18. Now when day came, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Kĕpha.
19. And when Herodes had searched for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be led away. And he went down from Yehuḏah to Caesarea, and stayed there.
20. Now Herodes had been highly displeased with the people of Tsor and Tsiḏon, but with one mind they came to him, and having made Blastos the sovereign’s eunuch their friend, they were asking for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the sovereign’s country.
21. And on an appointed day Herodes, having put on his royal clothes, sat on his throne and gave an address to them.
22. And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a mighty one and not of a man!”
23. And instantly a messenger of יהוה smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.
24. And the word of Elohim went on growing and spreading.
25. And Barnaḇah and Sha’ul returned from Yerushalayim, having completed the service, and having taken with them Yoḥanan who was also called Mark.