Josaphat dieth, and Joram succeeding killeth his own brethren, and some other chief men. 6. reigneth wickedly. 8. Edom, and Lobna revolt from him. 12. Elias by letters forewarneth him of plagues, 16. which falling upon him, he dieth after two years languishing, and horrible disease.Iosaphat dieth, and Ioram succeding killeth his owne brethren, and some other chiefe men. 6. reigneth wickedly. 8. Edom, and Lobna reuolt from him. 12. Elias by letters forwarneth him of plagues, 16. which falling vpon him, he dieth after two yeares languishing, and horrible disease.✦
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the City of David: and Joram his son reigned for him.AND Iosaphat slept with his fathers, & was buried with them in the Citie of Dauid: and Ioram his sonne reigned for him.Dormivit autem Josaphat cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David : regnavitque Joram filius ejus pro eo.
2Who had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Saphatias. All these were the sons of Josaphat the king of Juda.Who had brethren the sonnes of Iosaphat, Azarias, and Iahiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Saphatias. al these were the sonnes of Iosaphat the king of Iuda.Qui habuit fratres filios Josaphat, Azariam, et Jahiel, et Zachariam, et Azariam, et Michaël, et Saphatiam : omnes hi filii Josaphat regis Juda.
3And their father gave them many gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with the most munitissimis: fortified, walled about — not enclosed with a fence cities in Juda: but the kingdom he delivered to Joram, because he was the first begotten.And their father gaue them manie giftes of siluer, and of gold, and pensions, with the most fensed cities in Iuda: but the kingdom he deliuered to Ioram, because he was the first begotten.Deditque eis pater suus multa munera argenti et auri, et pensitationes, cum civitatibus munitissimis in Juda : regnum autem tradidit Joram, eo quod esset primogenitus.
4And Joram rose over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and certain of the princes of Israel.And Ioram rose ouer the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew al his brethren with the sword, and certain of the princes of Israel.✦Surrexit ergo Joram super regnum patris sui : cumque se confirmasset, occidit omnes fratres suos gladio, et quosdam de principibus Israël.
5Two and thirty year old was Joram when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.Two and thirtie yeare old was Ioram when he began to reigne: and he reigned eight yeares in Ierusalem.Triginta duorum annorum erat Joram cum regnare cœpisset, et octo annis regnavit in Jerusalem.
6And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for Achab's daughter was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of our Lord.And he walked in the waies of the kinges of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for Achabs daughter was his wife, and he did euil in the sight of our Lord.Ambulavitque in viis regum Israël, sicut egerat domus Achab : filia quippe Achab erat uxor ejus : et fecit malum in conspectu Domini.
7But our Lord would not destroy the house of David for the covenant, which he had made with him: and because he had promised that he would give him a lamp, and to his sons for ever.But our Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid for the couenant, which he had made with him: and because he had promised that he would geue him a lampe, and to his sonnes for euer.✦Noluit autem Dominus disperdere domum David propter pactum quod inierat cum eo : et quia promiserat ut daret ei lucernam, et filiis ejus omni tempore.
8In those days Edom rebelled, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.In those daies Edom rebelled, from being subiect to Iuda, and made themselues a king.In diebus illis rebellavit Edom, ne esset subditus Judæ, et constituit sibi regem.
9And when Joram had passed with his princes, and all the horsemen, that were with him, he rose in the night, and percussit: struck, the preterite of strike Edom, which had compassed him, and all the captains of his horsemen.And when Ioram had passed with his princes, and al the horsemen, that were with him, he rose in the night, and stroke Edom, which had compassed him, and al the captaynes of his horsemen.Cumque transisset Joram cum principibus suis, et cuncto equitatu qui erat secum, surrexit nocte, et percussit Edom, qui se circumdederat, et omnes duces equitatus ejus.
10But yet Edom rebelled, from being under the dominion of Juda until this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers:But yet Edom rebelled, from being vnder the dominion of Iuda vntil this day: at that time Lobna also reuolted, from being vnder his hand. For he had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers:✦Attamen rebellavit Edom, ne esset sub ditione Juda usque ad hanc diem : eo tempore et Lobna recessit ne esset sub manu illius. Dereliquerat enim Dominum Deum patrum suorum :
11moreover he built also excelsa: the high places, the idolatrous hill-shrines in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, and Juda to transgress.moreouer he built also excelses in the cities of Iuda, and he made the inhabitantes of Ierusalem to fornicate, and Iuda to transgresse.insuper et excelsa fabricatus est in urbibus Juda, et fornicari fecit habitatores Jerusalem, et prævaricari Judam.
12And there were letters brought him from Elias the prophet, in which was written: Thus saith our Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father, and in the ways of Asa the king of Juda,And there were letters brought him from Elias the prophete, in which was Writen: Thus sayth our Lord the God of Dauid thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the waies of Iosaphat thy father, & in the waies of Asa the king of Iuda,✦Allatæ sunt autem ei litteræ ab Elia propheta, in quibus scriptum erat : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui : Quoniam non ambulasti in viis Josaphat patris tui, et in viis Asa regis Juda,
13but hast gone by the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda to fornicate, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, having imitated the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thou:of Iuda, but hast gone by the waies of the kinges of Israel, and hast made Iuda to fornicate, and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem, hauing imitated the fornication of the house of Achab, moreouer also hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men then thou:sed incessisti per iter regum Israël, et fornicari fecisti Judam et habitatores Jerusalem, imitatus fornicationem domus Achab, insuper et fratres tuos, domum patris tui, meliores te, occidisti :
14behold our Lord will strike thee with a great plague with all thy people, and children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.behold our Lord wil strike thee with a great plague with al thy people, and children, and thy wiues, and al thy substance.ecce Dominus percutiet te plaga magna cum populo tuo, et filiis, et uxoribus tuis, universaque substantia tua.
15And thou shalt be sick of a very sore disease of thy belly, till thy vital parts come forth by little and little every day.And thou shalt be sicke of a very sore disease of thy bealie, til thy vital partes come forth by litle and litle euerie day.Tu autem ægrotabis pessimo languore uteri tui, donec egrediantur vitalia tua paulatim per singulos dies.
16Our Lord therefore raised up against Joram the spirit of the Philisthians, and of the Arabians, which are borderers to the Ethiopians.Our Lord therfore raised vp agaynst Ioram the spirit of the Philisthianes, and of the Arabians, which are borderers to the Æthiopians.Suscitavit ergo Dominus contra Joram spiritum Philisthinorum, et Arabum qui confines sunt Æthiopibus :
17and they went up into the Land of Juda, and wasted it, and they spoiled all the substance, that was found in the king's house, moreover also his sons, and wives: neither was there a son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.and they went vp into the Land of Iuda, and wasted it, and they spoyled al the substance, that was found in the kinges house, moreouer also his sonnes, and wiues: neither was there a sonne left him but Ioachaz, who was the yongest.✦et ascenderunt in terram Juda, et vastaverunt eam, diripueruntque cunctam substantiam quæ inventa est in domo regis, insuper et filios ejus, et uxores : nec remansit ei filius, nisi Joachaz, qui minimus natu erat.
18And beside all these things our Lord stroke him with an incurable disease of the belly.And beside al these thinges our Lord stroke him with an incurable disease of the bealie.Et super hæc omnia percussit eum Dominus alvi languore insanabili.
19And when day succeeded day, and the spaces of times passed about, the circuit of two years was complete: and so being wasted with a long consumption, so that he voided even his very bowels, he was rid of the disease, and of his life together. And he died in an exceeding vile infirmity, and the people made him not exequias: funeral rites, obsequies according to the manner of burning, as they had done to his ancestors.And when day succeded day, and the spaces of times passed about, the circuite of two yeares was complete: and soe being wasted with a long comsumption, soe that he voyded euen his very bowels, he was ridde of the disease, and of his life together. And he died in an exceding vile infirmitie, & the people made him not exequies according to the maner of burning, as they had done to his anceters.✦Cumque diei succederet dies, et temporum spatia volverentur, duorum annorum expletus est circulus : et sic longa consumptus tabe, ita ut egereret etiam viscera sua, languore pariter, et vita caruit. Mortuusque est in infirmitate pessima, et non fecit ei populus secundum morem combustionis exequias, sicut fecerat majoribus ejus.
20He was two and thirty years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the City of David: but yet not in the sepulchre of the kings.He was two and thirtie yeares old, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eight yeares in Ierusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the Citie of Dauid: but yet not in the sepulchre of the kinges.Triginta duorum annorum fuit cum regnare cœpisset, et octo annis regnavit in Jerusalem. Ambulavitque non recte, et sepelierunt eum in civitate David, verumtamen non in sepulchro regum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.