THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 11:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And behold Saul came, following oxen out of the field, and he said: What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabes.
וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׁא֗וּל בָּ֣א אַחֲרֵ֤י הַבָּקָר֙ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל מַה־לָּעָ֖ם כִּ֣י יִבְכּ֑וּ וַיְסַ֨פְּרוּ־ל֔וֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י אַנְשֵׁ֥י יָבֵֽישׁ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 9:1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong.
- Gen 21:17And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.
- Judg 18:23And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?
- Isa 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- Ps 78 (77):71