In the sixth chapter of the book of Ezra, Scripture tells
us the history of the appearance of the King James Bible. Scripture says
that King James of England not only agreed to do this work, but also
financed all the expences of this work "out of
the kings house".
"In the first yeere of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the
king made a decree concerning the house of God at Ierusalem: Let the
house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the
foundations thereof of be strongly laid, the height therof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubites"
(Ezra.6:3) (KJV1611AV)
Height and width indicate to us the "volume" of the Book.
threescore cubits and threescore cubits, prophetically, that's 66 books.
The Old Testament consists of three large sections: the Law, the
Prophets and the Psalms. Separate from them is the New Testament. Jesus
Himself called us three sections of the Old Testament:
"And hee said vnto them, These are the words which I
spake vnto you, while I was yet with you, þt all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, & in the Prophets,
and in the Psalmes concerning me"
(Luke.24:44)
Notice how Scripture speaks prophetically about this
construction of the Bible:
"With three rowes of great stones, and a row of new
timber: and let the expences bee giuen out of the kings house"
(Ezra.6:4)
The Old Testament is "three rowes of great stones",
and the New Testament is "a row of new
timber".
And so, unexpectedly for myself, I found a parallel place
(1Kings.6:36). We will look at the last two paragraphs of the sixth
chapter of 1 Kings. Solomon "built the inner
Court..."
"¶ And hee built the inner Court with three rowes of
hewed stone, and a row of Cedar beames."
(1Kings.6:36)
Here again we are talking about the construction of the
Bible, its structure. We are figuratively shown the Old Testament,
consisting of three large sections, and the New Testament separate from
them. But further, in the next paragraph, Scripture gives us two
important dates.
The first date shows us the start of work on the King
James Bible. The month and year when "was the foundation" laid
were named.
The second date (month and year) denotes the completion
of this work: the translation into English of all the books of the
Bible, the preparation of the manuscript for printing, and the printing
of the first editions. It is said: "was the house finished throughout
all the parts therof, and according to all the fashion of it". This
work continued for seven years.
"¶ In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of
the Lord layd, in the moneth Zif.
And in the eleuenth yeere in the moneth Bul (which is the
eight moneth) was the house finished throughout all the parts therof,
and according to all the fashion of it: So was he seuen yeeres in
building it."
(1Kings.6:37-38)
So, in February 1604, work began on the King James Bible.
It is said: "in the moneth Zif, which is the second moneth"
(1Kings.6:1). In August 1611, the King James Version of the Bible was
completed.
"It was typed in an old Gothic type, had large sizes and
was very heavy; often, for safety, it was chained to a music stand."
http://www.sbible.ru/qb019.htm
"Just one year after the huge, pulpital-sized King James
Bible of 1611 was printed, and chained to the pulpit in every church in
England, printing began on the very first editions of the King James
Bible in acceptable sizes."
https://harvestukraine.org/rus/litera/perry/historyofKJVrus.htm
In the 1612 edition of the King James Bible, a final
correction was made, namely, in the book of Ruth, the pronoun "he" was
replaced with the pronoun "she" (Ruth.3:15). With this correction, it
was reprinted in a small format with a Latin script. The year and month
of this edition are given to us in the sixth chapter of the book of
Ezra.
"And this honse was finished on the third day of the
month Adar, which was in the sixt yere of the reigne of Darius the
king."
(Ezra.6:15)
"the third day"
means the third month - March. The month of Adar is the
twelfth month in the Hebrew calendar, so the month of Adar signifies the
12th year; "the sixt year" means six centuries.
So, seven months have passed since the first edition of
the King James Bible was published. In March 1612, the construction of
the "house of God" was fully completed.
This small-format edition of the Bible was intended for
ordinary people. More details about this are written in the work "The
Bible of the King".
http://www.lordway.ru/vtoroe_prishestvie/biblia.htm
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