⁴ The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.

²⁹ Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!^(A)

⁴ Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?^(A)”

⁴ The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

¹⁷ The midwives, however, feared^(A) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;^(B) they let the boys live.