The lyues of holy Saincts, Prophets, Patriarches, &c.

AAron, was the sonne of
Amram and brother to Moses,
and of the Tribe of Leui. Hys
mothers name was Iochebed,
sister to Caath, the father of
Amram. Hee was appointed
of God to be Moses interpreter,
and also his Prophet, what
tyme as God sent Moses to
Pharao, to poure out hys plagues
vpon him. He tooke Elisaba the daughter of Aminadab
of the Tribe of Iuda, to wyfe. He was the fyrst
Byshop of the Iewes. And left with Hur to gouerne the
people in the absence of Moses, while he was in the Mount
wyth God. And in the meane time the people beyng yet
infected wyth the ydolatrie of Egipt cryed out against
Aaron to make them goddes to go before them. Then
Aaron perceyuing the people inclyned to ydolatrie, and
also thinking they woulde rather forgoe the same, than to
forsake their precious Iewels sayde vnto them: Plucke
of the golden earerings in the eares of your Wyues, your
sonnes, and of your daughters, and bring them to mee.
The people did so, & Aaron made thereof a Calfe. Which
when the people sawe and behelde, they were exceeding
gladde. And began now to worship and honor the Calfe as
a godde, hopping and daunceyng for ioye. But the Lorde
aboue, beholding theyr wickednesse, tolde it to Moses, and
sent him downe post haste to refourme their wycked attemptes.
Who then comming downe from the Mount
wyth the Tables of God in hys hande, and drawyng neere
to the host, hee sawe the Calfe, and the people daunceyng
before it. Which sight, so kindeled the wrath of Moses, &
grieued hys heart so sore, that he threwe the Tables oute
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stampte it all into powder and ashes, which he threwe into
the water, and forced the people to drinke it. Then he
demaunded of Aaron, what the people did to him, that he
had brought so great a sinne vpon them. Aaron sayde: let
not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fierce, thou knowest the
people that they are set on mischiefe. For they sayde vnto
mee, make vs goddes to go before vs, for we wote not
what is become of Moses, the man that brought vs out of
Egipt. Then I required to haue their golde and Iewels,
which they brought vnto mee, and I did cast them into the
fier, and thereof came out this Calfe. Moses then vnderstanding
the matter, commaunded the children of Leui to
fall vpon the ydolaters, and slue of them about three thousande
persons. After this, it came to passe that Aaron and
Miriam his sister, did grudge against their brother Moses
bicause he had taken an Ethiopian to wyfe, saying on this
wyse: hath the Lorde in deede spoken onely through Moses?
and hath he not spoken also by vs? The Lorde not
content wyth this their contemning of Moses auctoritie,
was sore displeased, and stroke Miriam wyth a foule leprosie.
Which so much discomforted Aaron, to see his syster
so fowlye arayed and disfigured, that he humbled himselfe
to Moses, and sayde: Alas my Lorde, I beseech thee
put not the sinne vppon vs, which we haue foolishlye committed
& sinned. Oh, let hir not be as one deade, of whom
the fleshe is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of hys
mothers wombe. And so thorowe Aarons intreatie, Moses
prayed vnto God, and Miriam was healed. Finally,
when Aaron had lyued one hundred xxiij. yeares, hee dyed
in mount Hor, as the Lorde had foretolde. And hys sonne
Eleazar succeeded in his rowme. Aaron, a Teacher.
Abacuck, the Prophet, was of the Tribe of Simeon.
He prophecied of the taking of Ierusalem by Nabuchodonosor.
This Prophet on a time had prepared potage and
other vittayles for the haruest folkes. And going to the
fieldes, to bring the same to the reapers, an Aungell of
God spake vnto him, and sayde: Go, and cary the meate
that thou hast prepared into Babilon, and gyue it to Daniel,
which is in the Lyons denne. O Lorde quoth he I
neuer saw Babilon, and as for the denne, I knowe it not.
With that, the Angel caught vp the Prophet by the toppe
of hys head, and bare him to Babilon, and set him vpon
the denne. Then Abacuck cryed to Daniel, and sayde:
O Daniel, thou seruant of the Lord, take here the breakefast
that God hath sent thee. Daniel hearing the voyce of
Abacuck, reioyced greatly, and sayde: O Lorde, hast thou
thought vpon mee? Well, thou neuer faylest them that
loue thee. And so he rose vp and did eate of such things as
the Prophet had brought hym. And immediatelye, after
that Daniel had eaten, the Angell set Abacuck in his place
againe. Abacuck, a Wrastler.
