In the First Book of Samuel, the people of Israel asked for an earthly king so it could be just like the other nations, a king to fight its battles and lead the people to glory. But, as this Second Book of the Kings makes quite clear, that demand was a mistake. God was their king, and told the people through his prophet, Samuel, about the demands their kings would make upon them, good or evil. As the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for." ( Mark Penfold)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapters XX-XX of The Second Book of the Kings, from the Young's Literal Translation of The Bible. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say:
"Recording by Mark Penfold"
Say: "Chapter XX."
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapters XX-XX of the Second Book of the Kings, from the Young's Literal Translation. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by Mark Penfold."
Only if applicable, say: "Chapter XX."
END of recording:
At the end of the section, say: "The end of Chapters XX-XX."
If you wish, say: "Recording by Mark Penfold."
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "The end of the Second Book of the Kings. Recording by Mark Penfold."
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename 2kings_1_ylt_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. 2kings_1_ylt_128kb.mp3)
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Sound level - good. Technical things - good. Reading - good. Section 1 is PL OK.
You have gotten better with your character voices, my friend. It is sounding good.
My vice-principal in high school was bereft of hair on the top of his head, but we did not call him "Baldy Head". We called him "Chrome Dome", but he was a great guy and took it in all humor because he knew we had a great deal of respect for him.
Sound level - good. Technical things - good. Reading - good. Section 1 is PL OK.
You have gotten better with your character voices, my friend. It is sounding good.
My vice-principal in high school was bereft of hair on the top of his head, but we did not call him "Baldy Head". We called him "Chrome Dome", but he was a great guy and took it in all humor because he knew we had a great deal of respect for him.
Lomond
HAAAAA!!!!! I am bald as hell, and I get called Q-Ball by a good buddy of mine!!!
I wonder if anyone has every added up all the people that are killed in each book of the Bible. It might be interesting.
I would do Section 3 tonight, but a large padded horizontal surface is calling me.
Lomond
YES!!! Go to the Large Padded Horizontal Surface!!! It calls for you!! Thou darest not disregard its call!!!
Well, here is Section 5, marking not only the end of the Second Book of the Kings, but of the OLD TESTAMENT of the Young's Literal Translation!!!! More than TEN YEARS ago, I actually started recording the YLT Old Testament (the first book I did was Daniel!!). Wow....it's FINALLY FINISHED!!!
Section is free of concerns and is listed as PL OK.
I wonder if parents in those times shortened the names of some of their children to make it easier to speak to them. For instance, did the parents of Remaliah call him Remmy for short?
