THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 9:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?
וַיַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲל֨וֹא בֶן־יְמִינִ֤י אָ֙נֹכִי֙ מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ הַצְּעִרָ֔ה מִכָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת שִׁבְטֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלָ֙מָּה֙ דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ אֵלַ֔י כַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 15:17And Samuel said: When thou wast a little one in thy own eyes, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.
- Luke 14:11Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Ps 68 (67):27
- Eph 3:8To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:
- Judg 20:46And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin, in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.
- Judg 20:48But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.
- 1 Sam 18:18And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
- 1 Sam 18:23And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.