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The Great Bible 1539
| 14:1 | So Hyram the kynge of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid & tymbre of Cedar trees, with masons and carpenters, to buylde hym an house. |
| 14:2 | And Dauid perceaued, that the Lorde had confirmed hym kynge vpon Israel, and that hys kyngdome was lyfte vp on hye, because of hys people Israel. |
| 14:3 | And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem, and begat mo sonnes and daughters. |
| 14:4 | These are the names of hys chyldren, which were borne vnto him at Ierusalem: Samua, Sobab, Nathan and Salomon: |
| 14:5 | Iibhar, Elisua and Elipalet, |
| 14:6 | Noga, Nepheg and Iaphia, |
| 14:7 | Elisama, Beeliada and Eliphalet. |
| 14:8 | And when the Philistines heard that Dauid was anoynted kynge vpon all Israel, all the Philistines went vpto seke Dauid. And Dauid hearde of it, and went oute agaynst them. |
| 14:9 | And the Philistines came in, & praunsed thorowe the valey of Rephaim. |
| 14:10 | And Dauid asked councell at God saying: shall I go against the Philistines, and wylt thou delyuer them into myne hande? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: go vp, for I wyll delyuer them into thine hande. |
| 14:11 | And so they came vp to Baal Perazim & Dauid smote them there. And Dauid sayd: God hath deuided myne enemies with myne hande, as a man wolde deuyde water. And therfore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim. |
| 14:12 | And whan they had lefte theyr gods there, Dauid gaue a commaundment, and they were burnt with fyre. |
| 14:13 | And the Philistines came together agayne & russhed into the valley. |
| 14:14 | And Dauid asked agayne at God. And God sayde to hym: go not vp after them, but turne awaye from them, that thou mayest come vpon them ouer agaynst the peeretres. |
| 14:15 | And when thou hearest a sound go in the toppes of the peretrees, then go out to battell: for God is gone forth before the, to smyte the hoste of the Philistines. |
| 14:16 | Dauid therfore dyd as God commaunded him: & they smote the hoste of the Philistines, from Gibeon to Gazer. |
| 14:17 | And the fame of Dauid went out into all landes, and the Lorde made all nacyons feare hym. |
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."