Samaria

¶ Then sent the king an answere vnto Rehum the Chancellour, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions, that dwell in Samaria, and vnto the rest beyond the Riuer, Peace, and at such a time.

1611 marginal noteChal, societies.

And he spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What doe these feeble Iewes? wil they fortifie themselues? will they sacrifice? wil they make an end in a day? wil they reuiue the stones, out of the heapes of the rubbish, which are burnt?

1611 marginal noteHebr. leaue to themselues.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs sonne: if yee will not beleeue, surely yee shall not be established.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe yee not beleeue? it is because yee are not stable.

For before the childe shall haue knowledge to cry, My father and my mother, the riches of Damascus, and the spoile of Samaria shalbe taken away before the king of Assyria.

1611 marginal noteOr, He that is before the King of Assyria shall take away the riches &c.

And all the people shal know, euen Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutnesse of heart;

Is not Calno, as Carchemish? Is not Hamath, as Arpad? Is not Samaria, as Damascus?

As my hand hath found the kingdomes of the idoles, and whose grauen images did excell them of Ierusalem and of Samaria:

Shall I not, as I haue done vnto Samaria and her idoles, so doe to Ierusalem and her idoles?

Where are the gods of Hamath, and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharuaim? and haue they deliuered Samaria out of my hand?

And I haue seene folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophecied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to erre.

1611 marginal noteOr, an absurd thing. Hebr. vnsauoury.