1 Chronicles · Chapter 14

[ edit] Iram forſoþe, kyng of Tyri, ſent meſſagers to Dauid, and cedre trees, and crafty men of wallis, and of trees, þat þei bylden to hym an hous. And Dauid knewȝ þat þe Lord hadde confermed hym in to kyng vpon Yrael; and his rewme was putt up vpon Yrael his puple. And Dauid toke oþer wijues in Jeruſalem, and gat ſonis and douȝtirs. And þes þe names of hem þat ben born to hym in Jeruſalem; Sammu, and Sobab, and Naþan, and Salomon, Jeber, and Eliſu, and Heeli, and Eliphalech, alſo Noga, and Napheg, and Japhie, and Eliſama, and Baliada, and Eliphelech. Forſoþe Philiſteis heerynge, for þi þat Dauiþ was anoynt in to kyng vpon al Yrael, þei ſteyȝeden up alle for to ſechen hym.

Þe whiche þing whanne Dauid hadde herd, he wente out to meeten wiþ hem. Bot þe Philiſteis commynge ben held out in þe valey of Raphaym; and Dauiþ counſeilide þe Lord, ſeyinge, Ȝif I ſchal ſteyen up to þe Philiſteis? and ȝif þou ſchalt taken hem in to myne hondis? And þe Lord ſeide to hym, Steyȝe up, and I ſchal taken hem in þin hond. And whanne þei hadden ſteyȝeden up in to Baal Faraſym, Dauid ſmote hem þere, and ſeide, God haþ deuydide myne enemyſe by myne hond, as watirs ben deuydide. And þerfore þe name of þat place is clepid Baal Pharaſym; and þere þei forſoken þeir goddis, þe whiche Dauiþ comaundide to be brent.

Anoþer while forſoþe Philiſteis fellen on, and ben helde out in þe valey; and eft Dauiþ counſeilede þe Lord, and þe Lord ſeide to hym, Þou ſchalt not ſteyȝen up aftir hem; go þou awey fro hem, and þou ſchalt fynden hem forn aȝeynus þe pere trees. And whanne þou heeriſt þe ſown of goynge in þe cop of þe pere trees, þanne þou ſchalt gon out to batail; forſoþe God is gon out beforne þee, þat he ſmyte þe tentis of þe Philiſteis. Þan Dauid dyde as God hadde comaundide to hym, and he ſmote þe tentis of Philiſteis fro Gabaon vnto Gazera. And þe name of Dauid is pupliſchid in alle regiouns, and þe Lord ȝaue þe drede of hym vpon alle gentilis.