THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 8:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,
וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ הָעָ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֹּ֔א כִּ֥י אִם־מֶ֖לֶךְ יִֽהְיֶ֥ה עָלֵֽינוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 44:16As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:
- Isa 66:4Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
- Ezek 33:31And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- Ps 81 (80):11
- Jer 7:13And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered: