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Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
