The One Year Bible KJV (184 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
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 And it came to pass, that after we [Paul and his coworkers] were gotten from them [the elders of Ephesus and Miletus], and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the
day
following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
2
 and finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
3
 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
4
 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5
 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till
we were
out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
6
 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
7
 And when we had finished
our
course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
8
 And the next
day
we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was
one
of the seven; and abode with him.
9
 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
10
 And as we tarried
there
many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11
 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
him
into the hands of the Gentiles.
12
 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13
 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14
 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
15
 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16
 There went with us also
certain
of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17
 And when we [Paul and his coworkers] were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
1
 Praise ye the L
ORD
. Sing unto the L
ORD
a new song,
and
his praise in the congregation of saints.
2
 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3
 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4
 For the L
ORD
taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5
 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6
Â
Let
the high
praises
of God
be
in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7
 To execute vengeance upon the heathen,
and
punishments upon the people;
8
 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9
 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
8
 The words of a talebearer
are
as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
1
 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2
 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the L
ORD
, saying,
3
 I beseech thee, O L
ORD
, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done
that which is
good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4
 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the L
ORD
came to him, saying,
5
 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the L
ORD
, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the L
ORD
.
6
 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
7
 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid
it
on the boil, and he recovered.
8
 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What
shall be
the sign that the L
ORD
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the L
ORD
the third day?
9
 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the L
ORD
, that the L
ORD
will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10
 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11
 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the L
ORD
: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12
 At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13
 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and
all
the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14
 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?
And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
even
from Babylon.
15
 And he said, What have they seen in thine house?
And Hezekiah answered, All
the things
that
are
in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16
 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the L
ORD
.
17
 Behold, the days come, that all that
is
in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the L
ORD
.
18
 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19
 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good
is
the word of the L
ORD
which thou hast spoken. And he said,
Is it
not
good,
if peace and truth be in my days?
20
 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21
 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
21:
1
 Manasseh
was
twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was
Hephzi-bah.
2
 And he did
that which was
evil in the sight of the L
ORD
, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the L
ORD
cast out before the children of Israel.
3
 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4
 And he built altars in the house of the L
ORD
, of which the L
ORD
said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5
 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the L
ORD
.
6
 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the L
ORD
, to provoke
him
to anger.
7
 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the L
ORD
said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8
 neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
9
 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the L
ORD
destroyed before the children of Israel.
10
 And the L
ORD
spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
11
 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations,
and
hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which
were
before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
12
 therefore thus saith the L
ORD
God of Israel, Behold, I
am
bringing
such
evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13
 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as
a man
wipeth a dish, wiping
it,
and turning
it
upside down.
14
 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
15
 because they have done
that which was
evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
16
 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing
that which was
evil in the sight of the L
ORD
.
17
 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18
 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19
 Amon
was
twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was
Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20
 And he did
that which was
evil in the sight of the L
ORD
, as his father Manasseh did.
21
 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22
 and he forsook the L
ORD
God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the L
ORD
.
23
 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24
 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25
 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26
 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
22:
1
 Josiah
was
eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was
Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
2
 And he did
that which was
right in the sight of the L
ORD
, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.