THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 25:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Then David said to his young men: Let every man gird on his sword. And they girded on every man his sword. And David also girded on his sword: and there followed David about four hundred men, and two hundred remained with the baggage.
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו חִגְר֣וּ ׀ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־חַרְבּ֗וֹ וַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־חַרְבּ֔וֹ וַיַּחְגֹּ֥ר גַּם־דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־חַרְבּ֑וֹ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד כְּאַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֔ישׁ וּמָאתַ֖יִם יָשְׁב֥וּ עַל־הַכֵּלִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 23:13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down, uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.
- Rom 12:19Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Rom 12:21Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good.
- Prov 19:2Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.
- 1 Sam 24:5And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayst do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.
- 1 Sam 24:6After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.
- Josh 9:14They took therefore of their victuals, and consulted not the mouth of the Lord.
- Prov 19:11The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.