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And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
