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TITLE: THE APOCRYPHA
AUTHOR: VARIOUS AUTHORS
EBOOK: E01051 (O'Briens Book Cellar)

also known as the Apocrypha  [Book titles added as there were none
in the files we received.  One typo of Ezra to Esdr was changed as
were some of the marginations.  The books were each received as an
Etext file, and have been put here into one single file for utilty
and they are placed in an order suggested by one of our advisors--
we would be happy to post indices of other suggested orderings and
other commentaries.]

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Encoded under the direction of Robert Kraft for distribution through
the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts, (CCAT), at the University
of Pennsylvania.  Robert Kraft <kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>

Here is the suggested table of contents of Bob Kraft:

[I have written out the numerals and the words "Book of" etc., for a
certain amount of internal consistency with our two previous Project
Gutenberg releases of the King James Bible which did not include the
books listed below.  The tables of contents I received for this were
inconsistent in this; I am not a Biblical scholar, and am just doing
the best I can; my sincere apologies for any errors, which with your
assistance, will be corrected by month's end.  There are also Etexts
to be made of even more Apocryphal materials, if you can help us get
them into our Electronic Public Library.   

The Books Presented Below Use These Titles

The First Book of Esdras
The Second Book of Esdras Esdras [sometimes Fourth Book of Ezra]
The Book of Tobit
The Book of Judith
The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther
The Wisdom of Solomon
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
The Book of Baruch
The Epistle of Jeremy [sometimes Chapter Six of Baruch]
The Song of the Three Holy Children
The Prayer of Azariah  [missing in one table of contents]
The History of Susanna [in Daniel]
The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon
The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah
The First Book of the Maccabees
The Second Book of the Maccabees

Here is the table of contents in the order presented below:

The First Book of Esdras
The Second Book of Esdras Esdras [sometimes Fourth Book of Ezra]
The Greek Additions to Esther
The First Book of the Maccabees
The Second Book of the Maccabees
The Book of Tobit
The Book of Judith
The Wisdom of Solomon
The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)
The Book of Baruch
The Epistle (or letter) of Jeremiah
The Book of Susanna (in Daniel)
The Prayer of Azariah
The Prayer of Manasseh
Bel and the Dragon (in Daniel)

The First Book of Esdras

1Esdr 1:1
And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord,
and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;

1Esdr 1:2
Having set the priests according to their daily courses,
being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.

1Esdr 1:3
And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel,
that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set
the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon
the son of David had built:

1Esdr 1:4
And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders:
now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his
people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,

1Esdr 1:5
According as David the king of Israel prescribed,
and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son:
and standing in the temple according to the several dignity
of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence
of your brethren the children of Israel,

1Esdr 1:6
Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices
for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the
commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.

1Esdr 1:7
And unto the people that was found there Josias gave
thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves:
these things were given of the king's allowance,
according as he promised, to the people, to the priests,
and to the Levites.

1Esdr 1:8
And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple,
gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep,
and three hundred calves.

1Esdr 1:9
And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias,
and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites
for the passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.

1Esdr 1:10
And when these things were done, the priests and Levites,
having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order
according to the kindreds,

1Esdr 1:11
And according to the several dignities of the fathers,
before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written
in the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.

1Esdr 1:12
And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth:
as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans
with a good savour,

1Esdr 1:13
And set them before all the people: and afterward they prepared
for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.

1Esdr 1:14
For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites
prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren,
the sons of Aaron.

1Esdr 1:15
The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order,
according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias,
and Jeduthun, who was of the king's retinue.

1Esdr 1:16
Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful
for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren
the Levites prepared for them.

1Esdr 1:17
Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices
of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might
hold  the passover,

1Esdr 1:18
And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord,
according to the commandment of king Josias.

1Esdr 1:19
So the children of Israel which were present held the
passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.

1Esdr 1:20
And such a passover was not kept in Israel since
the time of the prophet Samuel.

1Esdr 1:21
Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias,
and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel
that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.

1Esdr 1:22
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.

1Esdr 1:23
And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord
with an heart full of godliness.

1Esdr 1:24
As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written
in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against
the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly,
so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.

1Esdr 1:25
Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass,
that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis
upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.

1Esdr 1:26
But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying,
What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?

1Esdr 1:27
I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war
is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea, the Lord is
with me hasting me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.

1Esdr 1:28

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