The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. I.

1 The buylding of Ecbatane. 5 Nabuchodonosor made warre against Arphaxed & ouercame him. 12 He threa∣teneth them that wolde not helpe him.

1 IN the twelft yere of the reigne of Na∣buchodonosor who reigned in Nineue the greate Citie [in the daies of Arpha∣xed, which reigned ouer the Medes in Ecbatane,

2 And buylt in Ecba∣tane the walles rounde aboute, of hewen stone, thre cubites broad, and six cubites long, and made the height of the wal seuē∣tie cubites, and the breadth thereof fiftie cubites.

3 And made the towres thereof in the gates of it of an hundreth cubites, & the breadth thereof in the fun daciō 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cubites,

4 And made the gates thereof, euen gates that were lifted vp on hie, seuentie cubites, and the breadth of them fortie cubites, for the going forth of his mightie armies, and forthe setting in aray of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉.]

5 Euen in those daies, King Nabuchodono∣sor made warre with King 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the great field, which is the field in the coastes of Ragau.

6 Then came vnto him all they that dwelt in the mountaines, & all that dwelt by Eu∣phrates, and Tigris and Hydaspes, and the countrey of Arioch the King of the Ely∣means, and verie manie nations assembled them selues to the battell of the sonnes of Chelod.

7 And Nabuchodonosor King of the Assy∣rians sent vnto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt in the West, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Li∣banus and Antilibanus, & to all that dwelt vpon the sea coast,

8 And to the people, that are in Carmel, and Galaad, and the hier Galile, and the greate field of Esdrelam,

9 And to all that were in Samaria, and the cities therof, and beyonde Iordén vnto Ie∣rusalém, and Betane, and Chellus, and Ca∣des, and the riuer of Egypt, and Taphnes, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and all the land of Gesém.

10 Vnto one come to Tanis, and Memphis, & to all the inhabitants of Egypt, and to one come to the mountaines of Ethiopia.

11 But all the inhabitants of this countrey did not passe for the commandemēt of Na∣buchodonosor King of the Assyrians, ne∣ther wolde they come with him to the bat∣tel, for they did not feare him: yea, he was before thē as one man: therefore they sent away his ambassadours from them without effect, and with dishonour.

12 Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very an∣grie with all this countrey, and sware by his throne and kingdome that he wolde surely be auenged vpon all those coastes of Cilicia and Damascus, and Syria, & that he wolde slay with the sworde all the inha∣bitants of the land of Moab, and the chil∣dren of Ammon, and all Iudea, and all, that were in Egypt, til one come to the borders of the two seas.

13 Then he marched in battell aray with hys power agaynste King Arphaxad in the se∣uententh yere, and he preuailed in his bat∣tel for he ouer thre we all the power of Ar∣phaxad, and all his horse men, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all hys chariots.

14 And he wanne his cities, and came vnto Ecbatane, and toke the towres, and spoi∣led the stretes therof, and turned the beau∣tie thereof into shame.

15 He toke also Arphaxad in the mountaines of Ragau, and smote hym through with his dartes and destroyed him vtterlye that daye,

16 So he returneth afterwarde to Nineue, bothe he and all his companie with a verie great multitude of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of warre, and there he passed the time, and banketed, both he, and his armie an hundreth and twentye dayes.