Abdy, the Prophet, prophecyed destruction to the Idumeans,
which came of Esau, and were vtter enimies to
the Israelites, which came of Iacob: as at the siege of Ierusalem
it did most plainely appeare, where as they ioyned
wyth Nabuchodonosor against their brethren, whom
they ought rather to haue holpen and defended against the
heathen. Abdy, a Seruant of the Lorde.
Abedmelech, was a Morian borne, and Chamberlane
wyth Zedekia King of Iuda. This man had so great a
confidence in God and loue to his Prophets, that when he
saw Ieremie so euill intreated, he went to the king and besought
his grace, that Ieremie ye Prophet might be taken
out of ye filthy dungeon wherinto he was cast, least he there
should perishe and dye for hunger. And so obtayning the
Kinges good will, he tooke his men and went to the prison
where Ieremie lay, & threwe downe vnto him olde ragges
& clowtes which he had prouided, bidding him to put them
vnder his arme holes, to keepe the cordes from hurting
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kindenesse shewed on Ieremie, and trust that he had in the
Lorde, he was deliuered from captiuitie, and saued from
the handes of Nabuchodonosor, at the destruction of Ierusalem,
when other perished.
Abel, was the sonne of Adam, borne of hys Mother
Eue, next after Cain. Hee was a keeper of Sheepe and
wholy dedicated to vertue and godlynesse. In all hys oblations,
he euer gaue of the best things he had. Which, of
the Lorde was greatly accepted. And therfore Cain perceyuing
his brothers offerings to be regarded and hys reiected
enuyed him to death. And at the last by a subtyle
trayne slue hym. Abel, Vanitie.
Abia, the sonne of Roboam began his reigne ouer Iuda
in the xviij. yeare of Ieroboam King of Israel. Hys
mothers name was Maacha the daughter of Abisalom.
He walked not in the steppes of Dauid, but followed the
wayes of hys father before him. Yet notwythstanding
for Dauids sake, God gaue him a light, that is to saye, a
sonne to reigne ouer Iuda. Hee ouercame Ieroboam in
battell wyth an Armie of fower hundred thousande, notwithstanding,
the other had twise so many chosen and picked
men. Of the which, Abia slue fiue hundred thousande,
and weakened the power of Ieroboam so sore, that he was
neuer able to recouer hys strength againe, so long as Abia
reigned. This King had .xiiij. Wyues, by whome he had
xxij. Sonnes, and xvj. Daughters. Hee reigned but three
yeares, and was buryed in the Citie of Dauid.
Abia, the sonne of Ieroboam being sick on a time, hys
father called the Queene his wyfe vnto him, and bade hyr
disguise hir selfe yt in no wyse she might be knowne what
woman shee was. And so go thy way quoth hee to Sylo,
and there shalt thou finde ye Prophet of God, called Ahia,
which tolde me long before Salomon dyed that I should
be King of Israel. Make speede and take a present wyth
thee, and learne of him what shall become of the Childe.
The Queene did then as shee was commaunded, but all
was in vaine. For God had reuealed the matter vnto the
Prophet before the woman came. In so much, that as
soone as the blinde olde man hearde the noyse of hir comming
and entring in at the dore, he sayde: Come in thou
wife of Ieroboam, why hast thou disguised and fayned thy
selfe to be another woman. Thou art come to receyue
some comfort for thy sonne which lyeth sicke, but I am
commaunded to tell thee heauye and sorowfull things. It
repenteth the Lorde that he hath exalted Ieroboam, and
rented the kingdome from the house of Dauid, and giuen
it to him, forsomuch as he hath forsaken the Lorde, and
not folowed him in hys heart as Dauid did, but hath made
him goddes of hys owne: therefore the Lorde hath determined
to bring such a plague vpon the house and posterity
of Ieroboam, that hee wyll not leaue one alyue to make
water against the walle: Wherefore now get thee home,
and as soone as thy foote shall enter into the Citie, the child
shall dye, and all Israel shall lament him and bring him to
hys Sepulchre. And so shall none of the house of Ieroboam
thy husbande enioy the honour of his buryall; but only
thys childe, bicause the Lorde sawe in him some goodnesse
towarde. And so when the Prophet had all sayde, the
wyfe of Ieroboam rose vp & returned home to hir house,
and founde hir sonne deade, as the Prophet had foretolde.
Abia, Father of the Sea.
Abia, the Daughter of Zacharia, was wyfe to Ahaz
King of Iuda, and Mother to Hezekia. Which name
signifieth thus. Abia, The will of the Lorde.
Abiathar, the sonne of Achimelech priest of Nob, seyng
the great crueltie of Saul, in putting hys Father to
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fledde to the forest of Hareth where Dauid at that tyme
laye, declaring to him the great murder that Saul had
done to Achimelech hys father, and to all the Priestes of
the Lorde for his sake. Then, being comforted of Dauid,
he abode wyth him, and was his Priest and Counsayler,
so long as he reigned. But in the ende of Dauids reigne,
he consented wyth Adoniah who had exalted himselfe to
stablishe him in the kingdome, after the death of Dauid.
But Salomon beyng proclaymed, and the other deposed
as soone as he was possessed, depryued Abiathar and placed
Sadock in hys rowme: And so was the worde of the
Lorde fulfilled, which he had spoken before concerning
the house of Eli, for Abiathar was the last of that lyne.
Abiathar, Father of the Remnant: or excellent Father.
Abigail, the wyfe of Naball ye Carmelite, was a woman
not onely bewtifull, but of a singular wysedome with
all. For when hir husbandes denyall to Dauids men for
sustenaunce in their maisters necessitie was tolde hir: she
then considering the great displeasure that might arise of
the occasion offered hasted to lode hir Asses wyth sundrye
kinde of victuals, sending them forth before hir, and folowing
after wyth speede: And as shee was goyng, the prouidence
of God was so, that she mette Dauid by the way,
vpon the side of an hyll comming to Carmell, determined
vtterly to haue destroyed hir husbande, and all that he had
by the dawning of the daye folowyng. Then she perceyuing
the furie of Dauid lighted downe of hir Asse, falling
flatte on the ground before him, and so began hir peticion,
which was so pithilye framed and done, that in the ende,
she pacifyed hys wrath, and stayed his handes from shedding
of bloud that daye, for the which she was highly commended
and praysed of Dauid, who gently receyuing hir
present, did cleerely remyt the churlishe behauiour of Naball
hir husbande for hir sake. Which being graunted,
she tooke hir leaue and returned againe. But when shee
came home, and founde Naball hir husbande so farre ouer
charged with wyne that his wittes were gone, she thought
it conuenient to folowe the wyse mans counsell: not to rebuke
him in his wyne, but to let the matter rest, tyll the
drinke were all out of his brayne, and his memorie freshe.
And so on the next morowe, shee declared to Naball, the
great and perilous daunger he was in, for hys vnkindenesse
shewed to Dauid, which when he hearde, did smyte
him so sore to the heart, that he neuer enioyed, but dyed
wythin tenne dayes after. And then in processe, thys
woman Abigail became Dauids wyfe, and bare hym a
sonne called Chileab, which in the first booke of Chronicles
chapter .iij. is called Daniel. Abigail, The Fathers
Ioye.
There was another woman called Abigail, which was
Sister to Dauid, and wyfe to Iether an Ismaelite, vnto
whome shee bare a sonne called Amasa.
Abimelech, King of the Philistines, was a manne
which had the feare of God before his eyes, as it may appeare
in the storie of Abraham, by his godly entertaynement
of his wyfe, whome he tooke to be his very sister and
not hys wyfe, as they had both confessed vnto hym. And
hauying a mynde to the woman, he tooke hir from Abraham,
intending to haue coupled wyth hir in mariage, and
not for no sinfull desire. But when by the voyce of God
he knewe she was Abrahams wyfe in deede, and he a Prophet,
and his house sore plagued for hir sake, he was right
sorye for that he had done, and also displeased with Abraham
for so dissemblyng wyth hym in so weyghtie a cause,
considering the dishonestie that myght haue happened
vnto his wyfe by some of hys men, and the perill of Gods
indignation on hym and on hys kingdome for the same:
yet notwithstanding, when he knewe the cause of Abrahams
dissembling, he possest hym wyth cattell, seruants,
and money, and deliuered Sara his wyfe vnto hym agayne,
gyuing him also free libertie, to dwell and inhabite
where he woulde, wythin the precinct of hys dominion.
