Avoid Evil Beware The King James Authorized Version

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Born in Scotland in 1566, King James the VI was crowned at the age of 1. Until 1581, when King James assumed full control of the government, regents ran the affairs of the state. Subsequent to the death of Elizabeth I, King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England and Ireland. He ruled England, Scotland and Ireland, often using the title King of Great Britain, until he died at the age of 58.

The Golden Age of Elizabethan literature continued its success under the rule of King James. William Shakespeare, Sir Francis Bacon, Ben Johnson and many other writers played a part in the thriving literary culture in England at this time. James was also an accomplished author, compiling works such as Daemonologie in 1597 and Basilikon Doron in 1599.

King James was commended for his chastity as young man, as he showed little interest in women. As a teenager, King James was influenced by the first of his long line of powerful male favorites, Esme Stewart, who later became the 1st Duke of Lennox. King James has a history of problematic male relationships after Lennox, finishing with a young man by the name Georges Villiers, of whom King James often referred to publicly as his wife. During a restoration of Apethorpe Hall, a previously unknown passage linking the bedchambers of King James with those of Villiers was discovered. King James is entombed in the Henry VII chapel, with a favorite male suitor on his left and another on his right.

In 1604 King James assembled the Hampton Court Conference to produce a version of the Bible that would concentrate on problems perceived by the Puritan faction of the English Church. This conference chose a 54 member committee to retranslate the Bible. Over the course of the translation, the number dwindled to 47, apparently because they disagreed with the manner in which King James wanted the Bible translated they were executed.

Two of the numerous verses in which King James found offense were Exodus 1:17 and II Chronicles 15:16. King James was upset by the Bible’s approval of civil disobedience in Exodus as shown by Hebrew midwives. The King was also disturbed by the Bible’s reproof of King Asa for not having executed his mother, Queen Maacah, for her idolatry.

Benjamin Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott cites over 20,000 divergences between the King James Authorized Version and actual Biblical text. However it only requires one discrepancy to change the Word from His Word to King James word.

The manner in which the King James Authorized Version was rendered, accompanied by the actual changes made to the text are more than enough reason to rebuke the King James Authorized Version as blasphemy. The quote should not be , It’s the King James or Hell. It should be, With the King James it is Hell!
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