The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.

He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.

That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:

And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.

And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.

And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:

That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.

Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,

That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,

And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.

Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.

By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.

And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:

And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.

And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.

And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:

And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no man did accuse him.

And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.

Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David.

And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.

He played with lions as with lambs: and with bears he did in like manner as with the lambs of the flock, in his youth.

Did not he kill the giant, and take away reproach from his people?

In lifting up his hand, with the stone in the sling he beat down the boasting of Goliath:

For he called upon the Lord the Almighty, and he gave strength in his right hand, to take away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of his nation.

So in ten thousand did he glorify him, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:

For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and extirpated the Philistines the adversaries unto this day: he broke their horn for ever.

In all his works he gave thanks to the holy one, and to the most High, with words of glory.

With his whole heart he praised the Lord, and loved God that made him: and he gave him power against his enemies:

And he set singers before the altar, and by their voices he made sweet melody.

And to the festivals he added beauty, and set in order the solemn times even to the end of his life, that they should praise the holy name of the Lord, and magnify the holiness of God in the morning.

The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: and he gave him a covenant of the kingdom, and a throne of glory in Israel.

After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.

Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!

And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.

And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,

And at the name of the Lord God, whose surname is, God of Israel.

Thou didst gather gold as copper, and didst multiply silver as lead,

And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.

Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled,

That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.

But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord.

Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.

And Solomon had an end with his fathers.

And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation,

Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who turned away the people through his counsel:

And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin, and their sins were multiplied exceedingly.

They removed them far away from their land.

And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their sins.

And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.

He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.

Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?

Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.

Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.

Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.

Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.

For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.

Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.

No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.

In his life he did great wonders, and in death he wrought miracles.

For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.

And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.

Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.

Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.

In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.

Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.

And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.

He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet.

He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.

For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.

In his days the sun wen backward, and he lengthened the king's life.

With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.

He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.

The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:

His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine.

He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness.

And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.

Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin.

For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.

So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation,

They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.

For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew.

It was Ezechiel that saw the glorious vision, which was shewn him upon the chariot of cherubims.

For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.

And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith.

How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand;

In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec who in their days built the house, and set up a holy temple to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.

And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast down, and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our houses.

No man was born upon earth like Henoch: for he also was taken up from the earth.

Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people:

And his bones were visited, and after death they prophesied.

Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning,

Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.

By him also the height of the temple was founded, the double building and the high walls of the temple.

In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.

He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction.