THEOSIS1 Chronicles 29:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and gave him the glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel had before him.
וַיְגַדֵּ֨ל יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לְמַ֔עְלָה לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּתֵּ֤ן עָלָיו֙ ה֣וֹד מַלְכ֔וּת אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־הָיָ֧ה עַל־כָּל־מֶ֛לֶךְ לְפָנָ֖יו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 1:12Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.
- 2 Chr 1:1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.
- Eccl 2:9And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
- Josh 3:7And the Lord said to Joshua: This day will I begin to exalt thee before Israel: that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I am with thee also.
- Josh 4:14In that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived.
- Job 7:17What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
- Acts 19:17And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt a Ephesus. And fear fell on them all: and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all.