THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 13:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.
וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ שָׁא֜וּל שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֮ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיִּהְי֨וּ עִם־שָׁא֜וּל אַלְפַּ֗יִם בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙ וּבְהַ֣ר בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְאֶ֗לֶף הָיוּ֙ עִם־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בְּגִבְעַ֖ת בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם שִׁלַּ֖ח אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 10:26Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa: and there went with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched.
- 1 Sam 14:31So they smote that day the Philistines, from Machmas to Aialon. And the people were wearied exceedingly.
- 1 Sam 13:5The Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the seashore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas, at the east of Bethaven.
- 1 Sam 13:23And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
- Judg 19:12His master answered him: I will not go into the town of another nation, who are not of the children of Israel, but I will pass over to Gabaa:
- Josh 18:28And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gabaath and Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their families.
- 1 Sam 14:52And there was a great war against the Philistines all the days of Saul. For whomsoever Saul saw to be a valiant man, and fit for war, he took him to himself.
- 2 Sam 21:6Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.