THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 23:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Fear not: for the hand of my father, Saul, shall not find thee, and thou shalt reign over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; yea and my father knoweth this.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו אַל־תִּירָ֗א כִּ֠י לֹ֤א תִֽמְצָאֲךָ֙ יַ֚ד שָׁא֣וּל אָבִ֔י וְאַתָּה֙ תִּמְלֹ֣ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָנֹכִ֖י אֶֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֣ לְמִשְׁנֶ֑ה וְגַם־שָׁא֥וּל אָבִ֖י יֹדֵ֥עַ כֵּֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 20:31For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.
- 1 Sam 24:20For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day.
- Job 5:11Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
- Job 5:15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
- Heb 13:6So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.
- Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord.
- Acts 28:16And when we were come to Rome, Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.
- Ps 27 (26):1