Three hundred men lapped; ¹  the rest of the men ²  kneeled to drink water.

They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, ¹  and worshiped ²  Baal.

He takes his battle position ¹  and shakes ²  the earth; with a mere look he frightens ³  the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; ⁴  the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads. ⁵ 

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ²  and myrrh. ³ 

and after braiding ¹  a crown of thorns, ²  they put it on his head. They ³  put a staff ⁴  in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: ⁵  “Hail, king of the Jews!” ⁶ 

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. ¹  Don’t spare them! ² 

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline. ¹ 

The one who suffers ¹  will soon be released; he will not die in prison, ²  he will not go hungry. ³ 

While he was saying this to me, ¹  I was flat on ²  the ground and unable to speak.

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ¹  and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. ² 

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ¹  and worshiped ²  them.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹ 

He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ¹  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ² 

The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.

Bel ¹  kneels down, Nebo ²  bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. ³  Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. ⁴ 

The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit ¹  immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ¹  in the synagogues ²  and elaborate greetings ³  in the marketplaces!

and a woman was there ¹  who had been disabled by a spirit ²  for eighteen years. She ³  was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. ⁴