Then Abraham prayed vnto God for Abimelech,
at whose peticion the Lorde remooued his plague from the
house of Abimelech, so that the women conceyued and
brought forth children, as before they had done. The lyke
story is of Isaac. Chapter .xxvj. Abimelech, The Kings
Father, or a Father of Counsell, or the Chiefe King.
Abimelech, the sonne of Ierobaal, otherwyse Gedeon
was a wicked Tyrant, and a prowde ambicious couetous
man. For when hys father was deade, hee to be
king of Israel consulted with all his mothers kyndred to
perswade the people that it was better to haue one man
to reigne ouer them, than all ye sonnes of Ierobaal which
were .lxx. persons in number. And also to consider that he
was of their fleshe and bloude, as well as the other were,
which matter beyng mooued to the people, they all consented
to cleaue to Abimelech, and to make hym their kyng
and gouernour. And that he shoulde be the better assured
of their good wylles and obedient hearts, they gaue vnto
him a great summe of money, wyth the whych, he hyred a
sort of light brayned felowes. And first of all, went to his
fathers house, and slewe all his brethren, saue Iothan the
yongest, who escaped his bloudie handes and fled. But or
he had reigned a two or three yeares, the fire of hatred began
so to kindle betweene him & the Sichemites, with the
house of Mello who had preferde him before to the kingdome
that at length it burst out into so great a flame, that
it coulde not be quenched, till chaunce of warre made an
ende of the Tyrant: for in the ende after diuers victories
he forced the Sichemites to take the strong tower of Thebes
for their refuge, and coueting nye to the same, to haue
set it on fire, a certayne woman threwe downe a peece of
a Mylstone vppon his heade, and brake his Skull to the
brayne: Who then feeling himselfe sore wounded called
his seruant, and bade him drawe out hys sworde and ryd
him out of his lyfe, that it shoulde not hereafter be reported,
that a woman had killed him, and so his seruant slew
him.
Abinadab, was a man of Gibea, out of whose house,
Dauid tooke the Arke of God, and had it from thence to
the house of Obed. Isai (the Father of Dauid) had also a
sonne called Abinadab, and King Saul another of the
same name, which was slayne wyth him in battell.
Abinadab, A Father of a Vowe, or of a free minde, or Prince.
Abisag, was a goodly fayre yonge Damosell, brought
vp in the Citie of Sunem. And for hir beautie and maners
chosen to keepe & norishe King Dauid in his extreme
age: After whose death being still a pure Mayde She
might not be suffered to marry with Adoniah the Kynges
brother. Abisag, The Fathers Ignorance.
Abisai, was Dauids sisters sonne, and Brother to Ioab.
His mothers name was Zarniah. He consented not
with Absalon, but stacke to Dauid hys Unkle in all hys
troubles. He was so grieued with the spytefull rebukes
and raylings of Semei, which he made against his Unkle
Dauid in his aduersitie, that if Dauid had not stayed him
he woulde haue made Semei shorter by the heade than he
was. By his great strength and hardinesse, he rescued
Dauid out of the handes of a monstrous Gyant the yron
of whose speare weyed three hundred Sicles and slewe the
Giant, with three hundred Philistines mo, for the which,
he is counted as chiefe among the three Worthyes belonging
to Dauid. Abisai, The Fathers Rewarde.
