<p class="poetry">Smoke ascended from<n id="1" /> his nose;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">fire devoured as it came from his mouth;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he hurled down fiery coals.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="2" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s battle cry,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from his nose.<n id="4" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> was so furious with Uzzah,<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> killed him on the spot<n id="3" /> for his negligence.<n id="4" /> He died right there beside the ark of God.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, the man who did this deserves to die!<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So the Tekoan woman went<n id="1" /> to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, &#8220;Please help me,<n id="2" /> O king!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, &#8220;Go count Israel and Judah.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he<n id="1" /> went out and bowed to the king with his face<n id="2" /> to the ground.

<p class="bodytext">So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king<n id="1" /> summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom<n id="2" /> bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, &#8220;Greetings!&#8221;<n id="1" /> He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> your God be praised because he has defeated<n id="2" /> the men who opposed<n id="3" /> my lord the king!&#8221;p>