THEOSIS1 Chronicles 21:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֗ב יוֹסֵף֩ יְהוָ֨ה עַל־עַמּ֤וֹ ׀ כָּהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים הֲלֹא֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֻּלָּ֥ם לַאדֹנִ֖י לַעֲבָדִ֑ים לָ֣מָּה יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ זֹאת֙ אֲדֹנִ֔י לָ֛מָּה יִהְיֶ֥ה לְאַשְׁמָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 1:11(The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)
- Gen 20:9And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.
- Isa 26:15Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.
- 1 Sam 2:24Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.
- Num 32:9And when they were come as far as the valley of the cluster, having viewed all the country, they overturned the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not enter into the coasts, which the Lord gave them.
- Num 32:10And he swore in his anger, saying:
- Ps 115 (113):14
- Ex 32:21And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?