'Befell' in the Bible

But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me],Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials which came on me because of the plots of the Jews [against me];

Now these things happened to them as an example and warning [to us]; they were written for our instruction [to admonish and equip us], upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].