Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

When Moses finished writing on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety,

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the desert (they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.

When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.

Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, “You deserve to die!

Jeremiah finished telling all the people all these things the Lord their God had sent him to tell them.