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The Great Bible 1539
| 23:1 | These be the last sayinges of Dauid. Dauid the sonne of Isay sayde. And the man (which was made, the anoynted of the God of Iacob, and the noble Psalmist of Israel) sayde: |
| 23:2 | the sprete of the Lorde spake by me, & his worde was in my tonge. |
| 23:3 | The God of Israel spake of me, euen the most myghtie of Israel, sayde: he that beareth rule ouer men, ought to rule iustlye in the feare of God. |
| 23:4 | And as the mornynge lyght when the sonne is vp, a mornynge in whych are no cloudes to lett the bryghtnesse, and as the grasse of the erth is by the vertue of the rayne. |
| 23:5 | Shall not my house be so wt God? For he hath made with me an euerlastinge couenaunt, perfecte and sure in all poyntes & this is truly all my health & all my desire that it growe but not as grasse. |
| 23:6 | But the vngodly man of Belial shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp, which can not be taken wt handes: |
| 23:7 | But the man that shall touche them, must haue yron, or a longe helue. Or els must they be burnt with fyre in the same place. |
| 23:8 | These be the names of the myghtye men whom Dauid had: one that satt in the seat of wisdome, beinge chefest amonge thre, pleasaunt was he and stronge: he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. |
| 23:9 | After him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre worthies wt Dauid, which defyed the Phylistines that were there geathered together to battell: whan the men of Israel were gone vp. |
| 23:10 | He arose & layed on the Philistines, vntyll hys hande was werye, and claue vnto the swerde. And the Lorde gaue great victorye the same daye. And the people returned, and went after him to runne to the spoyle. |
| 23:11 | After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite: and the Philistines geathered together besyde a towne. (Where was a parcell of lande full of ryce) and the people fled from the Philistines. |
| 23:12 | But he stode in the myddes of the grounde, and defended it, and slue the Philistines. And the the Lorde gaue great victorye. |
| 23:13 | These thre (which were of the thirtye chefe captaynes) went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam, & the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valeye of Geauntes. |
| 23:14 | And Dauid was then in an holde. And the Soudioures of the Philistines were in Bethlehem. |
| 23:15 | And Dauid longed and sayde. Oh, that I had of the water that is in the well by the gate of Bethlehem, for to drincke. |
| 23:16 | And the thre myghtie brake thorowe the Host of the Philistines, & fett water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and toke and brought it to Dauid: Neuerthelesse he wolde not dryncke therof, but offered it vnto the Lorde, |
| 23:17 | and sayde: the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so. Is not this the bloude of the men that wente in ieopardye of their lyues? and therfore he wolde not dryncke it. And these thinges dyd these thre myghtie men. |
| 23:18 | Abisai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Saruiah, was chefe amonge the thre, and he lyfte vp hys speare agaynst thre hundred, & slue them, and had the name amonge the thre. |
| 23:19 | For he was nobler man then the thre and was their captayne. Howbeit he attayned not vnto thre. |
| 23:20 | And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a myghtie man) valyant in actes, of kabzeel, slue two stronge lyons, euen lyons of Moab. He went downe also, & slue a lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe. |
| 23:21 | And he slue an Egypcyan, a goodly bygge man, which had a speare in his hande. But he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egypcians hande, and slue him wt hys awne speare. |
| 23:22 | These thynges did Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name amonge the thre worthies. |
| 23:23 | He was honorable amonge thirtye, but he attayned not to the (first) thre. And Dauid made him of hys councell. |
| 23:24 | Asahel the brother of Ioab also was one of the thirtye. Then Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem: |
| 23:25 | Samma the haronite: Elica the Harodite: |
| 23:26 | Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Akes the Thekoite: |
| 23:27 | Abiezer of Anathoth: Meobnai the Husathite: |
| 23:28 | Zelmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophatite: |
| 23:29 | Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite: Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of an hill of the chyldren of Beniamin: |
| 23:30 | Banaiahu the Phiratonite: Hedai, of the ryuer of Gaas: |
| 23:31 | Abialbon the Arbathite: Asmaueth a Barhumite: |
| 23:32 | Elihaba a Saalbonite: and the sonnes of Iasen, Ionathas. |
| 23:33 | Samma the Hararite. Ahiam the sonne of Sarar an Hararite: |
| 23:34 | Eliphelet the sonne of Aasbai the sonne of a Maachathite: Eliam the sonne of Aithophel the Gilonite: |
| 23:35 | Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: |
| 23:36 | Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba: Bani the Gadite: |
| 23:37 | Zelec an Amonite: Naharai a Berothyte, which was the harnesberer of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia. |
| 23:38 | Ira the Iethrite: Gareb the Iethrite |
| 23:39 | Uria the Hethite, thirtye & seuen in all. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."