for ever

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that hee had made with Dauid, and as hee promised, to giue a light to him and to his sons for euer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lamp, or candle.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 8. 1.king. 11.36. 2.king. 8.19. psal. 132.11,&c.

Now be yee not stiffe-necked as your fathers were, but yeeld your selues vnto the LORD, and enter into his Sanctuarie, which he hath sanctified for euer: and serue the LORD your God, that the fiercenesse of his wrath may turne away from you.

1611 marginal noteHarden not your neckes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. giue the hand.

Also hee built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had saide, In Ierusalem shall my Name be for euer.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 12.11. 1.king. 8.29. and 9.3. 2.chro. 6.6. and 7.16.

And hee set a carued image (the idole which he had made) in the house of God, of which God had said to Dauid, and to Solomon his sonne: In this house, and in Ierusalem which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

1611 marginal notePsal. 132.14.

And they sung together by course, in praising, and giuing thanks vnto the LORD; Because hee is good, for his mercy endureth for euer towards Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shoute, when they praised the LORD; because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laide.

Nowe therefore giue not your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seeke their peace or their wealth for euer: that ye may bee strong, and eate the good of the land, and leaue it for an inheritance to your children for euer.

And said vnto the king, Let the king liue for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Then the Leuites, Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, sayde, Stand vp, and blesse the LORD your God for euer and euer, and blessed bee thy glorious Name, which is exalted aboue all blessing and praise.

¶ On that day they read in the booke of Moses in the audience of the people, and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the Congregation of God for euer,

1611 marginal noteHeb. there was read.

1611 marginal noteHeb. eares

1611 marginal noteNum. 22.5. deut. 23.3.

They are destroyed from morning to euening: they perish for euer, without any regarding it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. beaten in pieces.