Sang Praises

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto Go: and the prisoners heard them.-Acts 16:16-25***Paul (Saul) was an Israelite and a Roman citizen from the tribe of Benjamin, descended from Abraham

(Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah,     

Jacob (Israel) and Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. Paul became an apostle of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, sometime after Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Over 500 years before Paul was born, both of the kingdoms of the Israelites (Hebrews/Jews) in the Promised Land were invaded and conquered, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel, and began taking Israelites to Assyria, and conquered Samaria, the royal city. The king of Assyria sent people from other nations conquered by the Assyrians to live in Samaria. The Babylonians  (Chaldeans) invaded Judah, the southern nation, and began taking Israelites to Babylon, and conquered Jerusalem, the royal city. The divinely inspired writer of Psalm 137 in the Holy Bible revealed that in Babylon the Babylonians would command the Israelites to sing songs the Israelites were known for singing to the Lord God. Notably, after Paul and Silas (Silvanus), a fellow believer and servant of the Lord, were whipped and imprisoned in Philippi, a Roman colony in eastern Macedonia, Paul and Silas freely prayed and sang to the Lord God.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Psalm 137, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, 2 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Peter 5:12

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