THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 20:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר דָּוִ֖ד בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַיְהִ֣י הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ על־אֶל־הַלֶּ֖חֶם לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
- Ps 50 (49):16
- Ps 50 (49):21
- Prov 17:1Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
- Prov 15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
- Isa 1:11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
- Isa 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
- Prov 4:17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.