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and 13 And the whole congregation sent they gleaned of them in the highwayes Some to speak to the children of Benjaminfive thousand men and purfued hard after that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call them unto Gidom, and flew two thousand peaceably unto them.

men of them.

14 And Benjamin came again at that 46 So that all which fell that day of time, and they gave them wives which they Benjamin, were twenty and five thousand had faved alive of the women of Jabefh men that drew the sword, all these were gilead: and yet so thy fufficed them not. men of valour.

47 But fix hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmmon four months..

48 Andthemen of Ifraerturned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the fword, as well the men of every city as the beaft, and all that came to hand: alfo they fet on fire all the cities that they came to.

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15. And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Ifrael.

16 Then the elders of the congregation faid, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, feeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

17 And they faid, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed. out of Ifrael.

18 Howbe't, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Ifraelhavefworn, faying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

1 The defolation of Benjamin bewailed. the men of Ifrael had fworn in Mizpeh,faying Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife 19 Then they faid, Behold, there's a 2. And the people came to the house of feast of the LORD in Shitoh yearly in a God, & abode the etilleven before God, place which is on the North-fide of Bethand lift up their voices, and wept fore: el, on the east-fide of the high way that 3 And faid O LORD God of Ifrael, goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and Why is this come to pass in Ifrael, y there on the fouth of Lebanon, hould be to day one tribelacking in Ifrael 20 Therefore they commanded the

4. Andit came to pass on the morrow, that the people rofe early, and buil there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings, and penge-efferings.

children of Benjamin, faying, Goandlie in wait in the vineyards:

21 And fee, and behold, if the daughters

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Bear his sourtesy Chap. i. towards Rath. of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then and took them wives according to their come ye out of vineyards, and catch you number of them that danced, whom they every man his wife of the daughters of caught and they went and returned unto Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. their inheritance, and repaired the cities,

22 Anditshall be when their fathers or and dwelt in them.

their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our fakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war, for ye did not give unto them at this time, that you should be guilty.

23 And the children of Benjamin did so,

24 And the children of Ifrael departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

25 In those days there was no king in Ifrael: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

THE BOOK OF RUTH.

CHAP. I.

1 Elimelech driven in Moah, 6.14 Ruth accompanieth Naomi bome.

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having husbands? nay, my daughters: for
it grieveth me much, for your fakes, that
the hand of the LORD is gone out against
me.

Ow it came to pass in the days
when the Judges ruled, that there
was a famine in the land: and a
certain man of Bethlehem-judah, in law, but Ruth clave unto her.

went to fojourn in the countrey of Moab,
he and his wife and his two fons.

14 And they lift up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah killed her mother

15 And she faid, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto

2. And the name of the man was Elime- her gods: return thou after thy fifter in lech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and law.

the name of his two fons Mahlon andChi- 16 And Ruth faid, Intreat me not to lion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah:and leave thee or to return from following they came into the countrey of Moab, and after thee: for whither thou goeft, I will continued there.

3 And Elimelech Naomies husband died, and she was left, and her two fons.

4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them, and the woman was left of her two fons, and her husband.

go; and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge: thy people/ball be my people, and thy God my God.

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more alfo if ought but death part thee and me.

18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then the left speaking unto her.

6 Then the arose with her daughters 19 So they two went untill they came in law, that the might return from the to Beth-lehem: and it came to pass when countrey of Moab: for the had heard in the they were come to Beth-lehem, that all countrey of Moab, how that the LORD the city was mooved about them, and they had visited his people, in giving them faid, Is this Naomi?

bread.

20 And the faid unto them, Call me not

Wherefore she went forth out ofthe Naomi, call me Marah: for the Almighty place where she was, and her two daugh- hath dealt very bitterly with me. ters in law with her: and they went on 21 I went out full, and the LORDhath the way to return unto the land of Judah. brought me home again emptie: why then.