Abner, the sonne of Ner, was Captayne Generall ouer
the hoste of King Saul, by whose wisedome, manhoode,
and fidelitie, the house of Saul was chiefly helde vp
and strengthned, not only in the time of Sauls reigne, but
so long also as he serued Isboseth his sonne, whome he set
vp and made king in his fathers steade, and gouerned hys
hoste, as he had done his fathers before: But in the first
battell he made against Ioab Dauids Captaine fortune
went so much agaynst hym, that he was put to the woorse
and faine to flie: In the which flight, Asael brother to Ioab
folowed Abner and ouertooke him, with whom Abner
was loth to meddle, for feare of Ioabs displeasure, & therfore
intreated him gently to go his way, & not to force him
agaynst his will: But when he sawe hys wordes woulde
nothing preuayle, he fell vpon Asael, and smote hym thorowe
the short rybbes wyth hys Speare, and so departed,
leauing him dead on the grounde. Not long after this,
it fortuned the King to fall out wyth Abner, and to taunt
and checke him for that he was so familiar with Rizpa his
fathers Concubine, which checke and taunt of the king,
so grieued Abner, that he forsooke hym and went to Dauid,
with whome he made a secrete bonde, to stablishe him
in the kingdome. And so departing secretly from Dauid
againe, he came to ye people which serued Isboseth, & spake
so much vnto them in the prayse and commendatio~ of Dauid,
that he wanne their hearts & turned them quyte from
Isboseth to Dauid. And when he had thus framed the people
somewhat according to his mynde, he came eftsoones
to Dauid, to counsell farther wyth him, howe the people
might now be brought togithers and be sworne vnto him:
which matter being determined, Abner returned from
Dauid, thinking to haue bene as faythfull to hym, as euer
he was to Saul. But Ioab who bare grudge and
malice to Abner for the death of his brother Asael hearing
howe Abner had bene with Dauid and let go agayne,
and nothing done vnto him, sent priuily for Abner to come
and speake with the king, who being come, Ioab was redie
to receyue him, and vnder pretence of friendship, had
him a little aside as though he woulde haue talked with
him about the secrete affayres of the king and sodeinlye
smote him with his dagger and slewe him. Abner, The
Fathers Candell.
Abraham, was the sonne of Terah, borne in Ur, a
Towne in Chaldey. A man so endued with fayth & vertue,
that when he saw the true religion and honouring of God
to cease in the lande of Chalda, he departed from thence
with Terah his father, Sara his wife, and Lot his brothers
sonne, to go into the lande of Canaan. And being
come to Haran which is a towne in Mesopotamia he remained
there, vntill the death of his father Terah. Then
God commaunded Abraham, saying: Get thee out of thy
countrey, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers
house vnto the lande which I will shewe thee, and I wyll
make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee and make
thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing, and I wyll
blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee,
and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Abraham
nowe hauing this promise made him of God departed
out of Haran, he and Sara his wife, with Lot his
nephewe, and with all their substance that they had, to go
& to soiourne in the lande of Canaan. And being there, the
Lorde made a promise to Abraham, that hys seede shoulde
possesse that lande. Wherevpon soone after, & in the same
place, where God spake thus vnto him, he made an aultar,
and offered sacrifices theron to the Lorde. And so remayning
in the lande, there fell at the last so great a famine,
that he was constrained to flie into Egypt, where he fearing
the Egyptians to be vngodly and vicious men feigned
Sara to be his sister, thinking and if she were knowne
to be his wife, they woulde for hir bewtie take hir from
him, and put him in hazarde of his lyfe. Then was it told
to king Pharao, what a bewtifull woman Abraham had
brought with him into Egypt. The king nowe knowing
therof, commaunded the woman to be brought vnto him,
and with all gentle entertainement receyued hir into his
house, and intreated Abraham well for hir sake. But when
he sawe so many plagues fall on him and on all his householde,
vnderstandyng that it was for withholding another
mans wyfe from him, he restored the woman without
dishonestie to Abraham hir husbande againe. Giuing
also his men a great charge concerning the man and hys
wife. Then soone after Abraham returned from Egypt
into the countrey of Canaan where he had bene afore. And
when he had lyen some space in the lande, there fell such
a stryfe betweene the herdemen of Abrahams cattell, and
the herdemen of Lottes cattell, that Abraham was fayne
to deuyde the lande betweene his Nephewe Lot and him,
and so they remooued the one from the other. Abraham
had nowe bene so long without issue, that he tooke by consent
an aduise of Sara one of his Maydes, named Agar,
to wyfe, who conceyued and brought him forth a sonne,
which was called Ismael, Abraham then being at the
age of fourescore yeares and sixe. And when he was come
to the number of ninetie and nine, God gaue vnto him the
couenant of Circumcision , which he receyued first in himselfe,
and then made Ismael and all the reast of hys householde
to receyue the same. The next yeare after, when Abraham
was iust and hundred yeare olde, Sara conceiued &
brought him forth his long promised sonne, named Isaac,
whome he circumcised the eight day folowing, and would
after that haue offered him vp in sacrifice, but that God
seeing his prompt obedience stayed his hande. Finally,
after the death of Sara, Abraham tooke him another wife
called Ketura, who bare vnto him six sonnes. Which children
hee woulde not suffer to remayne and companye
with his sonne Isaac, but before he died sent them away
with great rewardes and giftes, and made Isaac heyre
of all his goodes. He dyed at the age of an hundred seauentie
and fiue, and was buried beside Sara his wyfe, in the
double Caue, which he bought of Ephron the Hethite.
