THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 15:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.
וַיָּבֹ֥א שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל־שָׁא֑וּל וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ שָׁא֗וּל בָּר֤וּךְ אַתָּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה הֲקִימֹ֖תִי אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ruth 3:10And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich.
- Judg 17:2Who said to his mother: The eleven hundred pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thyself, and concerning which thou didst swear in my hearing, behold I have, and they are with me. And she said to him. Blessed be my son by the Lord.
- Gen 14:19Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.
- Gen 3:12And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
- Prov 30:13A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
- Prov 28:13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
- 1 Sam 15:9And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed.
- 1 Sam 15:11It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.