The One Year Bible KJV (183 page)
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1
 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto
him
the disciples, and embraced
them,
and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2
 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3
 and
there
abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4
 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5
 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
6
 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
7
 And upon the first
day
of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8
 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
9
 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10
 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing
him
said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
11
 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
12
 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
13
 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
14
 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15
 And we sailed thence, and came the next
day
over against Chios; and the next
day
we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next
day
we came to Miletus.
16
 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17
 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18
 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
19
 serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20
Â
and
how I kept back nothing that was profitable
unto you,
but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
21
 testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22
 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23
 save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24
 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25
 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26
 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I
am
pure from the blood of all
men.
27
 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28
 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29
 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30
 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31
 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32
 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33
 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34
 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
35
 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said,
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36
 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37
 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38
 sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
1
 Praise ye the L
ORD
. Praise ye the L
ORD
from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
2
 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3
 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
4
 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that
be
above the heavens.
5
 Let them praise the name of the L
ORD
: for he commanded, and they were created.
6
 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7
 Praise the L
ORD
from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
8
 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
9
 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
10
 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
11
 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
12
 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13
 Let them praise the name of the L
ORD
: for his name alone is excellent; his glory
is
above the earth and heaven.
14
 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints;
even
of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
6
 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7
 A fool's mouth
is
his destruction, and his lips
are
the snare of his soul.
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13
 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14
 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15
 And Hezekiah gave
him
all the silver that was found in the house of the L
ORD
, and in the treasures of the king's house.
16
 At that time did Hezekiah cut off
the gold from
the doors of the temple of the L
ORD
, and
from
the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17
 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which
is
in the highway of the fuller's field.
18
 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which
was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19
 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence
is
this wherein thou trustest?
20
 Thou sayest, (but
they are but
vain words,)
I have
counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21
 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed,
even
upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so
is
Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22
 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the L
ORD
our God:
is
not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23
 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24
 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25
 Am I now come up without the L
ORD
against this place to destroy it? The L
ORD
said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
26
 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand
it:
and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that
are
on the wall.
27
 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words?
hath he
not
sent me
to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
28
 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
29
 thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
30
 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the L
ORD
, saying, The L
ORD
will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
31
 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement
with me by a present, and come out to me, and
then
eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
32
 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The L
ORD
will deliver us.
33
 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34
 Where
are
the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where
are
the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35
 Who
are
they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the L
ORD
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
36
 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
37
 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which
was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with
their
clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
19:
1
 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the L
ORD
.
2
 And he sent Eliakim, which
was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3
 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day
is
a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and
there is
not strength to bring forth.
4
 It may be the L
ORD
thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the L
ORD
thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy
prayer for the remnant that are left.
5
 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6
 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7
 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8
 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9
 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10
 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11
 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12
 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed;
as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
were
in Thelasar?
13
 Where
is
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14
 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the L
ORD
, and spread it before the L
ORD
.
15
 And Hezekiah prayed before the L
ORD
, and said, O L
ORD
God of Israel, which dwellest
between
the cherubims, thou art the God,
even
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16
 L
ORD
, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, L
ORD
, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17
 Of a truth, L
ORD
, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18
 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they
were
no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19
 Now therefore, O L
ORD
our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou
art
the L
ORD
God,
even
thou only.
20
 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the L
ORD
God of Israel,
That
which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21
 This
is
the word that the L
ORD
hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee,
and
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22
 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted
thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
even
against the Holy
One
of Israel.
23
 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof,
and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders,
and into
the forest of his Carmel.
24
 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25
 Hast thou not heard long ago
how
I have done it,
and
of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities
into
ruinous heaps.
26
 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were
as
the grass of the field, and
as
the green herb,
as
the grass on the house tops, and
as corn
blasted before it be grown up.
27
 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28
 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29
 And this
shall be
a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
30
 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31
 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the L
ORD
of hosts
shall do this.
32
 Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33
 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the L
ORD
.
34
 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
35
 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the L
ORD
went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they
were
all dead corpses.
36
 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
37
 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.