8 And Naomi faid unto her two daugh-call yeme Naomi, seeing the LORD hath tersin law, Go, return each to hermo- teftifiedagainft me, and the Almighty hath thers house: the LORD deal kindely with afflicted me? you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the with me. Moabitess her daughter in law with her 9 The LORD grant you that you may which returned out of the countrey of finde rest, each of you in the house of her Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the husband. Then she kissed them: and they beginning of barley-harvest. lift up their voyce, and wept.

to And they faid unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

And Naomi faid, Turn again, my daughter's: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more fons in my womb that they may be your husbands?

12 Turn again my daughters, go your

way

CHAP. II.

i Rutbgleaneth in the fields of Boar. 8 Bon Theweth ber favour.

ANd Naomi had a

a kinsman of her husthe

band a mighty man of wealth of family of Elimelech, & his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Letme now go to the field, and

for I am too old to have an husband: gleaneares ofcorn after bim, in whofe if I should fay, I have hope, if I should fight I shall find grace. And the faid unte have a husband alfo to night, and should

alfo bear fons:

her, Go, my daughter.

3-And the went, and came, and gleaned.

13-Would ye tarry for them till they in the field after the reapers: and her heap were grown? would ye stay for them from was to light on a part of the field belonging

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Ruth.

unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

4 And behold, Boaz came from Beth lehem, and faid unto the reapers, The LORD be with you: and they answered him, The LORD blefs thee.

5 Then faid Boaz unto his fervanty was fet over the reapers, Whofe damfel is this? 6 And the fervant that was set over the reapers, answered and faid, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab:

7. And the faid, I pray you, let me glean, and gather after the reapers amongst the sheaves: to the came, and hath continued even from the morning untilinow, that she tarried a little in the house.

8 Then faid Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not toglean.in another field neither go fromhence, but abide here faft hy my maidens.

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, andgo thou after them: have I not charged the yong men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art a thirst go unto the veslels, s, and drink of shat which the young men have drawn.

Boaz feer wroughtest thou? blessed be he that dich take knowledge ofthee. Andshe shewed her mother in law with whom she had wronght, and faid, Themans name withs whom I wrought to day, is Boaz.

20 And Naomi faid unto her daughter in law, Blefied be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi faid unto her. The man is near of kinuntousone of our next kinfinen.

21 And Ruth the Moabitefs faid, He faidnntomealso, Thou shalt keep faft by my young men, untill they have ended all my harvelt.

22 And Naomi faid unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter that thou go out with his maidens, thatthey meet thee not in any other field.

23 So the kept faft by the maidens of Boaz toglean, unto the end of barley-harvelt, and of wheat-harvelt, and dwelt with her mother in law.

CHAP. 111

By Naomies instruction. 6 Ruth goethto Boar. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinsman.

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το Then the fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and faid unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred,

of me, feeing I'am aftranger?

And Boaz answered and faid unto her, It hath fully been shewed me all that thou haft done unto thy mother in law fince the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

12 The LORD recompenfe thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD Godof Hrael, under whose wings

thou art come to truft.

13 Then she said, Let me find favourin thy light, my lord, for that thou haft comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine hand-maidens. 14. And Boaz faid unto her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morfell in the vineger. And the fate befide the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was fufficed, and left.

HenNaomi her mother in law fa'd unher, My daughter, shall I not feek reit for thee, that it may be well with thee? with whose maidens thou wast? behold, he. winnoweth barley to night in the threshing-floor.

3 Wash thy felf therefore, and anoint thee: and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thy felf known unto theman, untill he shall have done eating and drinking.

4. And it shall be when heli th down, that thou shalt mark the place where he thallife, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

And the faid unto her, All that thou

sayeft unto me, I will do.

61 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, andhis heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and fhe came softly, and uncovered his feet and laid her down.

15 And when she was risen up to glean, 8 And it came to pass at midnight, Boaz commanded his young men, faying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not.

16 Andlet fall alfosome of the handfuls of purpole for her, and leave them that The may glean them, and rebuke her not, 17 So The gleaned in the field unto even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 And she took it up, and went into thecity: and her mother in law faw what gleaned: and the brought forth, and gave to her that she hadreserved, after the was fufficed.

