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¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubites after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twentie cubites.

1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.

1611 marginal note1.King. 6.2.

The wings of these Cherubims spread themselues forth twentie cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

1611 marginal noteOr, toward the house.

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brasse could not be found out.

And they brought vp the Arke, and the tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the Priests and the Leuites bring vp.

And these were the chiefe of king Solomons officers, euen two hundred and fifty, that bare rule ouer the people.

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruants, which stand continually before thee, and heare thy wisedome.

Therefore hee said vnto Iudah, Let vs build these cities, & make about them walles, and towers, gates and barres, while the land is yet before vs: because wee haue sought the LORD our God, wee haue sought him, and hee hath giuen vs rest on euery side: so they built, and prospered.

And Asa had an armie of men that bare targets and speares, out of Iudah three hundred thousand, and out of Beniamin, that bare shields and drew bowes, two hundred and fourescore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophesie of Oded the prophet, he tooke courage, and put away the abominable idoles out of all the lande of Iudah and Beniamin, and out of the cities which hee had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the Altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. abominations.

And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Iudah, the captaines of thousands, Adnah the chiefe, and with him mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand.