Famine oppressing Israel three years, for the sin of Saul against the Gabaonites, 6. seven of Saul's race (7. Miphiboseth saved) are crucified. 12. Their bones with Saul's and Jonathas' are buried in the Land of Benjamin. 15. David hath four great battles and victories against the Philistines.Famine oppressing Israel three yeares, for the sinne of Saul agaynst the Gabaonites, 6. seuen of Sauls race (7. Miphiboseth saued) are crucified. 12. Their bones with Sauls and Ionathas are buried in the Land of Beniamin. 15. Dauid hath foure great battels and victories against the Philistians.✦
And there came a famine in the days of David three years continually: and David consulted the oracle of our Lord. And our Lord said: For Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites,ANd there came a famine in the daies of Dauid three yeares continually: and Dauid consulted the oracle of our Lord. And our Lord sayd: For Saul, and his bloudy house, because he slewe the Gabaonites,✦Facta est quoque fames in diebus David tribus annis jugiter : et consuluit David oraculum Domini. Dixitque Dominus : Propter Saul, et domum ejus sanguinum, quia occidit Gabaonitas.
2The king therefore calling the Gabaonites, said to them. (Moreover the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the relics of the Amorrheites: For the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul would strike them of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda.)The king therfore calling the Gabaonites, sayd to them. (Moreouer the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the reliques of the Amorrheites: For the children of Israel had sworne to them, and Saul would strike them of zeale, as it were for the children of Israel and Iuda.)✦Vocatis ergo Gabaonitis rex, dixit ad eos (porro Gabaonitæ non erant de filiis Israël, sed reliquiæ Amorrhæorum : filii quippe Israël juraverant eis, et voluit Saul percutere eos zelo, quasi pro filiis Israël et Juda),
3David therefore said to the Gabaonites: What shall I do for you? And what shall be the expiation for you, that you may bless the inheritance of our Lord?Dauid therfore sayd to the Gabaonites: What shal I do for you? And what shal be the expiation for you, that you may blesse the inheritance of our Lord?✦dixit ergo David ad Gabaonitas : Quid faciam vobis ? et quod erit vestri piaculum, ut benedicatis hæreditati Domini ?
4And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no question upon silver and gold, but against Saul, and against his house: neither will we that a man be slain of Israel. To whom the king said: What will you then that I do for you?And the Gabaonites sayd to him: We haue no question vpon siluer and gold, but agaynst Saul, and agaynst his house: neither wil we that a man be slayne of Israel. To whom the king sayd: What wil you then that I do for you?Dixeruntque ei Gabaonitæ : Non est nobis super argento et auro quæstio, sed contra Saul, et contra domum ejus : neque volumus ut interficiatur homo de Israël. Ad quos rex ait : Quid ergo vultis ut faciam vobis ?
5Who said to the king: The man, that hath wasted us and oppressed us unjustly, we must so destroy, that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.Who sayd to the king: The man, that hath wasted vs and oppressed vs vniustly, we must so destroy, that there be not so much as one leift of his stocke in al the coastes of Israel.✦Qui dixerunt regi : Virum qui attrivit nos et oppressit inique, ita delere debemus, ut ne unus quidem residuus sit de stirpe ejus in cunctis finibus Israël.
6Let there be given us seven men of his children, that we may crucify them to our Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of our Lord. And the king said: I will give them.Let there be geuen vs seuen men of his children, that we may crucifie them to our Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of our Lord. And the king sayd: I wil geue them.Dentur nobis septem viri de filiis ejus, ut crucifigamus eos Domino in Gabaa Saul, quondam electi Domini. Et ait rex : Ego dabo.
7And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathas the son of Saul, for the oath of our Lord, that had been between David, and between Jonathas the son of Saul.And the king spared Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathas the sonne of Saul, for the oth of our Lord, that had beene betwen Dauid, and betwen Ionathas the sonne of Saul.Pepercitque rex Miphiboseth filio Jonathæ filii Saul, propter jusjurandum Domini quod fuerat inter David et inter Jonathan filium Saul.
8The king therefore took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bare to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, which she bare to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi,The king therfore tooke the two sonnes of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bare to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the fiue sonnes of Michol the daughter of Saul, which she bare to Hadriel the sonne of Berzellai, that was of Molathi,✦Tulit itaque rex duos filios Respha filiæ Aja quos peperit Sauli, Armoni, et Miphiboseth : et quinque filios Michol filiæ Saul quos genuerat Hadrieli filio Berzellai, qui fuit de Molathi,
9and gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: who crucified them on a hill before our Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of harvest, when the reaping of barley began. And Respha the daughter ofand gaue them into the handes of the Gabaonites: who crucified them on a hil before our Lord: and these seuen dyed together in the first dayes of harueft, when the reaping of barley began. And Respha the daughter of✦et dedit eos in manus Gabaonitarum : qui crucifixerunt eos in monte coram Domino : et ceciderunt hi septem simul occisi in diebus messis primis, incipiente messione hordei.
10Aia taking a cilicium: sackcloth of coarse goat's hair worn in mourning, spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of harvest, till water dropped upon them from heaven: and she suffered not the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.Aia taking a heare cloth, spred it vnder her vpon the rocke from the beginning of harueft, til water dropped vpon them from heauen: and she suffered not the birdes to teare them by day, nor the beastes by night.✦Tollens autem Respha filia Aja cilicium, substravit sibi supra petram ab initio messis, donec stillaret aqua super eos de cælo : et non dimisit aves lacerare eos per diem, neque bestias per noctem.
