THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 18:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל מִ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ וּמִ֣י חַיַּ֔י מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אָבִ֖י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־אֶהְיֶ֥ה חָתָ֖ן לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 7:18And David went in, and sat before the Lord, and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
- 1 Sam 9:21And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?
- 1 Sam 18:23And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.
- Ruth 2:10She fell on her face, and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me, a woman of another country?
- Ex 3:11And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- Jer 1:6And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
- Prov 18:12Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
- Prov 15:33The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.