Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, ¹  for I am seriously wounded.”

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; ¹  the archers ²  spotted him and wounded him severely.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. ¹  You are badly mistaken!”

Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble ¹  on me by telling ²  the man you had one more brother?”

how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, ¹  and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. ² 

But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. ¹ 

But if they are bound in chains, ¹  and held captive by the cords of affliction,

My wounds ¹  are infected and starting to smell, ²  because of my foolish sins. ³ 

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. ¹ 

Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be ¹  defeated before your enemies.

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape ¹  himself ²  with while he was sitting ³  among the ashes. ⁴ 

If ¹  his sons are honored, ²  he does not know it; ³  if they are brought low, he does not see ⁴  it.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; ¹  I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ² 

When the righteous do well, ¹  the city rejoices; ²  when the wicked perish, there is joy.

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹ 

Calling for lights, the jailer ¹  rushed in and fell down ²  trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, ¹  they began throwing the cargo overboard, ²