The King James Bible - some interesting historical tidbits
Here is an interesting article entitled, "How We Got the Best-Selling Book of All Time, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, August 26,2011 by Leland Ryken:
If that link does not work, click on this link to view a copy of the article:
http://www.yonkomali.com/JSG/KingJamesBible.pdf
I found it interesting that so many quotations from the King James Version are now common expressions in America; here are just some examples:
"the land of the living," "at their wit's end," "the salt of the earth," "the root of the matter," "labor of love," "fell flat on his face." as well as these famous Biblical passages:
"Give us this day our daily bread." "The Lord is my light and my salvation.""Godliness with contentment is great gain."
"When the famous sayings from the King James Version were extracted from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations into a freestanding book in 2005, the book ran to more than 200 pages!"