'Former' in the Bible

thou shalt die in peace, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they will lament for thee, Ah, lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.

Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.