And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD give me yet another son."

And Joab said unto the king, "I beseech that the LORD thy God make the people as many more as they be: yea and a hundred times so many more, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see them. But how is it that my lord the king hath a lust in this thing?"

and had favour with all the people, and the Lord added to the congregation daily such as should be saved.

Then they that gladly received his preaching were baptised; And the same day, there were added unto them about a three thousand souls.

The number of them that believed in the Lord, both of men and women, grew more and more