THEOSIS1 Chronicles 21:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people: Go, and number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me the number of them that I may know it.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤יד אֶל־יוֹאָב֙ וְאֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם לְכ֗וּ סִפְרוּ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבְּאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע וְעַד־דָּ֑ן וְהָבִ֣יאוּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵדְעָ֖ה אֶת־מִסְפָּרָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Chr 27:23But David would not number them from twenty years old and under: because the lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven.
- 1 Chr 27:24Joab the son of Sarvia began to number, but he finished not: because upon this there fell wrath upon Israel: and therefore the number of them that were numbered, was not registered in the chronicles of king David.
- Prov 29:23Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
- Deut 8:13And shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of sheep, and plenty of gold and of silver, and of all things,
- Deut 8:17Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.
- 2 Cor 12:7And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.
- 2 Sam 17:11But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
- 2 Chr 30:5And they decreed to send messengers to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law.