THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 23:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake:
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּֽי־מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שָׁא֖וּל לָב֣וֹא אֶל־קְעִילָ֑ה לְשַׁחֵ֥ת לָעִ֖יר בַּעֲבוּרִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 23:8And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David and his men.
- 1 Sam 22:19And Nobe, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- Gen 18:24If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?
- Esth 3:6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
- Prov 28:15As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
- Rom 3:15Their feet swift to shed blood:
- Rom 3:16Destruction and misery in their ways: