The One Year Bible KJV (129 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2
 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep
market
a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3
 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4
 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5
 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6
 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time
in that case,
he saith unto him,
Wilt thou be made whole?
7
 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8
 Jesus saith unto him,
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9
 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10
 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry
thy
bed.
11
 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12
 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13
 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in
that
place.
14
 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15
 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16
 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17
 But Jesus answered them,
My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18
 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19
 Then answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20
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For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21
Â
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22
Â
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23
Â
that all
men
should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
37
 He [the L
ORD
] brought them forth also with silver and gold: and
there was
not one feeble
person
among their tribes.
38
 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39
 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40
Â
The people
asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41
 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places
like
a river.
42
 For he remembered his holy promise,
and
Abraham his servant.
43
 And he brought forth his people with joy,
and
his chosen with gladness:
44
 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45
 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
28
 In the multitude of people
is
the king's honour: but in the want of people
is
the destruction of the prince.
29
Â
He that is
slow to wrath
is
of great understanding: but
he that is
hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
22
 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled
at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23
 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24
 Nay, my sons; for
it is
no good report that I hear: ye make the L
ORD
's people to transgress.
25
 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the L
ORD
, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the L
ORD
would slay them.
26
 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the L
ORD
, and also with men.
27
 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28
 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel
to be
my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29
 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded
in my
habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30
 Wherefore the L
ORD
God of Israel saith, I said indeed
that
thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the L
ORD
saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31
 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32
 And thou shalt see an enemy
in my
habitation, in all
the wealth
which
God
shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33
 And the man of thine,
whom
I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be
to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
34
 And this
shall be
a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35
 And I will raise me up a faithful priest,
that
shall do according to
that
which
is
in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
36
 And it shall come to pass,
that
every one that is left in thine house shall come
and
crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
3:
1
 And the child Samuel ministered unto the L
ORD
before Eli. And the word of the L
ORD
was precious in those days;
there was
no open vision.
2
 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli
was
laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim,
that
he could not see;
3
 and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the L
ORD
, where the ark of God
was,
and Samuel was laid down
to sleep;
4
 that the L
ORD
called Samuel: and he answered, Here
am
I.
5
 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here
am
I; for thou calledst me.
And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
6
 And the L
ORD
called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here
am
I; for thou didst call me.
And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
7
 Now Samuel did not yet know the L
ORD
, neither was the word of the L
ORD
yet revealed unto him.
8
 And the L
ORD
called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here
am
I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the L
ORD
had called the child.
9
 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, L
ORD
; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10
 And the L
ORD
came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
11
 And the L
ORD
said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12
 In that day I will perform against Eli all
things
which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
13
 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14
 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15
 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the L
ORD
. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16
 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son.
And he answered, Here
am
I.
17
 And he said, What
is
the thing that
the L
ORD
hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it
not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
any
thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
18
 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It
is
the L
ORD
: let him do what seemeth him good.
19
 And Samuel grew, and the L
ORD
was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
20
 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel
was
established
to be
a prophet of the L
ORD
.
21
 And the L
ORD
appeared again in Shiloh: for the L
ORD
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the L
ORD
.
4:
1
 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2
 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3
 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the L
ORD
smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4
 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
of hosts, which dwelleth
between
the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
were
there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5
 And when the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6
 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What
meaneth
the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the L
ORD
was come into the camp.
7
 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8
 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these
are
the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9
 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10
 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11
 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12
 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13
 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told
it,
all the city cried out.
14
 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What
meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15
 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16
 And the man said unto Eli, I
am
he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.
And he said, What is there done, my son?
17
 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18
 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19
 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child,
near
to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20
 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard
it.
21
 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22
 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.