THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 4:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Take courage, and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you: take courage and fight.
הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ וִֽהְי֤וּ לֽ͏ַאֲנָשִׁים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ לָעִבְרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבְד֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Cor 16:13Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: do manfully and be strengthened.
- Judg 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
- 2 Sam 10:12Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.
- Eph 6:10Finally, brethren, be strengthened in the Lord and in the might of his power.
- Eph 6:11Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil.
- Judg 10:7And the Lord being angry with them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines, and of the children of Ammon.
- Isa 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.
- Deut 28:47Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things: