Interrogated the guards and ordered their execution (12:19). Soldiers who allowed prisoners to escape often received the same punishment that their captives would have received.35 Very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon (12:20). Tyre and Sidon were influential coastal cities northeast of Israel in Phoenicia. They were important trading partners with Agrippa, so he is very interested in restoring this relationship. At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God
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