<p class="bodytext">The people said to Joshua, &#8220;We will worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> our God and obey him.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Again they wept loudly.<n id="1" /> Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye,<n id="2" /> but Ruth<n id="3" /> clung tightly to her.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">But the people refused to heed Samuel&#8217;s warning.<n id="1" /> Instead they said, &#8220;No! There will be a king over us!

Why haven&#8217;t you obeyed<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s estimation.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul accepted Jonathan&#8217;s advice<n id="1" /> and took an oath, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, he will not be put to death.&#8221;

David and all Israel<n id="1" /> were bringing up the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>, shouting and blowing trumpets.<n id="2" />p>

But he refused to listen to her.<n id="1" /> He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">In my distress I called to the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I called to my God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From his heavenly temple<n id="2" /> he heard my voice;p> <p class="poetry">he listened to my cry for help.<n id="3" />p>

When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

The <sc>Lordsc> answered Elijah&#8217;s prayer; the boy&#8217;s breath returned to him and he lived.

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual,<n id="1" /> mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Elijah told Ahab, &#8220;Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.&#8221;<n id="1" />

After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the <sc>Lordsc> was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When Athaliah heard the royal guard<n id="1" /> shout, she joined the crowd<n id="2" /> at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<p class="bodytext">A proclamation<n id="1" /> was circulated<n id="2" /> throughout Judah and Jerusalem<n id="3" /> that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

<p class="bodytext">All the assembly replied in a loud voice: &#8220;We will do just as you have said!<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">It stands still,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but I cannot recognize<n id="2" /> its appearance;p> <p class="poetry">an image is before my eyes,p> <p class="poetry">and I hear a murmuring voice:<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot stand still<n id="2" /> when the trumpet is blown.p>

<p class="poetry">To the <sc>Lordsc> I cried out,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he answered me from his holy hill.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">my king and my God,p> <p class="poetry">for I am praying to you!p>