19 Andher mother in law faid unto her, shaft then gleaned to day? & where

that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and-behold, a woman lay at his feet.

9 Andhesaid, Whoart thon? And the anfwered, I am Ruth thine hand-maid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine hand maid, for thou art a near kinsman.

10 And he said, Blelled be thou of the LORD my daughter: for thou haft shewed morekindness in the latter end, then at the beginning in as much as thou-followed noty ung men, whether poor or r or rich. - And now my daughter, fear not, I willdoto thee all that thou requiren: for all the city of my people doth know, that thou art a vertuous woman.

13 And now it is truc, that I am thy hear

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Boaz marrieth Ruth. Chap.iv. Elkanahs wives. kinfman: howbeit there is a kinsman 7 Now this was the manner in former: nearer then I. time in Ifrael, concerning redeeming, and 13 Tarry this night, and it shall bein the concerning changing, for to confirm all morning, that if he will perform unto thee things: a man plucked off his shoe, and the part of akinfman, well, let him do the gave it to his neighbour: and this was a kinfinans part; but if he will not do the teftimony in Ifrael. part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do 8 Therefore the kinsman faid unto Boaz, the part of a kinfinan to thee as the LORD Buy it for thee: fo he drew off his shoe. liveth: lie down untill the morning.

9 And Boaz, faid unto the elders and 14 And the lay at his feet untill the mor- unto all the people Ye are witnesses this ning: and she rofe up, before one could day, that I have bought all that wasElimeknow another. And he said, Let it not be lechs, and all that was Chilions, and Mah known that a woman came into the floor. lons, of the hand of Naomi.

5 Alfo he said, Bring the vail that thou to Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the haft upon thee, and hold it. And when the wite of Mahion, have I purchased to be my held it, he measured fix measures of barley, wife, to raise up the name of the dead upor and laid it on her and the went into y city. his inheritance, that the name of the dead 16. And when the came to her mother in be not cut off from among his brethren, law, the faid, Who art thou my daughter?& and from the gate of his place: ye are witthe told her all that man had done to her. nesles this day.

17 And she said, These fix measures of barley gave he me; for he faid to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

18 Then faid she, Sit still, my daughter, untill thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in reft, untill he have finished the thing this day.

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CHAP. IV.

TI And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders faid, We are witnesses: The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house, like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the houfe of If rael and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem.

12 Andlet thy house be like the house of Pharez, (whom Tamar bare unto Judah) of the leed, which the LORD hall give thee of this young woman.

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was hist

I Boar calleth into judgement the next kinsman: 6 Herefuseth the redemption. Boar buyeth the inheritance. Hen wentBoaz up to the gate, and fate him down there: & behold, § kinsman wife: & when he went in unto her § LORD of whom Boaz spake, came by; unto whom gave her conception, and she bare a fon. he faid, Ho such a one, turn afide fit down 14 And the women faid unto Naomi,here. And he turned afide, and fate down. Blessed be the LORD which hath not left 2-And he took ten men of the elders of thee this day without a kinfiman, that his the city, and faid, Sit ye down here. And name may be famous in Ifrael. they fate dowır.

15. And he shall be unto thee a reftorer 3 And he faid unto the kinsman, Naomi of thy life and a nourisher of thine old age: that is come again out of the countrey of for thy daughter in law which loveth thee, Moab felleth a parcel of land, which was which is better to thee then leven fons our brother Elimelechs.

hath born him.

4. And I thought to advertise thee, say- 16 And Naomi took the childe, and laid. ing, Buy it before the inhabitants, & before it in her bofone, and became nurse unto it the elders of my people. If thou wilt re- 17 And the women her neighbours gave deem it redeem it; but if thou wilt not re- it a name, saying, There is a fon born to

deem it then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it befides thee, & I om after thee. And he said, I wil redeem it. 5 Then faid Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

6 And the kinfinan faid, I cannot redeem it for my self, left I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thy felf, for I cannot redeem it.

Naomi, and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jess, the father of David. 1811 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram

begat Amminadab,

20 And Anuninadab begat Naskon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

begat Obed,

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz 22 And Obed begat Jefs, and Jefs begat, David.

THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMVEL.
Otherwise called, The first book of the KINGS.

1 Elkanab and bis two wives. 9 Han-the one was Hannah, and the name of the

nabs prayer.

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other Peninnah: and Peninnah had chil

Ow there was a certain man of dren, but Hannah had no children. Ramathaim-zophim of mount 3 And this man went up out of his city Ephraim, and his name was El-yearly, to worship and to facrifice unto the kanah, the fon of Jeroham, the LORD of hosts in Shiloh; and the two fons fon of Elihu, the fon of Tohu, the son of of Eli, Hophniand Phinchas, the Priestst Zuph, an Ephrathite:

of the LORD, were there.

2 And he had two wives, the name of 41 And when the time was that Bikanal

1. Samuel.

Hannabs prayer Hannabs Song offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and the childe be weared, and then I will oring to all her fons and her daughters portions. him, that he may appear before the LORD,

But unto Hannah he gave a worthy and there abide for ever.

portion: for he loved Hannah, but the

LORD had shut up her womb;

6 And her adversary also provoked her fore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

23 And Elkanah her husband, faid unto her, Do what seemeth thee good, tarry untill thou have weaned him, onely the LORD establish his word: fo the woman abode, and gave her fon fuck untill the weaned him.

7 And as he did fo year by year, when The went up to the house of the LORD, so 24 And when she had weaned him, the

the provoked her, therefore she wept, and did not eat.

8 Then faid Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepelt thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee then ten fons.

9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: (now Eli the Priest fate upon a feat by a polt of the temple of the LORD)

to And she was in bitterness of foul,and prayed unto the LORD, and wept fore;

II And the vowed a vow, and faid, LORD of hosts, if thou wiltindeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine hand maid, but wilt give unto thine handinaid a man-child, then I will givenim unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rafour come upon his head.

12 And it came to pass as the continued Praying beforet the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart, onely her lips mooved, but her voyce was not heard: therefore Eli thought the had been drunken.

14. And Elifaid unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah answered and faid, No, my lord, I am a woman of a forrowfult fpirit: I have drunk neither wine nor ftrong drink, but have poured out my foul before the LORD..

16. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out ofthe abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

17 Then Eli answered and faid, Goin peace: and the Godofl the God of Ifrael grant thee thy petition that thou haft asked of him.

18 And she said, Let thine handmaid finde grace in thy fight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her coun tenance was no more fad.

took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a borthe of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh; and the childe was young.

25 And they lewa bullock, and brought the childe to Eli.

26 And the faid, Oh my lord as thy foul. liveth, my lord, I am the woman that ftood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

27 For this childe I prayed: and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him.

28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD as long as he liveth, he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

CHAP. II.

Hannabsfong. 12 The fin of Elies Sons 18 Samuels ministery. ANd Hannah prayed, and faid, My heart the LORD, mine horn

is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mineenemies: because I re joice in thy falvation.

2. There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none befide thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Talk nomore so exceeding proudly let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by himactions are weighed.

4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled, are girt with itrength.

5 They that were full, have hired out themseives for bread, they that were hungry, ceafed: fo that the barren hath born seven, and she that hath many chil dren is waxed feeble.

6 The LORDkilleth, and inaketh alive, he bringeth down to thegrave, and brin geth up.

19 And they rose upin the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house, to to make them inherit the throne of

Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembred her.

20 Wherefore it came to pafs, when the time was come about, afeer Hannah had conceived, that the bare a fon, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly facrifice and his vow.

22 But Hannah went not up: for the faid ince her husband, I will not go up until

7 The LORD makethpoor, and maketh rich, he bringeth tow, and lifteth up. 8 He raifeth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the begger from the dunghill, to fet them among princes, es, and glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORDS and he hath set the world upon them.

9 He will keep the feet of his faints, and the wicked shall be filent in darkness, for by strength shall no man prevail.

10 The adverfaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces, out of heaven fhall he thunder upon them: the LORD shali judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.