Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 13:1 | In the .xxiij. yeare of Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu kynge of Iuda, Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu beganne to raygne ouer Israel in Samaria seuentene yeare. |
| 13:2 | And he wrought that whych was euell in the syght of the Lorde, and folowed the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat whych made Israel to synne, and departed not ther from. |
| 13:3 | And the Lorde was angry wyth Israel, and delyuered them into the hand of Hazael kynge of Siria, and into the hande of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael all theyr dayes. |
| 13:4 | And Iehoahaz besought the Lorde, & the Lorde heard him. For he considred the trouble of Israel, wher with the king of Siria troubled them. |
| 13:5 | And the Lorde gaue Israel a delyuerer, so that they went out from vnder the subieccyon of the Sirians. And the chyldren of Israel dwelt in theyr tentes as before tyme. |
| 13:6 | Neuerthelesse they departed not from the synnes of the house of Ieroboam, whych made Israel synne, but walked in them. And there remayned an Idols groue styll also in Samaria. |
| 13:7 | Neither dyd he leaue of the people to Iehoahaz, but fyftye horsemen ten charettes, & ten thousande fotemen for the kynge of Siria destroyed them, and made them lyke thresshed dust. |
| 13:8 | The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehoahaz, and all that he dyd, and hys power, are they not wrytten in the boke of the Chronycles of the kynges of Israel? |
| 13:9 | And Iehoahaz slepte wyth hys fathers, and they buryed hym in Samaria, and Ioas his sonne raygned in hys steade. |
| 13:10 | In the .xxxvij. yeare of Ioas kynge of Iuda, beganne Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz to raygne ouer Israel in Samaria syxtene yeare, |
| 13:11 | and dyd that whych is euell in the syght of the Lord, and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, (that made Israel synne) for he walked therin. |
| 13:12 | The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Ioas & all that he dyd, & hys power wher wyth he fought agaynst Amaziahu kyng of Iuda are they not wrytten in the chronycle boke of the kynges of Israel? |
| 13:13 | And Ioas slepte with his fathers, and Ieroboam sat vpon his seate. And Ioas was buried in Samaria amonge the kynges of Israel. |
| 13:14 | When Elisa was fallen sycke of hys sycknesse (wher of he dyed) Ioas the kinge of Israel came downe vnto hym, & wepte before him, & sayd: O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, & the horsemen of the same. |
| 13:15 | Elisa sayde vnto hym: take bowe & arowes. |
| 13:16 | And he toke vnto him bowe & arowes. And he sayde to the kyng of Israel: put thine hand vpon the bowe, & he put his hande vpon it. And Elisa put his handes vpon the kinges handes, |
| 13:17 | & sayde: open a windowe eastward: & whan he had opened it, Elisa sayde: shote, & he shotte. And he sayd: the arowe of helth of the Lord: and the arowe of helth agaynst Siria, for thou shalt smyte Siria in Aphek, tyll thou haue made an ende of them. |
| 13:18 | And he sayd: take the arowes: & he toke them: And he sayd vnto the kyng of Israel: smyte the grounde: & he smote thrise and ceased. |
| 13:19 | And the man of God was angrie wt him, & sayd: thou shuldest haue smyten fyue or syxe tymes & then thou haddest smytten Siria tyll thou haddest made an ende of them: where nowe thou shalt smyte Siria but thrise. |
| 13:20 | And so Elisa dyed and they buryed hym, & the soudiares of the Moabites came into the land, the same yeare. |
| 13:21 | And it chaunced as some of them were burienge a man, and spyed the soudyars, they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisa. And whan the man was rolled downe, and touched the body of Elisa he reuyued, and stode vpon hys fete. |
| 13:22 | But Hazael vexed Israel, all the dayes of Iehoahaz. |
| 13:23 | And the Lord had mercye on them & pitied them, & had respecte vnto them, because of his appointment made wt Abraham, Isahac & Iacob, and wolde not destroye them, nether cast he them from hym as yet. |
| 13:24 | So Hazael the kynge of Siria dyed and Benhadad his sonne raygned in his steade. |
| 13:25 | And Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz went agayne, and toke out of the hande of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, the cyties which he had taken awaye out of the hande of Iehoahaz hys father, in warre: for thre tymes dyd Ioas beate him, and restored the cyties vnto Israel agayne. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."