Looke more in the histories of Lot, Sara, and Melchisedech.
Abraham, a Father of a great Multitude.
Absalom, the sonne of Dauid, whom he begat on his
wyfe Maacha the daughter of Thalmai, King of Gessur,
was ye goodlyest personage in all Israel, for as Scripture
witnesseth God had so framed the forme and ornaments
of his bodie, that from the sole of the foote to the crowne of
the head, was no member amisse. And yet among all, the
heare of his head excelled, which so increased daylye, that
the weyght therof compelled him at euery yeares ende, to
shaue it off. This Absalom had a brother named Ammon,
to who~ he bare a priuie grudge for defiling his sister Thamar:
And to be reuenged on him for the same, he invited
al his brethren vnto a banket made in ye time of his sheepe
shearing to the which banket, Ammon came with the rest
of his brethren, & in the middest of their cheere, Absalom
killed Ammon, and fled to the king of Gessur his Grandfather.
With whome he abode three yeares. In the which
space, by mediation of friendes, he was at the last sette
home againe, and brought by Ioab his Auntes sonne to
Ierusalem, where he remayned two yeares after. Then
Absolom marueyling why Ioab had not brought him to
the king his father in all that space, sent once or twyse for
him to come and speake with him: And when he saw that
he came not, he commaunded his men to go and burne vp
the fielde of Barley which parteyned to Ioab, and laye
ioyning to his grounde. Then Ioab hearing therof, went
to Absalom, demaunding wherfore his men had destroyed
his Corne: Marrie quoth Absalom I sent for thee twyse
and thou wouldest not come, wherefore diddest thou bring
me from Gessur: had it not bene as good for mee and better
to haue continued there still, than here to lye so nye the
King my father, and cannot be suffered to see him? Then
Ioab considering the matter, had him to the king, where
he was ioyfully receyued. After all this, Absalom began
certaine practises, to aspire to the kingdome, wherein he
prospered so farre, that at length hee proclaymed himselfe
king in Hebron. Causing his father for feare to flie
out of hys Realme, against whome he called his counsell
to deuise what waye he might best ouercome his Father.
But God by whose prouidence all things are stayde so
wrought with his Counsaylers, that the successe of his enterprise
turned to his owne destruction: For when it came
so to passe, that both the armies were ioyned in battell togithers,
Absaloms men had the woorse, and he himselfe a
sodeine mischaunce, for as he rode on his Mule thorow the
woode to haue escaped, a twyste of an Oke caught hym so
fast in the heire of his head, that it tooke him quite out of
hys Saddle. And so he hanged on the tree, till Ioab came
with his speare and slue him, whose Carkeys after, was
taken downe, and cast into a pitte, and couered wyth an
heape of Stones. Absalom, A Father of Peace, or the
Fathers Peace, or Rewarde.
Acan, was the sonne of Charmy, and of the Trybe of
Iuda, who beyng at the wynning of the City of Iericho, &
hearing Iosua pronounce the Citie and al things therin to
be excommunicate, & accursed of the Lorde, tooke notwithstanding,
certaine iewels of the same & hidde them priuily
vnder the grounde in his tent. Then after, when Iosua
went about the taking of Hai, and had sent three thousand
souldiers to wynne it, the men of Hai issued out of the citie
and slewe thirtie and sixe of the Israelites, and chased
the rest backe agayne, whereat Iosua was so discomfited
that he rent his clothes, and called on God, to knowe the
cause of their ouerthrowing, who made him answere that
Israel coulde not stande before the men of Hai, forasmuch
as some of them had transgressed his commaundement,
and tolde him the waye and meanes how he should
search it out: which thing being done, he founde that Acan
had taken of the spoyle at Iericho, a Babilonish garment,
two hundred sicles of siluer, and a wedge of golde,
which being tried and brought forth before the whole congregation,
Iosua tooke Acan, his sonnes, and daughters,
cattell, goodes, and all that he had, and caryed them out
to the valley of Acor, where they were stoned to death,
and consumed with fire. Acan, Troubling.