THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 11:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.
וַיֵּלְכ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל וַיַּמְלִכוּ֩ שָׁ֨ם אֶת־שָׁא֜וּל לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ בַּגִּלְגָּ֔ל וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁ֛ם זְבָחִ֥ים שְׁלָמִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׂמַ֨ח שָׁ֥ם שָׁא֛וּל וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 10:8And thou shalt go down before me to Galgal, (for I will come down to thee), that thou mayst offer an oblation, and sacrifice victims of peace: seven days shalt thou wait, till I come to thee, and I will shew thee what thou art to do.
- 1 Sam 10:17And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:
- Hos 13:10Where is thy king? now especially let him save thee in all thy cities: and thy judges, of whom thou saidst: Give me kings and princes.
- Hos 13:11I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.
- 1 Chr 29:21And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.
- 1 Chr 29:24And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon the king.
- Jas 4:16But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.
- 1 Sam 12:13Now, therefore, your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.