11And the things were told David, which Respha had done, the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul.And the thinges were told Dauid, which Respha had done, the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul.Et nuntiata sunt David quæ fecerat Respha filia Aja, concubina Saul.
12And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathas his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them out of the street of Bethsan, in the which the Philistines hanged them when they had killed Saul in Gelboe.And Dauid went, and tooke the bones of Saul, and the bones of Ionathas his sonne from the men of Iabes Galaad, who had stolen them out of the streate of Bethsan, in the which the Philistijms hanged them when they had killed Saul in Gelboe.✦Et abiit David, et tulit ossa Saul, et ossa Jonathæ filii ejus, a viris Jabes Galaad, qui furati fuerant ea de platea Bethsan in qua suspenderant eos Philisthiim cum interfecissent Saul in Gelboë :
13And he carried thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathas his son: and gathering the bones of them, that were crucified,And he caried thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Ionathas his sonne: and gathering the bones of them, that were crucified,et asportavit inde ossa Saul, et ossa Jonathæ filii ejus : et colligentes ossa eorum qui affixi fuerant,
14they buried them with the bones of Saul, and of Jonathas his son in the Land of Benjamin, in the side, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they did all things that the king had commanded, and God was made repropitiatus: merciful, reconciled, not "favourably timed" again to the land after these things.they buried them with the bones of Saul, and of Ionathas his sonne in the Land of Beniamin, in the side, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they did al thinges that the king had commanded, and God was made propitious agayne to the land after these thinges.sepelierunt ea cum ossibus Saul et Jonathæ filii ejus in terra Benjamin, in latere, in sepulchro Cis patris ejus : feceruntque omnia quæ præceperat rex, et repropitiatus est Deus terræ post hæc.
15And there was a battle made again of the Philistines against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David fainting,And there was a battel made agayne of the Philistianes agaynst Israel, and Dauid went downe, and his seruantes with him, and fought agaynst the Philisthijms. And Dauid faynting,✦Factum est autem rursum prælium Philisthinorum adversum Israël, et descendit David, et servi ejus cum eo, et pugnabant contra Philisthiim. Deficiente autem David,
16Jesbibenob, which was of the kindred of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, and he was girded with a new sword, assayed to strike David.Iesbibenob, which was of the kinred of Arapha, the yron of whose speare weyed three hundred ounces, and he was girded with a new sword, assayed to strike Dauid.Jesbibenob, qui fuit de genere Arapha, cujus ferrum hastæ trecentas uncias appendebat, et accinctus erat ense novo, nisus est percutere David.
17And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued him, and striking the Philistine killed him. Then sware David's men, saying: Thou shalt no more go forth with us into battle, lest thou put out the lamp of Israel.And Abisai the sonne of Saruia rescewed him, and striking the Philistian killed him. Then sware Dauids men, saying: Thou shalt no more goe forth with vs into battel, lest thou put out the lampe of Israel.✦Præsidioque ei fuit Abisai filius Sarviæ, et percussum Philisthæum interfecit. Tunc juraverunt viri David, dicentes : Jam non egredieris nobiscum in bellum, ne extinguas lucernam Israël.
18There was also a second battle in Gob against the Philistines: then stroke Sobochai of Husathi, Saph of the stock of Arapha of the kindred of the giants.There was also a second battel in Gob against the Philistians: then stroke Sobochai of Husathi, Saph of the stocke of Arapha of the kindred of the gyantes.Secundum quoque bellum fuit in Gob contra Philisthæos : tunc percussit Sobochai de Husati, Saph de stirpe Arapha de genere gigantum.
19There was also a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in the which Adeodatus the son of the Forest an embroiderer the Bethlehemite stroke Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was as it were a weaver's beam.There was also a third battel in Gob agaynst the Philistians, in the which Adeodatus the sonne of the Forest a broderer the Bethlehemite stroke Goliath the Getheite, the shaft of whose speare was as it were a weauers beame.✦Tertium quoque fuit bellum in Gob contra Philisthæos, in quo percussit Adeodatus filius Saltus polymitarius Bethlehemites Goliath Gethæum, cujus hastile hastæ erat quasi liciatorium texentium.
20The fourth battle was in Geth: in the which was a tall man, that had six fingers and six toes on each hand and foot, that is four and twenty, and he was of the race of Arapha.The fourth battel was in Geth: in the which was a tal man, that had six fingers and six toes on eche hand and foote, that is fowre and twentie, and he was of the race of Arapha.Quartum bellum fuit in Geth : in quo vir fuit excelsus, qui senos in manibus pedibusque habebat digitos, id est, viginti quatuor : et erat de origine Arapha.
21And he blasphemed Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David stroke him.And he blasphemed Israel: and Ionathan the sonne of Samaa the brother of Dauid stroke him.Et blasphemavit Israël : percussit autem eum Jonathan filius Samaa fratris David.
22These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.These foure were borne of Arapha in Geth, and they fel by the hand of Dauid, and of his seruantes.✦Hi quatuor nati sunt de Arapha in Geth, et ceciderunt in manu David et servorum ejus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.