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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 12:1 | And these folowenge came to Dauid to Zikelag, whyle he yet kept hym selfe close for feare of Saul the sonne of Cis: and they were of the men that socoured the battell, |
| 12:2 | wepened wyth boowes, and coulde handle stones, arowes and bow as well wyth the lefte hande as wyth the ryght, and were of Sauls brethren, euen of the trybe of Beniamin. |
| 12:3 | The chefest were Ahiezer and Ioas the sonnes of Samaah a Gobaonite, and Iaziel a Phalite, the sonnes of Azmoth. Baracah and Iehu of Anathoth. |
| 12:4 | And Isamaiah a Gabaonite as mightye as any of thyrtye and more myghtye to. And Ieremiah, Iehaziel, Iohanan and Iosabad of Gedor. |
| 12:5 | Eleusai, Ierimoth Baaliah Samariah and Saphatiah: Haraphites, |
| 12:6 | Elcanah, Iesiah, Azrael, Ioezer, Ioseboam of Karehim. |
| 12:7 | And Ioelah and Zabadiah the sonnes of Ieroham of Gedor. |
| 12:8 | And of the Gadites there separated them selues vnto Dauid when he kept an holde in the wildernesse, men of myghte and men apte for warre and coulde handle shylde & speare, whose faces were lyke the faces of Lyons, and they were therto as swifte as the Rooes of the mountaynes: |
| 12:9 | Ezer the fyrste, Obdiah the seconde, Eliab the thyrde, |
| 12:10 | Masmannan the fourthe Ieremiah the fyfte, |
| 12:11 | Ethi the syxte, Eliel the seuenthe, |
| 12:12 | Iohanam the eight, Elsabad the nynthe, |
| 12:13 | Ieremiah the tenthe, and Macahbanai the eleuenthe. |
| 12:14 | These were of the sonnes of Gad and were captaynes ouer the men of warre, the small ouer an hundred, and the greate ouer a thousande. |
| 12:15 | These are they that went ouer Iordan in the fyrste monethe, when he had fylled ouer all hys bancke. And they put to flight them of the valeye bothe of the East syde and also the Weste. |
| 12:16 | And there came of the chyldren of Beniamin and Iuda to the holde of Dauid. |
| 12:17 | And Dauid went out to them and answered and sayde to them: If ye be come peasablye vnto me, to helpe me, myne hert shalbe together with you. But and yf you come to begyle me and to be myne aduersarye, seynge ther is no wyckednes in myne handes, the God of oure fathers loke theron and rebuke yt. |
| 12:18 | And the spirite came vpon Amasai a captayne ouer .xxx. and he sayde, thyne are we Dauid, and on thy syde thou sonne of Iesai peace be wt the, and peace be with thine helpers, for thy God helpeth the. Then Dauid receyued them and made them heades of companyes of the men of warre. |
| 12:19 | And there felle of Manasseh to Dauid, when he went with the Philistines agaynst Saul to battel, but holpe them not. For the Lordes of the Philistines toke councel and sent him away saying: he wil fall to his maister Saul to the Ieopardye of oure heades. |
| 12:20 | And as he went to Zikelag there fell to him of Manasseh: Ednah Iozabad, Iediel, Michael, of Iozabad, Elihu and Zalthai, heades of the thousandes of Manasseh. |
| 12:21 | And they holpe Dauid agaynst those rouers. For they were all myghtye men and Capitaynes in warre. |
| 12:22 | And there came one or other to Dauid daye by day to helpe him: vntyll it was a great Hoste, lyke the Hoste of God. |
| 12:23 | And this is the numbre of the heades prepared to battel, that came to Dauid to Hebron, to turne the kyngdom of Saul to hym, accordinge to the mouth of the Lord. |
| 12:24 | The chyldren of Iuda that bare shylde & sperre were sixe thousand and eight hundred trymmed to warre. |
| 12:25 | Of the chyldren of Symeon, men of myght to warre, seuen thousand and one hundred. |
| 12:26 | And of the chyldren of Leui were foure thousande and sixe hundred. |
| 12:27 | And Iehoiada was the chefe of them of Aaron, and with him thre thousand and seuen hundred. |
| 12:28 | And Zadock a younge man of greate power had hys fathers housholde wyth Capitaynes .xxij. |
| 12:29 | And of the chyldren of Beniamin the brethren of Saul, were thre thousand. And a great parte of them dyd yet folowe the house of Saul. |
| 12:30 | And of the chyldren of Ephraim, were .xx. thousand and eight hundred, men of myghte and named men in the housholdes of their fathers. |
| 12:31 | And of the halfe trybe of Manasseh .xviij. thousande, whyche were apoynted by name to go to make Dauid Kynge. |
| 12:32 | And of the chyldren of Isacar, whyche were men that had vnderstandynge in the ryght tyme to knowe what Israel ought to do: The heedes of them were two hundred, and all theyr brethren at theyr wyll. |
| 12:33 | And of Zabulon that went out wyth the Hoste and proceded in the araye to battell wyth all maner of wepons of warre, fyftye thousande that kepte in order wyth one accorde. |
| 12:34 | And of Nephthali a thousande Capitaynes, and with them with shylde and speare .xxxvij. thousande. |
| 12:35 | And of Dan prepared to battell, were .xxviij. thousande and .vi. hundred. |
| 12:36 | And of Asser that went out wyth the Hoste to make battell, fourtie thousand. |
| 12:37 | And of the other syde Iordan, of the Rubenites, Gaddites and of the halfe trybe of Manasseh wyth all manner of instrumentes of warre an hundred and twentie thousand. |
| 12:38 | All these beynge men of warre able to ordre the araye, came to Hebron with pure herte, to make Dauid Kynge vpon all Israel. And therto all the rest of Israel was of one accorde to make Dauid Kynge. |
| 12:39 | And there they were with Dauid thre dayes eatynge & drynckyng: for theyr brethren prepared for them. |
| 12:40 | Moreouer they that were nye to them, as Isacar, Zabulon and Nephthali brought bredde on Asses, Camels, mules and oxen, & meate: floure, figges, reasyngs, wyne, oyle, oxen, and shepe aboundantlye. For there was myrthe in Israel. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.