9:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 9:2And Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not. 9:3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 9:4and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. 9:5And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom. 9:6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 9:8Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness. 9:9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 9:10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones. 9:11And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 9:12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants. 9:13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold, 9:14besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 9:15And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler. 9:16And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 9:17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 9:18nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 9:19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 9:20And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 9:21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 9:22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 9:23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 9:24And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 9:25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 9:26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 9:27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 9:28And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 9:31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 1:2Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. 1:3Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. 1:4For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 1:5Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 1:6And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. 1:8Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities. 1:9But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 1:10But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. 1:11Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. 1:12These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever. 1:14And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 1:15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage. 1:17But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18That they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. 1:19These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit. 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 1:22And on some have mercy, who are in doubt; 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 1:24Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 1:25to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.
1:1The word of Jehovah which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 1:2I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. 1:3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. 1:4And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests; 1:5and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam; 1:6and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him. 1:7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests. 1:8And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel. 1:9And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit. 1:10And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. 1:11Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off. 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil. 1:13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof. 1:14The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly. 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 1:16a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements. 1:17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung. 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
23:1And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate. 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king. 23:3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest. 23:4And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man. 23:5But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place. 23:6But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. 23:7And when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days. 23:8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him. 23:9And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 23:10And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. 23:11And Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate. 23:12And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves. 23:13And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 23:14and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him. 23:16I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 23:17Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner. 23:18But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: -- 23:19one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison. 23:20And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus; 23:21but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him. 23:22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him. 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 23:24And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done. 23:25And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will. 23:26And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus. 23:27And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 23:29For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. 23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 23:31For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry? 23:32And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 23:33And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 23:34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots. 23:35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen. 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar, 23:37and saying, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. 23:38And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 23:39And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us. 23:40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 23:42And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. 23:43And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. 23:44And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 23:45the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 23:46And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost. 23:47And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 23:48And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts. 23:49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things. 23:50And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man 23:51(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God: 23:52this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 23:53And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain. 23:54And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 23:55And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid. 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.