Thematic Bible: Those who practised


Thematic Bible



So the king gave orders to summon diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to reveal to the king what he had dreamed. When they came and stood before him,

So I gave an order to bring in all of the advisors of Babylon so they would tell me the interpretation of the dream. Then the diviners, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, and I told them the dream. But they could not reveal its interpretation to me.


At this point, the king flew into a rage and issued an order to destroy all the advisors of Babylon.



They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occult performances.

Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.


"So when they advise you, "Ask the mediums your questions, and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,' shouldn't a people instead be consulting their God and not the dead on behalf of those who are living


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