Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The XIX. Chapter.

BVt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda ca∣me [ A] home agayne in peace vnto Ie∣rusalem. And Iehu y^e sonne of Hana¦ni the Seer wēte forth to mete him, & sayde vnto kynge Iosaphat: Shuldest thou so hel¦pe the vngodly, and loue them that hate the LORDE? And for this cause is y^e wrath vpō the from the LORDE: neuertheles there is some good founde in the, that thou hast put the groues out of the londe, and hast prepa∣red thine hert to seke God. So Iosaphat abo¦de at Ierusalem.

And he wente agayne amonge the peo∣ple, [ B] from Berseba vnto moūt Ephraim, and broughte them agayne to the LORDE God of their fathers. And he set Iudges thorow out the londe, in all the stronge cities of Iu∣da, and a certayne in euery cite. And sayde vnto the Iudges: Take hede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgment of man, but of the LORDE, and he is with you in iudgmēt: therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with

you, and bewarre, and do it: for with the LOR¦DE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes, ner respecte of personnes, ner acceptinge of giftes.

[ C] And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordey∣ne certayne of the Leuites and prestes, and of the awnciēt fathers of Israel for y^e iudg¦ment of the LORDE, and ouer the matter of the lawe, and caused them to dwell at Ieru∣salem, and commaunded them, and sayde: Se that ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE, in faithfulnes & in a perfect hert. In all cau∣ses that come vnto you from youre brethren (which dwell in their cities) betwene bloude and bloude, betwene lawe and commaunde¦ment, betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal enforme them, y^t they synne not against the LORDE, and so the wrath to come vpon you and youre brethren. Do thus, and ye shal not offende.

Beholde, Amaria the prest is chefe ouer you in all causes of y^e LORDE: so is Sabadia the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of Iuda in all the kynges matters: Ye haue offi¦cers likewyse the Leuites before you. Take a good corage vnto you, and be doynge, and the LORDE shalbe with the good.