Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

Bible References

When the flame

2 Kings 2:11
As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!
Psalm 47:5
God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.
Hebrews 1:3
He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

Fell on

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell to the ground as God continued speaking to him.
Leviticus 9:24
A fire came down from the LORD's presence and consumed the burnt offering on the altar as well as the fat. When the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
1 Chronicles 21:16
So the angel of the ORD remained standing near the threshing floor that belonged to Ornan the Jebusite. David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
Ezekiel 1:26
From above the canopy that was spread out over their heads, there appeared to be something reminiscent of a throne, resembling sapphire in form.
Daniel 10:9
As I listened to the sound of his words, I fell down on my face unconscious, with my face to the ground."
Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

General references

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell to the ground as God continued speaking to him.
Genesis 35:13
After this, God ascended from the place where he had been speaking to him.
Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

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