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Show DDY ; cates se ree ae ES Sete a Dee eae ek ri tie PNET SA BOOK .OF 4 ad BOOK country was divide d; and there was two kingdoms, the kine dom of Shule. and the . kingdom of Cohor, the son of Noah, And Cohor, the son of Noah, caused that his people should give battle unto Shule, in the which Shule did beat them, and did sla pro phets among the people, Which were sent from the Lord, pro phe sying that the wicked. hess and idolatry of the people was.bringing a curse upon the land, in the which they should be destroyed, if they did not repent. And it came to pass that the peo ple did reyile against the prophets, and did mock them. And jt came to pass that king Shule did execute judgement agains t all those who did reyile against the prophets; and he did exe cute a law throughout al! the land, which gave power unto the prophe $0 whithersoever they would; and by ts that they should this cause the people were brought unto repentance. And because the people did ~epent of their them, and ness all his days.4~ And it came to pass that ; he begat ) 9 whe Omer, and Omer reigned in his stead. And Omer begat Jared; and Jared begat sons and daughters. And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land of Heth. And it came that he did flatter much people, because of his cunni to pass ng words, until hé had gained the half of the kingdom. And when he had gained the half of the kingdom, he gave battle unto Re father, and he did carry away his father into captivity, and A make them serve in captivity. And now in the days =” reign of Omer, he was in captivity the half of his days. pe it came to pass that he begat sons and daughters, among eens were Esrom and Coriantumr; and they were exceeding ane because of the doings of Jared their brother, insomuch oa they did raise an army, and gave battle unto Jared, And! ETHER. 558 Akish, the son of Kimnor and behold, I am fair, ; and I will dance before him. and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife ; whe shall desire of thee that ye shall give unto him refore if he nen shall ye say, I will me to wife give her if ye will bring unto me the reg my father, the king. And now Omer was ish, waerefore when a friend te Jare d had sent for ter of Jared danced before himn, that she Akish, the daucheee pleased sie sed him, plea hiv. cae he desir inso- iniquities and idolatries, the Lord did spare they began to prosper again in the land. And i came to pass that Shule begat sons and daug hters in his old age. And there was no more wars in the days of Shule; and he remembered the great things that the Lord had done for his fathers in bringing them across the great deep into the promised land; ~-wherefore»*he did execute judgement in righteous: OF came to pass that they did give battle unto yim by night.— And it came to pass that when they had sleW™ the army of Jared, they were about to slay him also ; and he that they would not slay him, and he would plead with therm give up the kingdom unto his father. - And it Game to pass that they did grant unto him his life. And now Jared becam e excee ding sorrowful because of the loss of the kingdom, for he had set his hear upon the kingdom, and upon the glory of the world. Now the daughter of Jared being exceeding expert, and seeing the sorrows of her father, thought to could redeem the kingdom unto devise a plan whereby sh: her father. Now the daughter of Jared was exceeding fair. And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and saith unto him, Whereb y hath my father’ sonitich sorrow 2 Hath he not read the record our fathers brought across which Behold, is there not an account concerning the great deep? them of old, that they by cret pldid their sean s obt ain kingdoms and grea t glory? therefore, lét my father “And now send for y Cohor. And ‘now Cohor had. a 3én'which Was Nimrod; and Nimrod gav e up the kingdom of Coh called or unto Shule, and he did gain favor in the eyes of Shu le; wherefore Shule did bestow great fav ors upon him, in the which he did do in the kingdom of Shu le according to his desire s; and also in the reign of Shule the re came ; Poo er es ETHER. And it came to pass that me to wife. And l give her unto you Jared , if ye will brine ine the head of my fat i tc kish gathered in unt her, the king. And it came to hei o th ' the ho us e of Jared all hi and saith unto them s ki sf = , Will y faithful unto me in yo\aaera it came to pass tha the thing which | t they all sware ~ > faven, and also by a Si the H pe S 2ywhithcheirShheih th S ae adan s, that wh € said unto Jared, said unto him, I wil oso ay yY tro HOmM ir Ose. hisS head head : ‘ame should lose his life, Ma Agree With Akish, Oaths ver, Which was And j gi which had been }, eeWas a murderer from the besinn; © Deginning, ¥ the power of the devil to ad unto them, | es psie theThe as stana ce t AB Beh 3fly, the Gx 4 ve that thus they VE, Py ae oo them Cain, who alfa eee, Sought YF minister these Oaths: nee thee Pos es } /. Lf an |
