When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name. “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts
My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord.
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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