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Acts 12:20

BlastusHerod Agrippa ISidonTyre

18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.

21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

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BSB
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
KJV
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
WEB
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.
ASV
Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king`s chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king`s country.
DARBY
And he was in bitter hostility with [the] Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
BLB
Now he was furiously angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and they came to him with one accord. And having gained Blastus, who [was] over the bedchamber of the king, they were seeking peace because of their region being nourished by the king’s.
ÅB
Han var meget forbitret på tyrierne og sidonierne; men de enedes om å trede fram for ham, og etter at de hadde fått Blastus, kongens kammerherre, på sin side, ba de om fred, fordi deres land hadde sin næring fra kongens.
OTB
Han var i konflikt med folket i Tyrus og Sidon. De kom til ham i enighet, og etter å ha sikret seg støtte fra Blastus, kongens kammerherre, søkte de fred fordi deres område var avhengig av kongens land for mat.
B1930
Han var meget forbitret på tyrierne og sidonierne; men de enedes om å trede frem for ham, og efterat de hadde fått Blastus, kongens kammerherre, på sin side, bad de om fred, fordi deres land hadde sin næring fra kongens.

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  • Ezra 3:7

    They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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  • Ezekiel 27:17

    Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

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  • Matthew 11:21–22

    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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  • Luke 14:31–32

    Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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  • Luke 16:8

    And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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  • Amos 4:6–9

    And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:15

    Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

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  • Isaiah 27:4–5

    Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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