1Forsothe Joram, sone of Achab, regnede on Israel, in Samarie, in the eiytenthe yeer of Josephat, kyng of Juda. And he regnede twelue yeer,

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2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 1:17, 2 Kings 8:16, 1 Kings 22:51, 2 Kings 8:16

2and he dide yuel bifor the Lord, but not as his fader and modir;

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2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:26, 2 Kings 10:28, 1 Kings 21:25

3for he took awei the ymagis of Baal, whiche his fadir hadde maad, netheles in the synnes of Jeroboam, sone of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne, `he cleuyde, and yede not awei fro tho.

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1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 15:18, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 15:34

4Forsothe Mesa, kyng of Moab, nurschide many beestis, and paiede to the kyng of Israel an hundrid thousynde of lambren, and an hundrid thousynde of wetheris, with her fleesis.

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2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:2, Job 42:12, Genesis 13:2, Psalms 108:9

5And whanne Achab was deed, he brak the boond of pees, which he hadde with the kyng of Israel.

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2 Kings 1:1, 2 Kings 1:1, 2 Chronicles 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:10, 2 Kings 8:20

6Therfor kyng Joram yede out of Samarie in that dai, and noumbride al Israel.

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2 Samuel 24:1, 2 Samuel 24:25, 1 Kings 20:27, 1 Samuel 11:8, 1 Samuel 15:4

7And he sente to Josephat, kyng of Juda, and seide, The kyng of Moab yede awei fro me; come thou with me ayens him to batel. Which Josephat answeride, Y schal stie; he that is myn, is thin; my puple is thi puple; and myn horsis ben thin horsis.

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1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:4, 2 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Chronicles 22:12

8And he seide, Bi what weie schulen we stie? And he answeride, Bi the deseert of Ydumee.

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Malachi 1:2, Malachi 1:3, Numbers 21:4, Malachi 1:2, Malachi 1:3

9Therfor the kyng of Israel, and the kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, yeden forth, and cumpassiden bi the weie of seuene daies; and `watir was not to the oost, and to the beestis, that sueden hem.

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1 Kings 22:47, 1 Kings 22:47, Numbers 20:4, Exodus 17:1, Judges 4:10

10And the kyng of Israel seide, Alas! alas! alas! the Lord hath gaderide vs thre kyngis to bitake vs in the hond of Moab.

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Proverbs 19:3, 2 Kings 6:33, Genesis 4:13, Isaiah 8:21, Isaiah 51:20

11And Josephat seide, Whether ony prophete of the Lord is here, that we biseche the Lord bi hym? And oon of the seruauntis of the kyng of Israel answeride, Elisee, the sone of Saphat, is here, that schedde watir on the hondis of Elie.

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1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 19:21, 1 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 3:3

12And Josephat seide, Is the word of the Lord at hym? Whiche seiden, `It is. And the kyng of Israel, and Josephat, kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, yeden doun to hym.

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2 Kings 2:14, 2 Kings 2:15, Revelation 3:9, 2 Kings 5:15, Isaiah 49:23

13Forsothe Elise seide to the kyng of Israel, What is to me and to thee? Go thou to the prophetis of thi fadir and of thi modir. And the kyng of Israel seide to hym, Whi hath the Lord gaderid these thre kyngis, to bitake hem into the hondis of Moab?

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1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 22:6, Deuteronomy 32:37

14And Elisee seide to hym, The Lord of oostis lyueth, in whos siyt Y stonde, if Y were not aschamed of the cheer of Josephat, king of Juda, treuli Y hadde not perseyued, nethir Y hadde biholde thee.

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2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 5:16, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:1, Jeremiah 1:18

15Now forsothe brynge ye to me a sautrere. And whanne the sautrere song, the hond of the Lord was maad on hym, and he seide, The Lord seith these thingis,

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1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 16:23, Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 1:3, 1 Samuel 10:5

16Make ye the wombe, ether depthe, of this stronde dichis and dichis.

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2 Kings 4:3, 2 Kings 4:3, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 2:18, Numbers 2:16

17For the Lord seith these thingis, Ye schulen not se wynd, nethir reyn, and this depthe schal be fillid with watris, and ye schulen drynke, and youre meynees, and youre beestis.

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Psalms 107:35, Psalms 107:35, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 48:21

18And this is litil in the siyt of the Lord. Ferthermore also he schal bitake Moab in to youre hondis;

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Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Jeremiah 32:17

19and ye schulen smyte ech strengthid citee, and ech chosun citee, and ye schulen kitte doun ech tre berynge fruyt, and ye schulen stoppe alle the wellis of watris, and ye schulen hile with stonys ech noble feeld.

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2 Kings 3:25, Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Numbers 24:17, 1 Samuel 15:3

20Therfor it was doon eerli, whanne sacrifice is wont to be offrid, and, lo! watris camen bi the weie of Edom, and the lond was fillid with watris.

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Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, 1 Kings 18:36

21Sotheli alle men of Moab herden, that kyngis hadden stied to fiyte ayens hem; `and men of Moab clepiden togidere alle men, that weren gird with girdil aboue, and thei stoden in the termes.

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1 Kings 20:11, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Kings 20:11, Ephesians 6:14

22And men of Moab risiden ful eerli, and whanne the sunne was risun thanne euen ayens the watris, thei sien the watris reed as blood euene ayens.

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23And thei seiden, It is the blood of swerd, `that is, sched out bi swerd; kyngis fouyten ayens hem silf, and thei ben slayn togider; now go thou, Moab, to the prey.

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2 Kings 7:6, Exodus 15:9, 2 Chronicles 20:25, 2 Kings 6:18, 2 Kings 6:20

24And thei yeden in to the castels of Israel; forsothe Israel roos, and smoot Moab, and thei fledden bifor men of Israel. Therfor thei that hadden ouercome, camen, and smytiden Moab, and destrieden cytees;

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1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, Joshua 8:20, Joshua 8:22, Judges 20:40

25and alle men sendynge stoonys filliden ech beste feeld, and stoppiden alle the wellis of watris, and kittiden doun alle trees berynge fruyt, so that oneli `wallis maad of erthe weren left; and the citee was cumpassid of men settinge engynes, and was smytun bi greet part.

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Jeremiah 48:36, Isaiah 16:7, Jeremiah 48:31, 2 Kings 3:19, Jeremiah 48:36

26And whanne the kyng of Moab hadde seyn this, that is, that the enemyes hadden the maistrie, he took with hym seuene hundrid men drawynge swerdis, that thei shulden breke in to the kyng of Edom; and thei myyten not.

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2 Kings 3:9, Amos 2:1, 2 Kings 3:9, Amos 2:1

27And he took his firste gendrid sone, that schulde regne for hym, and offride brent sacrifice on the wal; and greet indignacioun was maad in Israel; and anoon thei yeden awei fro hym, and turneden ayen in to her lond.

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Micah 6:7, Micah 6:7, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 12:31, Judges 11:31