The One Year Bible KJV (159 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
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 And as they [Peter and John] spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2
 being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3
 And they laid hands on them, and put
them
in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4
 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5
 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6
 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7
 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8
 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9
 if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10
 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
even
by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11
 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12
 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13
 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14
 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15
 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16
 saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them
is
manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny
it.
17
 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18
 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19
 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20
 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21
 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all
men
glorified God for that which was done.
22
 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
23
 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
24
 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou
art
God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25
 who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26
 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27
 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28
 for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29
 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30
 by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31
 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32
 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any
of them
that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33
 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34
 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35
 and laid
them
down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36
 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite,
and
of the country of Cyprus,
37
 having land, sold
it,
and brought the money, and laid
it
at the apostles' feet.
A Song of degrees of David.
1
 If
it had not been
the L
ORD
who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2
 If
it had not been
the L
ORD
who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3
 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4
 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5
 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6
 Blessed
be
the L
ORD
, who hath not given us
as
a prey to their teeth.
7
 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8
 Our help
is
in the name of the L
ORD
, who made heaven and earth.
24
 Pleasant words
are as
an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
1
 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2
 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3
 and keep the charge of the L
ORD
thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4
 that the L
ORD
may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5
 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and
what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that
was
about his loins, and in his shoes that
were
on his feet.
6
 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7
 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8
 And, behold,
thou hast
with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the L
ORD
, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9
 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou
art
a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10
 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11
 And the days that David reigned over Israel
were
forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12
 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13
 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably?
And he said, Peaceably.
14
 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee.
And she said, Say on.
15
 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and
that
all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the L
ORD
.
16
 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.
And she said unto him, Say on.
17
 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18
 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19
 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20
 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee;
I pray thee,
say me not nay.
And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21
 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22
 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he
is
mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23
 Then king Solomon sware by the L
ORD
, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
24
 Now therefore,
as
the L
ORD
liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25
 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26
 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou
art
worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord G
OD
before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27
 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the L
ORD
; that he might fulfil the word of the L
ORD
, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28
 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the L
ORD
, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29
 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the L
ORD
; and, behold,
he is
by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30
 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the L
ORD
, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth.
And he said, Nay; but I will die here.
And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31
 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32
 And the L
ORD
shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing
thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33
 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the L
ORD
.
34
 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35
 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36
 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37
 For it shall be,
that
on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38
 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying
is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39
 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants
be
in Gath.
40
 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41
 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42
 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the L
ORD
, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word
that
I have heard
is
good.
43
 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the L
ORD
, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44
 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the L
ORD
shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45
 and king Solomon
shall be
blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the L
ORD
for ever.
46
 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
3:
1
 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the L
ORD
, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2
 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the L
ORD
, until those days.