Bible verses about "worms" | Mace

²⁰ Herod was then making warlike preparations against the Tyrians, and Sidonians: but they unanimously sent a deputation to court: where having gain'd Blastus the king's chamberlain, they brought matters to an accommodation: for their country was subsisted by the king's territorys. ²¹ one court-day, Herod array'd in his robes of state, and seated upon the throne, made a publick oration: ²² at which the people gave a shout, saying, it is the voice of a God, and not of a man. ²³ but at the instant an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not glorify God: so that he became a prey to worms and died. In the mean time, the

²³ but at the instant an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not glorify God: so that he became a prey to worms and died. In the mean time, the

⁴⁸ and the fire is not extinguished.