^26 (A)For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

²³ So Joshua took the whole land, ^(A)according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel ^(B)according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land ^(C)rested from war.

²⁶ Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away ^(A)the reproach from Israel? For who is this ^(B)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should ^(C)defy the armies of ^(D)the living God?”

^4 (A)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^(B)reproach the living God, and will ^(C)rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

The Restoration of Israel

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said, ^(A)“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us ^(A)what manner of entry we had to you, ^(B)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,