Znaleziono 1110 Wyniki dla: Great Distress
It was but a small force of Syrians that came, yet the Lord gave them the mastery over a great host; and all because Juda had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. A shameful punishment Joas must undergo, (2 Chronicles 24, 24)
But meanwhile the army which Amasias had sent home, instead of taking them into battle with him, scattered here and there among the cities of Juda, all the way (from Samaria)✻ to Bethoron, killing three thousand of the inhabitants, and carrying away great store of plunder. (2 Chronicles 25, 13)
For all this great array Ozias provided shield and spear, helmet and breastplate, bows, too, and slings for shooting stones. (2 Chronicles 26, 14)
At Jerusalem, he contrived engines of many sorts, poised on tower or on wall-corner, that discharged arrows and great boulders. Far spread his fame, such help the Lord gave him, and such greatness. (2 Chronicles 26, 15)
At the same time Maasias, a royal prince, and Ezrica, the controller of the household, and Elcana, that was the king’s chief minister, were put to death by Zechri, one of the great warriors of Ephraim. (2 Chronicles 28, 7)
So it was a great throng that came to Jerusalem to keep this feast of unleavened bread in the second month. (2 Chronicles 30, 13)
So, amid great rejoicing, for seven days together, all the Israelites assembled at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread. Day by day priest and Levite stood there praising the Lord as best their music might; (2 Chronicles 30, 21)
Great were the riches of Ezechias and his fame; great was the store of silver and gold, of jewels and spices, of weapons for every purpose and of precious ware, that king Ezechias laid up. (2 Chronicles 32, 27)
It was to his own God, the Lord, that he turned in this time of distress; before him, the God of his fathers, he made humble amends, (2 Chronicles 33, 12)
It was after this that he built the wall beyond David’s Keep, out in the ravine west of Gihon, all the way round from the Fishmongers’ Gate to Ophel, raising it to a great height; set captains, too, on garrison duty in all the fortified towns of Juda. (2 Chronicles 33, 14)
And thou hast won my audience, the Lord says; I will lay thee to rest with thy fathers, in quiet times thou shalt go to thy grave. Not for thy eyes the great calamities I mean to bring on city and citizens of thine. (2 Chronicles 34, 28)
All the furniture of the Lord’s house, great and small, all the treasures of temple and king and princes, must be carried off to Babylon. (2 Chronicles 36, 18)