THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 8:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הָרָמָֽתָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 7:17And he returned to Ramatha: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.
- Ex 3:16Go and gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you; and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt.
- Ex 24:1And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.
- 2 Sam 5:3The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel.