The One Year Bible KJV (171 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
1
 O give thanks unto the L
ORD
; for
he is
good: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
2
 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
3
 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
4
 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
5
 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
6
 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
7
 To him that made great lights: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
8
 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
9
 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
10
 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
11
 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
12
 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
13
 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
14
 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
15
 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
16
 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
17
 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
18
 And slew famous kings: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
19
 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
20
 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
21
 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
22
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Even
an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
23
 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy
endureth
for ever:
24
 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
25
 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
26
 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
14
 The beginning of strife
is as
when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15
 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both
are
abomination to the L
ORD
.
1
 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were
thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
2
 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
3
 Thy silver and thy gold
is
mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even
the goodliest,
are
mine.
4
 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I
am
thine, and all that I have.
5
 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
6
 yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be,
that
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put
it
in their hand, and take
it
away.
7
 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this
man
seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
8
 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not
unto him,
nor consent.
9
 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10
 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11
 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell
him,
Let not him that girdeth on
his harness
boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12
 And it came to pass, when
Ben-hadad
heard this message, as he
was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array.
And they set
themselves in array
against the city.
13
 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I
am
the L
ORD
.
14
 And Ahab said, By whom?
And he said, Thus saith the L
ORD
,
Even
by the young men of the princes of the provinces.
Then he said, Who shall order the battle?
And he answered, Thou.
15
 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people,
even
all the children of Israel,
being
seven thousand.
16
 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad
was
drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17
 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18
 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19
 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20
 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21
 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22
 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23
 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods
are
gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24
 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
25
 and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain,
and
surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26
 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27
 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28
 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Because the Syrians have said, The L
ORD
is
God of the hills, but he
is
not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I
am
the L
ORD
.
29
 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And
so
it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30
 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and
there
a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men
that were
left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31
 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel
are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
32
 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and
put
ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live.
And he said,
Is
he yet alive? he
is
my brother.
33
 Now the men did diligently observe whether
any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch
it:
and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad.
Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34
 And
Ben-hadad
said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.
Then
said Ahab,
I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35
 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the L
ORD
, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
36
 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the L
ORD
, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
37
 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded
him.
38
 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
39
 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40
 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.
And the king of Israel said unto him, So
shall
thy judgment
be;
thyself hast decided
it.
41
 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he
was
of the prophets.
42
 And he said unto him, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Because thou hast let go out of
thy
hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
43
 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
21:
1
 And it came to pass after these things,
that
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which
was
in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2
 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it
is
near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it;
or,
if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
3
 And Naboth said to Ahab, The L
ORD
forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
4
 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5
 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
6
 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee
another
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
7
 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise,
and
eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8
 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed
them
with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that
were
in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9
 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
10
 and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And
then
carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
11
 And the men of his city,
even
the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them,
and
as it
was
written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
12
 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13
 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him,
even
against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
14
 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15
 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
16
 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17
 And the word of the L
ORD
came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18
 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which
is
in Samaria: behold,
he is
in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
19
 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20
 And Ahab said to Elijah, hast thou found me, O mine enemy?
And he answered, I have found
thee;
because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the L
ORD
.
21
 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
22
 and will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked
me
to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23
 And of Jezebel also spake the L
ORD
, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24
 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.