THEOSIS1 Chronicles 19:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David said: I will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Naas: for his father did a favour tome. And David sent messengers to comfort him upon the death of his father. But when they were come into the land of the children of Ammon, to comfort Hanon,
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־חֶ֣סֶד ׀ עִם־חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־נָחָ֗שׁ כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֨ה אָבִ֤יו עִמִּי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛יד מַלְאָכִ֖ים לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י דָוִ֜יד אֶל־אֶ֧רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֛וֹן אֶל־חָנ֖וּן לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
- Deut 23:6Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.
- Gen 19:37And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Gen 19:38The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
- 1 Sam 30:26Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda, his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
- Neh 4:3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.
- Esth 6:3And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.
- 2 Sam 9:7And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely shew thee mercy for Jonathan thy father's sake, and I will restore the lands of Saul the father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table always.