The One Year Bible KJV (142 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 Now a certain
man
was sick,
named
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2
 (It was
that
Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3
 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4
 When Jesus heard
that,
he said,
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5
 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6
 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7
 Then after that saith he to
his
disciples,
Let us go into Judaea again.
8
Â
His
disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9
 Jesus answered,
Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10
Â
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11
 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them,
Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12
 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13
 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14
 Then said Jesus unto them plainly,
Lazarus is dead.
15
Â
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16
 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17
 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had
lain
in the grave four days already.
18
 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19
 and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20
 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat
still
in the house.
21
 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22
 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give
it
thee.
23
 Jesus saith unto her,
Thy brother shall rise again.
24
 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25
 Jesus said unto her,
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26
Â
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27
 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28
 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29
 As soon as she heard
that,
she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30
 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31
 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32
 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33
 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34
 and said,
Where have ye laid him?
They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35
 Jesus wept.
36
 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37
 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38
 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39
 Jesus said,
Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been
dead
four days.
40
 Jesus saith unto her,
Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41
 Then they took away the stone
from the place
where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up
his
eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42
Â
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said
it,
that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43
 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth.
44
 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,
Loose him, and let him go.
45
 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
46
 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47
 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48
 If we let him thus alone, all
men
will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49
 And one of them,
named
Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50
 nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51
 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52
 and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53
 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
54
 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
1
 O Praise the L
ORD
, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2
 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the L
ORD
endureth
for ever. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
22
 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
23
 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word
spoken
in due season, how good
is it!
1
 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which
is
in Jezreel.
2
 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3
 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What
do
these Hebrews
here?
And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines,
Is
not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell
unto me
unto this day?
4
 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master?
should it
not
be
with the heads of these men?
5
Â
Is
not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6
 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely,
as
the L
ORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host
is
good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
7
 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
8
 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9
 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou
art
good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10
 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
11
 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
30:
1
 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2
 and had taken the women captives, that
were
therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried
them
away, and went on their way.
3
 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold,
it was
burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4
 Then David and the people that
were
with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5
 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6
 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the L
ORD
his God.
7
 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8
 And David inquired at the L
ORD
, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?
And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake
them,
and without fail recover
all.
9
 So David went, he and the six hundred men that
were
with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10
 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11
 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12
 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk
any
water, three days and three nights.
13
 And David said unto him, To whom
belongest
thou? and whence
art
thou?
And he said, I
am
a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
14
 We made an invasion
upon
the south of the Cherethites, and upon
the coast
which
belongeth
to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
15
 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?
And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16
 And when he had brought him down, behold,
they were
spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17
 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
18
 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
19
 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any
thing
that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
20
 And David took all the flocks and the herds,
which
they drave before those
other
cattle, and said, This
is
David's spoil.
21
 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that
were
with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
22
 Then answered all the wicked men and
men
of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them
aught
of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead
them
away, and depart.
23
 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the L
ORD
hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
24
 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part
is
that goeth down to the battle, so
shall
his part
be
that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
25
 And it was
so
from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
26
 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah,
even
to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the L
ORD
;
27
 to
them
which
were
in Bethel, and to
them
which
were
in south Ramoth, and to
them
which
were
in Jattir,
28
 and to
them
which
were
in Aroer, and to
them
which
were
in Siphmoth, and to
them
which
were
in Eshtemoa,
29
 and to
them
which
were
in Rachal, and to
them
which
were
in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to
them
which
were
in the cities of the Kenites,
30
 and to
them
which
were
in Hormah, and to
them
which
were
in Chor-ashan, and to
them
which
were
in Athach,
31
 and to
them
which
were
in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
31:
1
 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2
 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sons.
3
 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
4
 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5
 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
6
 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7
 And when the men of Israel that
were
on the other side of the valley, and
they
that
were
on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8
 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9
 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish
it in
the house of their idols, and among the people.
10
 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11
 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12
 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13
 And they took their bones, and buried
them
under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.