THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 7:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל קִבְצ֥וּ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and gathered together as one man, from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha:
- Josh 15:38Delean and Masepha and Jecthel,
- 1 Sam 7:16And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the foresaid places.
- 1 Sam 7:12And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place The stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
- Neh 9:1And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
- 1 Sam 12:23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you: and I will teach you the good and right way.
- 1 Sam 10:17And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:
- Joel 2:16Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber.