Joram king of Israel accompanied with the kings of Juda & Edom, fighteth against the king of Moab, for not paying tribute according to their league. 9. wanting waters. 16. Eliseus procureth sufficient without rain: and prophesieth victory. 21. The king of Moab deceived by a vision is overthrown in the field. 26. then being besieged immolateth his first begotten son: and the Israelites leave the siege.Ioram king of Israel accompanied with the kinges of Iuda & Edom, fighteth against the king of Moab, for not paying tribute according to their league. 9. wanting waters. 16. Eliseus procureth sufficient without raine: and prophecieth victorie. 21. The king of Moab deceiued by a vision is ouerthrowne in the fielde. 26. then being besiged immolateth his first begotten sonne: and the Israelites leaue the siege.✦
And Joram the son of Achab reigned over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Josaphat the king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.AND Ioram the sonne of Achab reigned ouer Israel in Samaria the eightenth yeare of Iosaphat the king of Iuda. And he reigned twelue yeares.✦Joram vero filius Achab regnavit super Israël in Samaria anno decimooctavo Josaphat regis Judæ : regnavitque duodecim annis.
2And he did evil before our Lord, but not as his father and mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.And he did euil before our Lord, but not as his father and mother: for he tooke away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.✦Et fecit malum coram Domino, sed non sicut pater suus et mater : tulit enim statuas Baal quas fecerat pater ejus.
3Nevertheless in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, he stuck fast, and departed not from them.Neuertheles in the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne, he stucke fast, and departed not from them.✦Verumtamen in peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël, adhæsit, nec recessit ab eis.
4Moreover Mesa the king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces.Moreouer Mesa the king of Moab, nourished manie sheepe, and he payed to the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambes, and a hundred thousand rammes with their fleeces.Porro Mesa rex Moab nutriebat pecora multa, et solvebat regi Israël centum millia agnorum, et centum millia arietum cum velleribus suis.
5And when Achab was dead, he brake the fœdus: a sworn treaty, which he had made with the king of Israel.And when Achab was dead, he brake the league, which he had made with the king of Israel.✦Cumque mortuus fuisset Achab, prævaricatus est fœdus quod habebat cum rege Israël.
6Therefore king Joram went forth that day out of Samaria, and mustered all Israel.Therfore king Ioram went forth that day out of Samaria, and mustered al Israel.Egressus est igitur rex Joram in die illa de Samaria, et recensuit universum Israël.
7And he sent to Josaphat the king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me, come with me against him to battle. Who answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: and my horses thy horses.And he sent to Iosaphat the king of Iuda, saying: The king of Moab is reuolted from me, come with me against him to battel. Who answered: I wil come vp: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: & my horses thy horses.Misitque ad Josaphat regem Juda, dicens : Rex Moab recessit a me : veni mecum contra eum ad prælium. Qui respondit : Ascendam : qui meus est, tuus est : populus meus, populus tuus, et equi mei, equi tui.
8And he said: What way shall we go up? but he answered: By the desert of Idumea.And he said: What way shal we goe vp? but he answered: By the desert of Idumea.✦Dixitque : Per quam viam ascendemus ? At ille respondit : Per desertum Idumææ.
9Therefore the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom went forward, and circuierunt: made a circuit of seven days' journey, neither was there water for the army, and the beasts, that followed them.Therfore the king of Israel, and the king of Iuda, and the king of Edom went forward, and compassed seuen daies iourney, neither was there water for the armie, and the beastes, that folowed them.Perrexerunt igitur rex Israël, et rex Juda, et rex Edom, et circuierunt per viam septem dierum, nec erat aqua exercitui et jumentis quæ sequebantur eos.
10And the king of Israel said: Alas alas alas, our Lord hath gathered us three kings together, that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.And the king of Israel said: Alas alas alas, our Lord hath gathered vs three kinges together, that he might deliuer vs into the handes of Moab.Dixitque rex Israël : Heu ! heu ! heu ! congregavit nos Dominus tres reges ut traderet in manus Moab.
11And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of our Lord, that we may beseech our Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, which poured water upon the hands of Elias.And Iosaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of our Lord, that we may besech our Lord by him? And one of the seruantes of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus the sonne of Saphat, which powred water vpon the handes of Elias.✦Et ait Josaphat : Estne hic propheta Domini, ut deprecemur Dominum per eum ? Et respondit unus de servis regis Israël : Est hic Eliseus filius Saphat, qui fundebat aquam super manus Eliæ.
12And Josaphat said: The word of our Lord is with him. And the king of Israel went down to him, and Josaphat the king of Juda, and the king of Edom.And Iosaphat sayd: The word of our Lord is with him. And the king of Israel went downe to him, and Iosaphat the king of Iuda, and the king of Edom.Et ait Josaphat : Est apud eum sermo Domini. Descenditque ad eum rex Israël, et Josaphat rex Juda, et rex Edom.
13And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What is to me and thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him: Why hath our Lord gathered together these three kings, that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What is to me and thee? goe to the prophetes of thy father, and thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him: Why hath our Lord gathered together these three kinges, that he might deliuer them into the handes of Moab?✦Dixit autem Eliseus ad regem Israël : Quid mihi et tibi est ? vade ad prophetas patris tui et matris tuæ. Et ait illi rex Israël : Quare congregavit Dominus tres reges hos ut traderet eos in manus Moab ?
14And Eliseus said to him: The Lord of hosts liveth, in whose sight I stand, If I did not reverence the face of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not quidem: certainly have hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.And Eliseus said to him: The Lord of hostes liueth, in whose sight I stand, If I did not reuerence the face of Iosaphat the king of Iuda, I would not certes haue harkened to thee, nor looked on thee.✦Dixitque ad eum Eliseus : Vivit Dominus exercituum, in cujus conspectu sto, quod si non vultum Josaphat regis Judæ erubescerem, non attendissem quidem te, nec respexissem.
15But now bring me hither a player on instruments. And when the player sang, the hand of our Lord came upon him, and he said:But now bring me hither a plaier on instrumentes. And when the player sang, the hand of our Lord came vpon him, and he said:✦Nunc autem adducite mihi psaltem. Cumque caneret psaltes, facta est super eum manus Domini, et ait :
16Thus saith our Lord: Make the channel of this torrent ditches and ditches.Thus saith our Lord: Make the chanel of this torrent diches and diches.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Facite alveum torrentis hujus fossas et fossas.
17For thus saith our Lord: You shall not see wind, nor rain: and this channel shall be filled with waters, and you shall drink, and your families, and your beasts.For thus saith our Lord: You shal not see winde, nor raine: and this chanel shal be filled with waters, & you shal drinke, and your families, & your beastes.Hæc enim dicit Dominus : Non videbitis ventum, neque pluviam : et alveus iste replebitur aquis, et bibetis vos, et familiæ vestræ, et jumenta vestra.
18And this is a small thing in the sight of our Lord: moreover he will deliver also Moab into your hands.And this is a smal thing in the sight of our Lord: moreouer he wil deliuer also Moab into your handes.Parumque est hoc in conspectu Domini : insuper tradet etiam Moab in manus vestras.
19And you shall strike every munitam: fortified city, and every principal city, and shall cut down all fruitful trees, and shall stop up all fountains of waters, and every goodly field you shall cover with stones.And you shal strike euerie fensed citie, and euerie principal citie, and shal cut downe al fruiteful trees, and shal stoppe vp al fountaines of waters, and euerie goodlie field you shal couer with stones.Et percutietis omnem civitatem munitam, et omnem urbem electam, et universum lignum fructiferum succidetis, cunctosque fontes aquarum obturabitis, et omnem agrum egregium operietis lapidibus.
20It came to pass therefore in the morning, when they used to offer the sacrifice, and behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the ground was filled with waters.It came to passe therfore in the morning, when they vsed to offer the sacrifice, and behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the ground was filled with waters.✦Factum est igitur mane, quando sacrificium offerri solet, et ecce aquæ veniebant per viam Edom, et repleta est terra aquis.
21But all the Moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them, they called together all that were girded with a belt upon them, and they stood in the borders.But al the Moabites hearing that the kinges were come vp to fight against them, they called together al that were girded with a belt vpon them, and they stoode in the borders.Universi autem Moabitæ audientes quod ascendissent reges ut pugnarent adversum eos, convocaverunt omnes qui accincti erant balteo desuper, et steterunt in terminis.
22And rising early in the morning, and the sun being now risen over against the waters, the Moabites saw the waters over against them red, as it were blood,And rysing early in the morning, and the sunne being now risen ouer against the waters, the Moabites saw the waters ouer against them red, as it were bloud,✦Primoque mane surgentes, et orto jam sole ex adverso aquarum, viderunt Moabitæ e contra aquas rubras quasi sanguinem,
23and said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and are slain one of another: now go on forward to the prædam: plunder, the spoil, Moab.and said: It is the bloud of the sword: the kinges haue fought among them selues, and are slaine one of an other: now goe on forward to the pray, Moab.dixeruntque : Sanguis gladii est : pugnaverunt reges contra se, et cæsi sunt mutuo : nunc perge ad prædam, Moab.
24And they went forward into the camp of Israel: Moreover Israel rising up, struck Moab: but they fled before them. They therefore that had overcome, came and struck Moab,And they went forward into the campe of Israel: Moreouer Israel rysing vp, stroke Moab: but they fled before them. They therfore that had ouercome, came and stroke Moab,Perrexeruntque in castra Israël : porro consurgens Israël, percussit Moab : at illi fugerunt coram eis. Venerunt igitur qui vicerant, et percusserunt Moab,
25and destroyed the cities: and every principal field they filled every man casting stones: and they stopped up all the fountains of waters: and cut down all trees that bare fruit, so that there remained only brick walls: and the city was beset of the slingers, and for a great part thereof was stricken.and destroyed the cities: & euerie principal field they filled euerie man casting stones: and they stopt vp al the fountaines of waters: and cut downe al trees that bare fruite, so that there remained onlie brike walles: and the citie was besette of the slingers, and for a great part therof was strooken.✦et civitates destruxerunt : et omnem agrum optimum, mittentes singuli lapides, repleverunt : et universos fontes aquarum obturaverunt : et omnia ligna fructifera succiderunt, ita ut muri tantum fictiles remanerent : et circumdata est civitas a fundibulariis, et magna ex parte percussa.
26Which when the king of Moab had seen, to scilicet: namely, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break in upon the king of Edom: and they could not.Which when the king of Moab had seene, to witte, that the enemies had preuayled, he tooke with him seuen hundred men that drew sword, to breake in vpon the king of Edom: and they could not.Quod cum vidisset rex Moab, prævaluisse scilicet hostes, tulit secum septingentos viros educentes gladium, ut irrumperent ad regem Edom : et non potuerunt.
27And taking his first begotten son, that should have reigned for him, he offered him an holocaustum: a whole burnt sacrifice, not the modern sense of mass killing upon the wall: and there was great indignation in Israel, and forthwith they retired from him, and returned into their country.And taking his first begotten sonne, that should haue reigned for him, he offered him an holocaust vpon the wal: and there was great indignation in Israel, and forthwith they retyred from him, and returned into their countrie.✦Arripiensque filium suum primogenitum, qui regnaturus erat pro eo, obtulit holocaustum super murum : et facta est indignatio magna in Israël, statimque recesserunt ab eo, et reversi sunt in terram suam.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.