THEOSIS1 Chronicles 17:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst have all the great things to be known.
יְהוָ֕ה בַּעֲב֤וּר עַבְדְּךָ֙ וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ עָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את לְהֹדִ֖יעַ אֶת־כָּל־הַגְּדֻלּֽוֹת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 37:35And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
- Isa 49:3And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.
- Isa 49:5And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.
- Isa 49:6And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
- Ps 111 (110):3
- Matt 11:26Yea, Father: for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
- Ps 111 (110):6
- 2 Sam 7:21For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou has done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.