Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, “Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”

Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power?

Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.